Though my schedule is tight right now, I made time today to take my yearly Christmas picture of the kids so I can make my holiday cards. Since we had to go to Winter Garden for Gillian’s voice lesson, we took the pictures there, around the historical museum. They have a decommissioned caboose, tractors, and a fire truck that make nice props/ ( Read more... )

Today is the final day of my Week in the Life photo essay. Not that I ever need encouragement to take pictures, but this was a fun exercise, and hopefully let people who know me get a glimpse of what I'm up to. Your turn now!

( November 8, 2008. )

( November 7, 2008. )

( November 6, 2008. )

( November 5, 2008. )

( November 4, 2008. )

My friend desdenova is doing a photo-essay meme, and I am enjoying hers so much I thought I'd try it myself. So without further ado, a week of my life, in photos ( Read more... )

Tonight we went to dinner at Smokey Bones. Something about the portico there makes Gillian want to play "Fairies Hiding from Orcs." She hid, we shuffled and snorted around and failed to find her. In the car going home, we sang "Jingle Bells," replacing all of the lyrics with the word "orc." Then Gillian said she wanted to make fairy cookies, so she ( Read more... )

I would like people's opinions about photo processing websites, such as Shutterfly, Snapfish, Smugmug, etc. I would also appreciate pointers to reviews comparing the quality of these sites. When I started using a website to print my pictures, I went with Yahoo because of their unlimited free storage, sharing, and (I thought) cheap per-print price. ( Read more... )

Last weekend, I knocked my old Sony Cybershot off the arm of the sofa. Though it has been dropped many times before and emerged unscathed, this time the particular crunch it made didn't sound good; when I turned it on, I discovered that the screen was hosed. The camera still works, but without the screen I can't replay the pictures or see the ( Read more... )