Archive for September, 2007

And the winner is….

September 23, 2007 | Animals

Yesterday I showed my puppy in his very first match. It was his first time in a dog show setting and only his second time on a lead for any length of time. It was also the first time I was doing the showing.

Well the good news is, I didn’t screw him up too badly - we managed to win Best Puppy and then Best in Match.

Here he is: Blueberry’s Cold Cash, call name Cash, in a picture taken by someone at the match.

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Douglas

September 22, 2007 | Douglas

Busy the last few weeks. Not much time to take pictures. Here’s one of Douglas at the new fancy Natick Collection mall last weekend.

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A fun (but geeky) photo gift

September 13, 2007 | Family, Products, Projects

Last weekend, my family attended the 25th Surprise Anniversary Celebration for my uncle and his wife. My mom and I wanted to get them a small gift, but we wanted it to be a little personal. They are very down-to-earth, casual people, and fancy china, silver vases and so forth just don’t fit their lifestyle.

If you are faced with a similar dilemma, whether it is an anniversary, birthday or other family celebration, and you have a digital camera and a portable photo printer, you might want to do what we did for them.

We bought a nice pewter 4×6 frame at the Danforth Pewter store in Quechee, VT. Mum wrapped it in a nice gift bag — this is important. Do not wrap it in wrapping paper!

Then at the event, take a picture of the guest or guests of honor at the very beginning of the celebration. Let them pose but take the picture quick in the hustle and bustle that always occurs at the start of a party. That way, no one will be paying attention when you slip away to the corner where you’ve stashed your portable printer and print out the picture.

It blows the recipient away when they open the package. It was particularly fun at this event because a few other folks also settled on picture frames as a decent approximation of silver –25 is the silver anniversary. But no one else had a picture from the party in the frame.

Here is the picture I took at the start of the party.

And here is a picture of them opening their present.

Sometimes it’s fun being a geek. And it made my mom very happy to give them something truly unique.

Gear we used in this project: HP Photosmart R837 camera and HP Photosmart A716 printer

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Long may it wave

September 11, 2007 | General

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Doug’s View on Vermont

September 9, 2007 | Animals, Douglas Says, Travel, Vermont

Douglas is developing quite a photographic eye. Some of his pictures, I wonder, but others, I think wow, only 7 years old.

He loves his HP digital camera. It is easy to use and brand new when he got it — not a hand-me-down from mum or dad. That makes a difference, and I urge parents to consider that when getting their kids started with photography. I think it is better to get your child his or her own really simple, inexpensive camera, versus giving them one of your old ones which may have more options and buttons than they are ready for. Plus, all kids like it when they get it new, not hand-me-down.

The camera he has, courtesy of my client HP, the HP Photosmart M537, retails for about $130, and uses AA batteries. No need to even fuss about charging, just make sure you have a spare pair of batteries in your pocket or purse for when your kid says “my camera is out of juice.” Happened to us and I had to let him use mine for a few shots of poisonous frogs.

Here are some of the pictures he took during our stay in Vermont last month:

At Shelburne Museum

The boiler of the Ticonderoga

Statuary

At the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller mansion and gardens. He has quite an eye for flowers.

And finally a video of some fish at VINS

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Home again, home again, jiggity jig

September 5, 2007 | Photo Contests, Travel, Vermont

So, we are back from two weeks in Vermont, school has started and there is a decidedly fall-ish nip in the air in the evenings. I ended up working a wee bit more than I wanted, but at least I wasn’t paying some outrageous hotel bill for the privilege.

Before I forget, I want to once again thank the great folks at Photojojo for their prize donations for A Little Perspective. We wanted a little something extra for our second prizes and Photojojo donated mailable photo frames. So, if you haven’t already checked out Photojojo, do it today. They have neat photo accessories and a great newsletter.

I won’t bore you with every single detail of our vacation. You can see all 200 or so photos I took on Flickr if you are so inclined.

But here are some of the highlights.

The Annual Scottish Festival in Quechee.

You can’t be Scottish and not tear up a bit when you hear the pipes. Especially Scotland the Brave.

Shelburne Museum, just outside Burlington. Be sure to check out the new green exhibit.

VINS, the Vermont Institute for Natural Science. Don’t miss the live raptor shows. Here, Doug is experiencing how hard it is to fly.

Billings Farm, one of Doug’s favorites, but I suspect it is for the picnic lunch of cheese, crackers and apples that you can buy as much as for the exhibits. Here, he is helping build a split rail fence.

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park. Especially the tour of the house and the walk to the Pogue from Prosper Road.

The “house”

The Pogue

Cheese and maple syrup tasting at Sugarbush Farm in Woodstock.

The views from Mount Peg and Mount Tom. Here the view from the top of Mount Peg, a short hike that Dave and I did with two of our scotties, Reva and Sabrina.

The Alpine Slide at Pico, but don’t feel bad if you don’t feel like going down the slide. I didn’t and neither did my mom. Instead we rode the chairlift back down and got a most interesting perspective on the view.