Oops. Thought I had left a forwarding address.
See, this format sucks. I'm sorry, it does. This was not what I signed up for when I started this blog and because of this, I have switched blog sites. You can now find me at Christina Stetler Photography. One good thing about the new site is I'm better at keeping up at it. There are all sorts of posts, almost all which involve eye candy of some sort. Check it out. Leave a comment. Become a follower. Can't wait to see you!
Filed Under (Fish Eye lens), (Lensbaby) on Sunday, May 9, 2010
In honor of our upcoming vacation, I ordered the Fish Eye lens through Lensbaby and prayed it would come in time. IT DID!!!!! I got it yesterday and I plan on heading up to the big city this week to play with it. I got it on the camera lens and looked through the viewfinder. It was AWESOME! Can't WAIT to get out there and play. I'll post some shots when I take them. :-)
Really great article about what makes you you and how to be successful being you.
Running Your Own Race
It's HERE!!!! My new photography toy has arrived!!! The email came yesterday saying it was shipped and today it was in my mail box. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!
I took lots of photos of taking it out of the box and started taking some photos with it. Check back soon for those! My model? Wall-E. :-)
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. :-)
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.
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
Elizabeth - original and edited
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?
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?
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!
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 - 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!
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 recently became the examiner.com's history beat writer and had to submit a head shot for the site. Well, I had nothing I liked or was willing to crop for it, so I had hubby take a photo of me for it. The shot itself was fine, hubby did a fine job, but I noticed some things about it that I wanted to change. So, I opened the photo up in PhotoShop Elements 6 and tried to fix them. So, I am sharing the original and the touched up version. What do you think?
Original
Touched Up
Today I decided to head out for a walk and take my camera. I should have run yesterday, but I was a tad lazy and didn't, so I thought a walk today was better than nothing and why not take the camera? I ended up walking 2.86 miles while out, so I was happy with the mileage and some of the photos! Take a peek. What do ya think?
Just the trees against the sky. Loved how the color of the sky and clouds came out.
I tried framing the fun playground with the trees. Not the greatest. Maybe the trees are too far apart? Maybe they are too far from the playground? Not sure. But, I tried.
I just love this view. It reminds me of small town America. And while York Haven is a small town, it's not quite what you would think of if you saw the whole town!
Did anyone else love this playground ride? I just LOVED it as a kid!
This probably isn't the greatest technical shot, but it was so darn cute!
This building is in the town of York Haven. When we first moved to the area it was the library...which was opened on Tuesdays from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. LOL! Now it's a town building. Though I don't think the hours have improved. I just love the window!
So, I wander down the street a bit and decide to walk towards the river - sorry, no river photos. I turn the corner and see the train lights are going. So, here are a couple train photos I took...by pure luck!
They sure mean a lot right now!
I received my diploma from Penn State and have officially graduated! I can now write my name as Christina M. Stetler, M.A. Wooohoo!
