Snapshot Chronicles

Susan Getgood's personal blog

New pictures: Snowshoeing, skiing and a rainbow

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February vacation was a bit bittersweet because of the dog, but we managed to have a little fun too. I’ve finally put up a bunch of pictures on Flickr from a 2 hour snowshoe hike we did on Mount Tom. There are also some new pictures of the ridge, including a great one that Dave shot with my camera of an early morning rainbow, and some pictures from this afternoon’s backyard skiing lesson.

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Aren’t they cute?

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The only editing I did on this picture was to increase the saturation a tad, to pop the blue and the rainbow a bit.

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It’s all downhill from here…

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Slideshows from Flickr

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I’ve been looking for tools to easily create slideshows from Flickr. I knew there was a decent hack of Powerpoint, but quite frankly was hoping for something easier. Preferably free.

Twitter friend Shashi Bellamkonda (shashib) came through with a link to PictoBrowser. It’s pretty good, but you can’t preview or save your work for future editing, which is a major drawback for someone who likes to tweak settings.

I have run across a couple of not-free products, and when I have time I’ll see if I can’t get review copies.

Hannah Montana Wrap-up

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Well, I was crazy enough to take three kids to the Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus concert just before Christmas. With all the holiday to and fro, plus work, I just finished making souvenir HP Photo Books for the two young ladies who joined Douglas and me at the concert.

HP is one of the sponsors of the tour, which is how I got the tickets in the first place.As a result, unlike most concerts, bringing a camera was actively encouraged. Kids can create an HP Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus Memory Book at www.disney.com/hannah, and purchase a book online, or print it out at home.

Since the pages were designed for the larger HP Photo Book format, it was very easy to add our own pictures and create the books. I think it would make a nice souvenir for any Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus fan, whether they attended the concert or not.

My favorite pictures? This one, of the keyboard player snapping a pic of Miley at the end of the concert:

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And this one, of poor Douglas, who wasn’t feeling so well and fell asleep toward the end of the concert. Hard to do when you are sitting in row six but he managed it.

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