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My New 18-105mm Lens!
When I started Project 365, I had only a 50mm lens. Money prohibited us from buying another, but our tax refund recently came through and I promised myself a new lens with it!
It was a very tough decision. For a non-professional, buying a new lens is difficult! I wanted something a little more all-purpose than the 50mm and something that would ( Read more... ) -
Sweet Kids
Last night we were out front playing in the yard and walking up and down the street. A little boy who looked between Noah and Elias in age came by with his mom on a Cars power-wheel ( Read more... ) -
In the Kitchen
One of the reasons my posts here have tapered off so much is because I’m woefully behind on processing my photos. They’re just sitting in a folder, waiting to be sorted, touched up and uploaded. I haven’t even been playing much with editing lately, just cleaning the photo up a little bit and then uploading.
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My Three Year Old
You may have noticed I haven’t posted in a few weeks. I’ve been incredibly busy, but hope I’ll be back to updating regularly soon.
In the meantime, I absolutely HAD to post today because my first born son turns three years old!
Mr. Serious Patrick joined us at 8:11pm on this day three years ago. Everyone told me newborns were ugly and I’d seen my ( Read more... ) -
Dallas World Aquarium
The Dallas World Aquarium is a one of the coolest places to go in the DFW area. It’s an aquarium and zoological garden located in an industrial warehouse in the city. Mark and I have been three times: the first before Mr. Serious was born, the second when Mr. Serious was nine months old and we recently took the boys to visit last weekend.
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Friday Finds: Black & White
Happy Friday everyone! I can hardly believe another week is at an end!
This week’s photographic topic was Black and White and the Flickr Group received a whopping 145 submissions this week! It’s by far the most submissions yet and I cannot explain how painstaking it was to select just 18 photos to highlight. Starting this week, I’m also ( Read more... ) -
Is It Luck? 4 Tips To Win Giveaways
I have amazing giveaway luck. I’ve been entering them for about a year and have won no less than 10. Really, I’ve lost count. Just in the last few weeks, I’ve won three giveaways! I can hardly believe it. It seems like everything I enter lately, I win!
I Won… A Pet Bed!
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Friday Finds: Boats & Introduction
Happy Friday everyone! This week’s photographic theme was Boats, suggested by Flickr member, …-Wink-…. Please enjoy the photographs selected to highlight these submissions throughout this entry. There are 18 highlighted images in all, found in my Friday Finds: Boats Gallery. All submissions to the Flickr group for this theme can be viewed under ( Read more... ) -
Find Photos for your Blog in 6 Easy Steps
A point of visual interest adds a lot to a blog post. Your words are powerful on their own, but couple them with relevant images and it will be more likely to grab readers and prompt them to share it via their own social networks. If you’re not sure where to start to find images to use on your blog, Flickr is an awesome solution. There are ( Read more... )