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...

Heavenly Skies

23. 10. 2009 | Photography

To check out some more Skywatch Friday photographs. I made it easy for you to follow the links. Wishing you a picture perfect ! ~ Patty <

13 Must Do’s before upgrading to Windows 7

22. 10. 2009 | Misc

For us non-Mac users, today is an eventful day.  Windows 7 is being released.  I pre-ordered my copy a few months ago to take advantage of a huge discount on this operating system upgrade.  A huge task looms before This Digital Mom.  In a word. BACKUP! Like Santa, I...

And the winner is…

21. 10. 2009 | Misc

A big shout out to Cindi sitting at her desk over at the Tally’s Place blog.  To say she is ecstatic about winning the muvee Reveal software is an understatement.  It really made my day knowing that I made someone else’s day.  You can read about her excitement {here}...

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...

Tickled Pink

19. 10. 2009 | Photography

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I ♥ Faces is having a “Pink” photo challenge this week.  I guess I could have entered this image for last weeks theme “excited” but I think this will do nicely for this weeks challenge.  If my memory serves me correctly, I...

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...

Tutorial: #32 Fix It Friday:

16. 10. 2009 | Photography, Professional, Tutorials

I could spend my whole day at my computer editing photos and then scrapbooking them.  Especially other people’s photos.  Like this on here from one of the readers of the iheartfaces photo blog.  Every Friday they post a photo for others to edit.  You can learn plenty...

Remember Shoes

16. 10. 2009 | Photography

Back in August I took a photograph of my sons shoes on the first day of school which you can see here.  About a week ago I submitted that same photo into a Challenge at Digital Photography Review.  Its now time to choose a winner.  If you liked my photograph, please...

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...