Today is the blog's anniversary.
Real life has interfered with blogging. I will try to make an "update" post later.
29 September 2009
05 July 2009
Not a good idea...
In my somewhat humble opinion....
It is NOT a good idea to park illegally if you have a cute little Sims car complete with its own Plumb Bob in the most highly visible, police-heavy part of a city.
It is NOT a good idea to park illegally if you have a cute little Sims car complete with its own Plumb Bob in the most highly visible, police-heavy part of a city.
24 June 2009
19 June 2009
Whew!
After a rather stressful 48 hours....I made it...to London.
My hotel is near Trafalgar Square. Since I have never been to this part of the city, I decided to venture down there and take some photos.
Being a paragon of organization (ha!), I discovered that my camera had no SD card. Since it has no internal memory, I had to resort to using my camera phone, a Nokia E63.
This place was across from my hotel...pubs are smoky, so I didn't go in.
Trafalgar Square seems to be very popular, with lots of people milling about and quite a few street performers.....people kept trying to climb on the lions. Some of them looked old enough to know better...
The column is TALL. Even though some of the surrounding buildings are pretty large, they do not take away from the column dominating the square. In the background is the very top of the London Eye.
Since the National Gallery was open late, I decided to pay a visit. It is big, but smaller than the Louvre and much less stressful than the Uffizi. One visit would not do it justice at all; since it has free admission, I will be back! Unfortunately, photography was not allowed....disappointing, but understandable....
Among other things, they have a great gallery of Impressionist works. The Van Gogh "Sunflowers" painting stood out...it is much prettier in person. I also liked the Canaletto paintings of Venice....
My hotel is near Trafalgar Square. Since I have never been to this part of the city, I decided to venture down there and take some photos.
Being a paragon of organization (ha!), I discovered that my camera had no SD card. Since it has no internal memory, I had to resort to using my camera phone, a Nokia E63.
This place was across from my hotel...pubs are smoky, so I didn't go in.
Trafalgar Square seems to be very popular, with lots of people milling about and quite a few street performers.....people kept trying to climb on the lions. Some of them looked old enough to know better...
The column is TALL. Even though some of the surrounding buildings are pretty large, they do not take away from the column dominating the square. In the background is the very top of the London Eye.
Since the National Gallery was open late, I decided to pay a visit. It is big, but smaller than the Louvre and much less stressful than the Uffizi. One visit would not do it justice at all; since it has free admission, I will be back! Unfortunately, photography was not allowed....disappointing, but understandable....
Among other things, they have a great gallery of Impressionist works. The Van Gogh "Sunflowers" painting stood out...it is much prettier in person. I also liked the Canaletto paintings of Venice....
30 April 2009
Fake Tilt Shift Photography
Inspired by what I saw at Elemmaciltur's Blog, I have been experimenting with fake tilt shift photography. His examples are beautiful--but then he is a much better photographer than I am.
Real tilt shift photography requires a special lens...I am not at that point and I doubt I shall be at that point anytime in the near future..
Basically it is a way to manipulate a photograph so that it appears to be a miniature. You can use Photoshop or Tiltshiftmaker. Since I have not quite mastered Photoshop (I've barely figured out Elements), I used the Tiltshiftmaker website.
Some of my experiments are more successful than others, as seen in this slide show:
Real tilt shift photography requires a special lens...I am not at that point and I doubt I shall be at that point anytime in the near future..
Basically it is a way to manipulate a photograph so that it appears to be a miniature. You can use Photoshop or Tiltshiftmaker. Since I have not quite mastered Photoshop (I've barely figured out Elements), I used the Tiltshiftmaker website.
Some of my experiments are more successful than others, as seen in this slide show:
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