The Wonderful Wizard of PUERTO RICO!!
Yes ladies and gents, I am off to the b-e-a-utiful island of Puerto Rico for a week!
SEE YA :D
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Skin retouch and makeup applier
Fun with photoshop and since my family is getting irritated with the constant requests for models... I subjected myself for this one:
Before (yellow cause no flash and that's color my bathroom gives off apparently... I felt so Myspace Movie)
After.... I am really white. :)
Before (yellow cause no flash and that's color my bathroom gives off apparently... I felt so Myspace Movie)
After.... I am really white. :)
Monday, September 15, 2008
I've Been Tagged!
Mangonett has tagged me so now I suppose I must expose 8 facets of myself that you (the imagined audience) know or perhaps do not know about me. Alright then:
1. I sometimes see my life or things that happen in my life as though they are happening in a movie. I have a story line, plot, point of view, climax,etc. But never a resolution. Some call it "weird"; I think it is.... "curious".
2. I've written 97 poems, 5 finished short stories and have been working on a "story" for about 9 years and it is still not finished.
3. When I drive my Jeep I sometimes pretend that I am on an off road safari or adventure. That is, until I hear the ruffled sound of road reflectors jumping from beneath my tires :)
4. I am planning a trip to Europe in the near future and honestly don't know if I'd come back! Ah... Paris!
5. I want another puppy.... shh.....
6. When I was a little girl, I would take the side rail off of my sister's (mangonett) top bunk bed and put pillows on the floor... I was an evil child :D
7. I have no favorite color.... Is that bad?
8. My sister is my hero :P
2. I've written 97 poems, 5 finished short stories and have been working on a "story" for about 9 years and it is still not finished.
3. When I drive my Jeep I sometimes pretend that I am on an off road safari or adventure. That is, until I hear the ruffled sound of road reflectors jumping from beneath my tires :)
4. I am planning a trip to Europe in the near future and honestly don't know if I'd come back! Ah... Paris!
5. I want another puppy.... shh.....
6. When I was a little girl, I would take the side rail off of my sister's (mangonett) top bunk bed and put pillows on the floor... I was an evil child :D
7. I have no favorite color.... Is that bad?
8. My sister is my hero :P
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Mothers Miniatures
My mother has, for as long as I can recall, collected Miniatures. I can still smell the compounding combination of hay,wood and candy apples as my sister and I would accompany my mother to the Craft Shows in New Jersey. We would scout the booths for unique and "cute" miniatures. Each show, she would let my sister and I pick one each that we liked and she would put it in her collection. The time has come, however, where some of these must go as the "miniature" design does not "go" with the new feel of our home. So, I am selling them on Ebay. I took it upon myself to give them justice by tring to take respectable photo's. Not satisfied with simply "Point-click-sigh", I built a light box. Taking a page out of google results for such designs, it was in the end quite simple to construct. It was an after thought that I should have catalogued each step of the DIY project but it was really a build as you go endeavor.
In short, all you need is the following:
1. Cardboard Box (size depending on objects)
2.Exacto Blade or Really Good Scissors
3.Double Sided Tape
4.Poster-board paper (WHITE)
5.Shop Lights ( Clip Lights purchased at Home Depot for $5. Can't go wrong)
6.Tri Pod
7. Dimmer connected to one or both of the lights for versatility.
8.Soft fabric. I used some left over cotton fabric from Walmart. Any will do depending on effect of lighting you want.
To Construct:
1. On flat surface, tape flaps of box straight and together so that there are no folded edges.
2: Cut out 2 sides and top of Box. Leave bottom and back.
3. Measure and Tape Poster board to cover inside of box, with the exception of cut-outs.
4. Measure and drap fabric on open sides to cover tightly and completely. No Hangover fabric so you don't have shadows. (I stapled the first piece and then taped each to it)
5. Position lights in desired locations (I did top and left side. To bounce light back, I took left-over Posterboard on the opposite open-fabric side)
6. Position Tripod for Macro zoom so that the corners and edges are blurred.
7. Use dimmer to enhance or lessen object shadow. (Play with Exposure and Aperture. I set my D40x to M and for the most part had the Shutter at 1/50; Aperture at F7.1 with 0.0Exposure between 40-52mm
Here are the results:
In short, all you need is the following:
1. Cardboard Box (size depending on objects)
2.Exacto Blade or Really Good Scissors
3.Double Sided Tape
4.Poster-board paper (WHITE)
5.Shop Lights ( Clip Lights purchased at Home Depot for $5. Can't go wrong)
6.Tri Pod
7. Dimmer connected to one or both of the lights for versatility.
8.Soft fabric. I used some left over cotton fabric from Walmart. Any will do depending on effect of lighting you want.
To Construct:
1. On flat surface, tape flaps of box straight and together so that there are no folded edges.
2: Cut out 2 sides and top of Box. Leave bottom and back.
3. Measure and Tape Poster board to cover inside of box, with the exception of cut-outs.
4. Measure and drap fabric on open sides to cover tightly and completely. No Hangover fabric so you don't have shadows. (I stapled the first piece and then taped each to it)
5. Position lights in desired locations (I did top and left side. To bounce light back, I took left-over Posterboard on the opposite open-fabric side)
6. Position Tripod for Macro zoom so that the corners and edges are blurred.
7. Use dimmer to enhance or lessen object shadow. (Play with Exposure and Aperture. I set my D40x to M and for the most part had the Shutter at 1/50; Aperture at F7.1 with 0.0Exposure between 40-52mm
Here are the results:
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
In Lue of Mangonette
My sister reached the Quarter Century mark today and has tagged everyone to list the 20 things that that they are proud of and have accomplished in their lives to this point. So, here you go:
1.I have a great relationship with God.
2.I have a great relationship with my Family
3.I have not quit (maybe prolonged) anything that I have set my mind to
4.I can play the guitar, piano, drums and bass. I am my own band.
5.I have learned how to be a friend.
6.I have learned what I want in a friend and not to settle for less.
7.I am the VP of Information Technologies in my Family (I get to say "MOOVE!")
8.I purchased my first DSLR camera and am constantly learning
9.I have read everything by Shakespear, Keats, Williams, Austen, Gilman, Whitman, Frost, Proust, Hemmingway, Thackery, Hardy, James and some others that I can't remember.
10.I have reached 6K songs on my iTunes :)
11.I have traveled.
12.I have never let my sister forget that I will always love her.
13.I will never let my sister forget that even though she's married, I came first :D
14.I can cook.
15.I can admit when I am wrong.
16.I am never wrong. Just misunderstood.
17.I am 23 and live with my parents.
18.I am going to be a teacher.
19.Life is good.
20. When I turn 25, I'll tell you my 20th :D
2.I have a great relationship with my Family
3.I have not quit (maybe prolonged) anything that I have set my mind to
4.I can play the guitar, piano, drums and bass. I am my own band.
5.I have learned how to be a friend.
6.I have learned what I want in a friend and not to settle for less.
7.I am the VP of Information Technologies in my Family (I get to say "MOOVE!")
8.I purchased my first DSLR camera and am constantly learning
9.I have read everything by Shakespear, Keats, Williams, Austen, Gilman, Whitman, Frost, Proust, Hemmingway, Thackery, Hardy, James and some others that I can't remember.
10.I have reached 6K songs on my iTunes :)
11.I have traveled.
12.I have never let my sister forget that I will always love her.
13.I will never let my sister forget that even though she's married, I came first :D
14.I can cook.
15.I can admit when I am wrong.
16.I am never wrong. Just misunderstood.
17.I am 23 and live with my parents.
18.I am going to be a teacher.
19.Life is good.
20. When I turn 25, I'll tell you my 20th :D
I tag all of you to do the same.
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