Test Pictures

We’re getting ready for our trip.  I’m taking my netbook with me to store my pictures as well as do some basic photo edits, like adding copyright information and resizing my pictures for the web. 

I’ve installed Photoshop Elements probably the first version that came out.  A small footprint application that works nicely with the screen limitations of my netbook: 1024x600.   

Works beautifully for what I need it to do.  So, I’m doing a test post with a few pictures to see how my photo edits look. 

 

Before color adjustment:

After color adjustment:

 

Now to publish this post and see the results on a real computer. 

More Warm Thoughts

This was taken two years ago from our balcony. We were leaving Princess Cays on the last day of our cruise.



Some of you are probably wondering...what's up with all these Caribbean pictures? We are getting ready to go on vacation soon. I'm just prepping my blog for more wonderful warm thoughts.

Warm Thoughts On a Cold Day-Bonaire

I'm been feeling cold all the time. December has been a very cold month for us. We already had our first inch of snow over a week ago and expecting something wet this coming weekend. So, I'd thought I share with you some warm thoughts and pictures from our Caribbean trip two years ago.

No Name Beach - Klein Bonaire


Kralendijk Bonaire

Is this helping you conjure up images of being in the Caribbean?

It’s Cold Outside…Fingerless Gloves!

You’ve heard me mention before that I use photography to capture and record my other hobbies like knitting.  Well, I’ve managed to use my knitting skills to knit up a pair of fingerless gloves.  These gloves come in handy during the times I’m outside taking pictures in the cold weather.  With the gloves being fingerless, I can still grip my camera and access all the buttons and take a picture without having to worry that the camera will slip through my hand. 

My new gloves will keep my hands warm while I’m capturing my Kodak moments. 

Oh, I can also use them at work while I’m typing in my cold office. 

A Holiday with No Flash

Over the long Thanksgiving weekend, I ended up taking roughly 500 pictures.  My brother was in town and we decided to make this a photo opportunity and visit local places. 

We took the Metro and headed down to Georgetown.  Here we are at the Canal.  Georgetown Mall would be on the right and Pantagonia shop on the left. 

 

I couldn’t resist taking a picture of this dress (window display) inside the Mall. 

 

This picture is not as clear, but still the dress is beautiful. 

 

We headed north on Wisconsin Avenue and I just happened to look to my left and spotted these old tracks. 

 

Another day, we headed out to Merrifield Garden Center for another non-flash photo opportunity. 

Windows Live Writer is Awesome!

Proof is in my posts.  I also uncovered that I can indeed access several of my other blogs from WLW.  Way cool!

Looking forward to writing my future posts.  Stay tuned!

A Test Post Using Windows Live Writer

Testing-1-2-3.  This is a test post.  I’m trying out Windows Live Writer to see if this really works.  WLW is suppose to allow me to write my posts offline (complete with pictures, videos, hyperlinks, etc), save it local to my hard drive, and then publish my post when I have Internet access.  How cool is that? 

Okay, so this has nothing to do with photography.  It does have something to do with having a cool tool that allows me to write my photography posts, collect my thoughts, pictures, etc whenever I want and then post when I’m ready. 

After spending 10 minutes with this program and writing this post, I have uncovered a cool feature, I can set the date of when this post will appear.  To document today’s date for this post, it’s Friday, October 29th.  I’ve set the post date to be yesterday’s date, Thursday.  We’ll see if this function really works. 

I can add bullet points like why I think WLW is a handy tool:

• intuitive to use
• picking a date for the post
• inserting hyperlink, pictures, or videos
• spell checker

Now I need to figure out if I can use WLW for updating my other blogs.  Will post back the results.