I spied with my little camera…

3. 11. 2009 | Personal, Photography

Spider Man climbing a joshua tree.  How’s that for a Ruby Red Tuesday. On Halloween I went over to a friend’s house to take some photographs of all the kids dressed up for Halloween.  This is my favorite photo from Halloween.  CJ dressed as Spider Man.  He had a blast...

Thursday’s Thirteen: The Homecoming Edition

29. 10. 2009 | Personal, Photography

This past Saturday my daughter and her friends attended their high school homecoming dance.  Naturally I insisted on taking photos before they all left for the dance.  And I spent a few hours yesterday preparing the images in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 (this is an...

The black and white of Windows 7

26. 10. 2009 | Personal, Photography

  This has been my project for most of the weekend, hence the black and white screenshot from my computer.  First I went through my checklist which you can read about here to prepare my computer for the move to Windows 7.  Microsoft did not make it easy for me as...

Riley’s Farm – The Book

20. 10. 2009 | Personal

  Week before last I accompanied my son and his classmates on their first school field trip to Riley’s Farm in Oak Glen, California.  I volunteered to photograph the outing and took over 200 photos.  I then took the best photos and created a digital...

The black and white of Spider Plants

18. 10. 2009 | Personal, Photography

I love my spider plants.  I currently have 2 planters full and I am working on rooting some babies to begin a third planter.  Just need to keep my cat, Buffy the Vampire Slayer away from them. Spider plant, Chlorophytum comosum, is one of the most common and...

13 Reasons to Create a Photo Book

15. 10. 2009 | Personal

This past May, I gave my Mom a Photo Book as a Mother’s Day Gift.  Here are some of the photos I scanned to use in this book.  She absolutely loved it.  Photo Books last longer than flowers and mean so much more to the recipient. A few years ago my daughter created a...