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Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Finally... a photo contest that is right up my alley. MarthaStewart.com is haveing a Lazy Pets Photo contest. Well do I have some entries for that! Being lazy are what my pets are best at. If you would like to see Oscar & Stewie's entries and vote if you feel so inclined you can find them here, here and here.
There is a sunflower field on Calkins Road that I was determined to get out and photograph.
It was getting late in the evening when I got there, and I missed the best light but I still took a few shots.
Aaron took a few pics too and we both shot some video.
I recommend if you don't like bees you skip the part between 2:25 and 3:54... Tina this means you. Although Tina did pretty well when I showed up at work with this necklace on.
I like honey bees (maybe because I like honey so much?)... especially the big fat lazy ones that graze on sunflowers. Here is the video.
Tina and I are in NYC for work. I have one of our newest cameras and just had to take a picture of this kitty in a shop window. It's the Kodak Z950 and I luv it!
After I got my iPhone I found myself using it to take pictures more and more, even though the quality wasn't the greatest, simply because it was so easy to get the pictures to flickr, facebook and my blog. It really doesn't take that much energy to get out my usb cable and hook my camera up to the laptop, but I still kept using my iPhone and my laptop camera (like with the pics in my last post)
I just got an Eye-Fi card for my camera and it's changed everything. I can't believe how easily it transfers photos to my laptop via wi-fi. I could see them popping up on the computer screen as I took them.
Here is a St. Patrick's Day project I came up with for work. Photo cup wraps jazz things up for parties and helps your guests keep track of their drinks.
You can go here to see the step by step instructions and download the cup wrap template.
Someone on Craftster wondered if it would be a problem if the cups sweated and got the wraps wet and someone else had the great idea of laminating them and reusing them!
Aaron and I saw Coraline on Valentine's Day and it was so good. Of course button eyes creep me out a little bit now, but I had to try the Button Your Eyes app on the movie website.
I loved the cat and I was so impressed that even the interior of the family VW bug was replicated exactly.
I can't even imagine how cool it was to be one of the 50 bloggers to get a Coraline box in the mail!
Of course I am using all Kodak Digital Cameras here at the Beijing Olympics. A Kodak Zi6 Pocket HD Video Camera, Kodak V705 Dual Lens and a Kodak M1063. And they are all PINK.
I get a lot of looks when I keep pulling them out of my bag.
I've been using these cameras to capture pictures like these at the women's gymnastics competition. I will be uploading some video soon too.
Mixed country team lining up for the vault.
Team France coach giving a few last minutes of advice.
(Jami asked in my comments who was taking pictures of me. Check out my 1000Words post to see my picture taking cohort and see what kind of camera he uses too)
I have been so busy lately I've done a lot of blogging by phone. The pictures aren't the best from my phone though, so I've missed mentioning a few things. I also uploaded a whole backlog of photos to my Gallery.
I saw this at Homerama and thought it was so cool. A safari themed room with animals painted with chalkboard paint so you can draw on the animal's stripes or spots.
In the same house there was a yoga room and I was fascinated by the cork floors. I uploaded all the Homerama pics to my Gallery.
These were two of my favorite pics of "the boys" from the beach.
I submitted two pictures to Colorwar's YoungMe NowMe. The idea is to recreate a picture of yourself from when you were a kid as you are today.
I submitted a picture of myself from when I was 6 years old and one taken in May when I turned 35. I think I look scarily the same. And I still love birthday cake.
When my sister graduated last weekend it was quite the event. That's me snapping one of hundreds of pictures of her from the day. To celebrate, I made her some congratulation balloon tags.
For Lauren's baby shower, made these seed packets to go with the favors. Since she was born early she had her shower after her birth and got to be featured on her favors.
Looking back at that project gave me an idea.
I designed photo seed packets that can be used for wedding favors or baby birth announcements. The project seems timely because spring always seems to bring lots of weddings and babies.
You can download the templates here and there are also step by step instructions. It helps if you have photo editing software, so you can add the pictures before you print them out.
I wrote a post on 1000Words about Around the Table Panoramic pictures. I think it's a cool way to take pictures of your friends and family when you are gathered around a table together. Check it out and leave a comment there of what you think.
