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Archive for the ‘photography’ Category

Pick A Color

I LOVE the Apple Blossom Parade.  I was experimenting with the Pick a Color function on the camera.  What do you think?

Mixbook

I just finished the “Year in Review” photo book for 2010 and am so excited to get it back.  I hope it turned out ok. This time I used Mixbook, which I learned about on PhotoBookGirl’s site.  I had no idea there were so many online bookmaking options from which to use! Mixbook falls more [...]

Early Christmas Present

Oh, yeah!!!  Look at my early Christmas present.  I’m driving the family nuts with the constant picture taking.  I’m still learning how to use it, but it is fast, fast, fast.  Lovin’ it.

iPhoto vs Blurb

Instead of getting numerous prints made, I decided, about a year ago, to start making books for each year to document our family. It’s a great way of decreasing clutter, and the cost is probably about the same after you factor in the price of prints and the album in which to put them. I [...]

Sunset Study

Trying out the settings on the new camera makes it really clear what a difference an adjustment here or there can make.  These photos were taken within seven minutes of each other.  Which one do you like best? Scene Capture: Night Scene Capture: Nostalgic Scene Capture: Sunset

Color Accent Sample

The three b&w ones were taken using the color accent feature on the camera.

Picnik Collage Sample

Sad Bean Plants and a Photo Test

I came home from training this evening and found the bean plants in a sad state.  Despite watering, they look terrible.  Are the pots too small?  If you look closely you can see the tiny bean pods hanging down. The photo on the left was taken in Auto.  The photo on the right was taken [...]

Camera on Its Death Bed

Our first foray into digital photography began in 2005 with the Canon PowerShot A95.  I remember we bought it at Best Buy after hours of online research. Almost 10,000 photos and five years later, the camera is about to die.  When I take a picture the color is all weird. So with what do we [...]

Photography Test

Trying to figure out the best size to upload my photos onto the blog….this is a photograph of the lake at Massanutten.

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