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Celestial & Terrestrial Friends
December 9, 2012 6 Comments
Howdy! I hope everyone had a great weekend. I had a biq weekend of tech support. I upgraded my God Mother’s iPhone from iOS 4-6. Taught a little iPad 201 to my mom (for someone who doesn’t like technology…she sure love the iPad….I’m guessing that’s why it’s so successful). Then, in exchange for a new water heater, I helped out a good plumber buddy get his new computer set up. Three days of tech support, across a bunch of different platforms can make you a little crazy….
Today’s Photograph
I found this place along the shores of La Jolla beach. I’m not sure what it is…I think it’s an event center? The star and palm tree at the end of a long walkway caught my eye. I remember being exhausted at the time, but knew I couldn’t pass up this photo. I’m glad I had one last image in me that night. Do you ever get tired and have to force yourself to make a photograph because you know you won’t be able to live with yourself in the morning?
Winter Book Club – Creativity & Awesome Prizes
The winter book clubs continues to roll on. This has been really fun! Thanks for joining in. I really hope you are getting some new found inspiration out of it. Here’s this week’s winners.
- Rob – Won something from the Nik Collection
- Ryan – Won the card organizer from Think Tank
- Scott – Won a free eBook from Craft & Vision
- Pam – Won a free eBook from Craft & Vision
- Mel – Won a free eBook from Craft & Vision
This week’s book: I’m a people person, so this book is kind of a personal one for me. But I thinks it applicable to all of us. I hope you enjoy it! Forget Mugshot (by David duChemin)
Weekly Prizes: Each Monday for the next 5 weeks I will choose a book for us to read. Sometime that week leave a comment on that post about your favorite part. I will then choose a 5 random winners each week.
- 1 person will win a Think Tank card organizer!
- 3 people will win a free eBook!
- 1 person will win software from Nik Software! (It could be Define 2.0, Color Efex 4, Silver Efex 2, Sharpener Pro, Viveza 2 or HDR Efex)!
Grand Prize!
This is the best part! At then end of the six weeks, I will choose 3 lucky winners that have participated regularly. Those winners will receive either a ThinkTank Retrospective 5 or Nik Software’s ‘Complete Collection‘ or every eBook Craft & Vision has ever published.
Night Lights Of La Jolla
December 4, 2012 3 Comments
Today’s photo was made high about La Jolla California from the top of Mt. Soledad. If you are ever visiting La Jolla, make a point of getting up there. It’s beautiful. If you’d like to see other great locations in La Jolla, check out my free travel guide. It’s full of photo locations, places to stay and things to do!
The photograph below has already hit the site, but I thought it would be fun to show you the view from Mt. Soledad at sunrise….
Scripps Pier
November 28, 2012 2 Comments
I wasn’t sure whether this image was blog worthy or not so I decided to let our good friends over at Facebook decide. It was overwhelmingly voted ON the island. Thanks again to everyone who voted for it. I hope you like the larger, higher resolution version of it. It’s always better to visit the site for the daily image because the social outlets compress the heck out of images and make them look far less awesome.
Photographer’s Note This is the famous Scripps Pier near La Jolla, CA. Piers are one of my favorite subjects to photograph because they create such a visual contrast between their static nature and the dynamic nature of the sea. This is a single image processed in Lightroom 4 followed by a perspective adjustment in Photoshop.
Flight
November 26, 2012 20 Comments
I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday weekend. I hit the tofurkey pretty hard! I’ve got a great week lined up for you. I hope you like it.
I’ve said it before, but I’m not much of a wildlife photographer. I don’t have the patience for it. However, when I see a crane flying by and my camera is at the ready I do what I can. Well, I think this is a crane. Remember, I’m not a much of a wildlife photographer….which means I don’t know too much about birds.
Winter Book Club – Creativity & Awesome Prizes
The winter book clubs continues to roll on. Thanks for everyone who is participating. I really hope you are getting some new found inspiration out of it. I know I am. Ten was a great read. We will continue this week with Ten More…but first here are our winners.
- Pam – Won something from the Nik Collection
- Bob – Won the card organizer from Think Tank
- Scott – Won a free eBook from Craft & Vision
- Mel – Won a free eBook from Craft & Vision
- Ryan – Won a free eBook from Craft & Vision
This week’s book: Ten More (by David duChemin) Click here to get it!
Weekly Prizes: Each Monday for the next 5 weeks I will choose a book for us to read. Sometime that week leave a comment on that post about your favorite part. I will then choose a 5 random winners each week.
- 1 person will win a Think Tank card organizer!
- 3 people will win a free eBook!
- 1 person will win software from Nik Software! (It could be Define 2.0, Color Efex 4, Silver Efex 2, Sharpener Pro, Viveza 2 or HDR Efex)!
Grand Prize!
This is the best part! At then end of the six weeks, I will choose 3 lucky winners that have participated regularly. Those winners will receive either a ThinkTank Retrospective 5 or Nik Software’s ‘Complete Collection‘ or every eBook Craft & Vision has ever published.
