A picture is worth 365,000 words: February 2010

on Sunday, February 28, 2010

It's mine...all mine!! My sweet hubby has seen/heard me drool over this little baby for months. I just check out the website randomly just to look at it and the optics you can get to go with it. Today was our 14 year dating anniversary and he ordered me THIS LENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am soooo excited and CANNOT wait til it arrives! Hopefully sometime this week, but it may not be until early next. It will be like Christmas Eve all week until it gets here. :-)

More drooling...

Filed Under (Lensbaby), (Lensbaby Composer) on Tuesday, February 23, 2010

See the above? That's a Lensbaby Composer. It goes on your D-SLR camera to help you take better photos. No, it doesn't give you instant magic or perfect pictures, but if used correctly, it sure can make your images cool. And in comparison to some other lenses not to mentioned here, is much more affordable. I really want this little baby. Badly. I dream about it and wish it were coming in the mail. Why does it always come down to money? Ugh.

More Cat Photos

Filed Under (cats) on Monday, February 22, 2010

Ok, the cats make the best subjects. LOL! I had Higgy and Pooka sitting next to me all afternoon and of course I took a couple shots. Then I flipped the flash up, put my light blue sweatshirt in front of it and took some photos. What do ya think? I think they're just funny.

Higgy - original and edited

Pooka - original and edited

Elizabeth - original and edited

Drooling

Filed Under (HDR photography) on Sunday, February 21, 2010

I just saw this book on one of the photography blogs I follow. The author did a review of the book and honestly, he could have told me it was the worst thing in the world and I would be drooling. I WANT TO LEARN HDR PHOTOGRAPHY. It is AMAZING! I have searched on-line for directions, but haven't found anything great. When I saw THIS??? It will be mine. This I swear. It will be mine...

These are why I want to learn this type of photography:

My furbabies

Filed Under (cats), (Elizabeth the kitten), (Higgy), (Pooka) on Saturday, February 20, 2010

I have three (somewhat) willing kitty models. I have a tabby, a tortoise, and a black and white. They are adorable...except when they are being bad. LOL! Here are some photos I took recently of the three of them. I find them pretty funny.

Elizabeth the Kitten

Higgenbaffum...or Higgy for short

Pooka

Aren't they just so cute?

Great magazine!

Filed Under (magazine), (photography) on Thursday, February 18, 2010

I love mail. I love magazines. I love photography. So, for graduation, my hubby gave me a subscription to PhotoPlus Canon Edition. Yea! What's really nice about this is that all the photography magazines I've bought in the past were generic and came from England. I have nothing against England. In fact, it's my favorite country outside the U.S. My fabulous grandmother comes to us from there. The problem lies in the price of their magazines are awful and kept me from subscribing. Big kuddos to hubby for doing something that I've been wanting to do, but haven't.

So, for the past several days I've been reading through the magazine - reading articles, looking at photos, drooling over equipment, checking out the reviews. I'm so excited about it. I have noticed that some things in the magazine do not apply to my four year old Rebel. It's ok. I can still keep it in reserve until I purchase my new D-SLR. I'm ok with that.

PhotoPlus Canon Edition should help me perfect my craft and give me lots of inside tips all for one low price!

Fun photos from a fun weekend

Filed Under (Baltimore), (chocolate), (friends) on Wednesday, February 17, 2010

This past weekend, my friend from WI, my friend from NY, and my friend from PA all came to visit. WI friend came in on Thursday...barely! Her flight was originally scheduled to land in Baltimore at 4:15, but it was canceled. She rebooked for later than night and it was a go. So, we missed a few hours of visiting time, but she was still able to get here. Phew! We hung out on Friday, then Sat. friends from NY and PA came out and we had a great weekend! Here are some fun photos...though not master pieces. Sometimes they can't all be winners, ya know?

Nissley Winery in Lancaster County. Beautiful, no?

Sunset at Nissley Winery

Saturday, we all headed to Chocolate Town USA - Hershey!

After riding the Hershey's Great American Chocolate Tour, we headed to The Hershey Story Museum.

Inside, we donned our aprons and hairnets to make truffles!

After wards, we went to dinner at a local sports bar. It took forever to get the salad. That'll teach you to try to eat healthy at a sports bar! The rest of the evening was spent tasting wine and playing Wii.

Sunday, our friends from NY and PA headed home. My friend from WI was headed home that day too, but not til later, so we hit Baltimore's Inner Harbor. It was snowy!

I just LOVE this shot! Guess there's no dragon boat sailing in the winter!

We dropped our friend from WI off at the airport, then headed back to a yummy Valentine's Dinner at the B&O Brassiere on N. Charles Street. I would totally recommend the restaurant and the hotel it's attached to. Awesome places, both of them!

Favorite Snow Photos

Filed Under (snow) on Tuesday, February 16, 2010

We have been inundated with snow lately here in the Mid-Atlantic. We had a storm on the 6th that left us about 2 feet of snow and then another 2 feet of snow on the 9th. It's been K-raz-y around here! So, here are some shots from our snowmageddon.

Friday, Feb. 5th - you can still see the driveway!

Friday, Feb. 5th - those white dots aren't ghosts, that's snow!

Fri, Feb. 5th - say good bye to the Neons

Sat, Feb 6th - the next morning...

Sat, Feb 6th - Crap...where did I leave that Neon?

Sat, Feb. 6th - View from the dining room outside

Sat, Feb. 6th - all decked out to shovel

Sat, Feb 6th - hubby didn't think shoveling the drive way was enough, so he headed out to the roof and shoveled that too!

Sun, Feb. 7th - Oh! There is the Neon!

And just a pretty picture

Imagine all the above photos happening again...three days later!

New Toy

Filed Under (camera), (new toy) on Sunday, February 14, 2010

Sorry for the lack of posts! We've been digging out of snow for a week. A snow storm dumped 18"-20" on the 9th, then we got ANOTHER 18"-20" on the 10th. Craziness I tell you! I don't think we've EVER gotten that much snow so close together.

Sooooo...I have photos of the snow and I have photos from the weekend to upload, but today I'm excited. I have been drooling over a Holga camera for a few months now.

I've had it on my Amazon wish list, but nothing. I've been hemming and hawing about ordering it. Really wanting to, but being a wuss about spending the money. This afternoon, while in Baltimore, I found a Holga at Urban Outfitters for the same price as Amazon, but I wouldn't have had to deal with shipping. Well, I hemmed and hawed, but when we walked out of Urban Outfitters, I was the proud owner of a Holga camera. I cannot wait to try it out!! That's a project for the week. Get the camera set up and take some photos. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Sooo excited!!!!

A picture is worth 365,000 words