Water Cameras

I (almost) single-handedly used up 3 water cameras on our cruise! I couldn't help it! We went snorkeling, played with a dolphin, went swimming in the Carribean right beside the Pirate ship we were on, and fed stingrays. So, we were in the ocean a lot! I loved the water camera, except for the fact that you have to wind it. And if you automatically wind it right after you take a shot so that it will be ready for the next one, you might end up with a bunch of wasted pictures if you accidentally hit the lever that takes the picture while you are swimming! Now that I have gotten used to our digital camera, it was hard not being able to look at the pictures I had taken to see if they were any good, since most things happened so fast. We ended up purchasing the package that a professional photographer had taken of us with the dolphin, because I didn't know if the pics had turned out, and this was a once in a lifetime event!!!!

Tip of the Day: Water cameras are great for the beach because you don't have to worry about the sand or sea spray. If you do have your regular camera at the beach, or somewhere you expect it might rain or get wet, keep it in a ziplock bag. I can't tell you how many positive comments we have gotten when we pull our camera out of it's ziplock. "What a great idea!" Hey, it works!

A Lazy Day at Sea

There are some pictures that take you back there the moment you see them. You remember that moment, that day, that time with a wistfulness... just from seeing a picture. This picture does that for me. It was a lazy day at sea on board our amazing cruise ship. You looked out the window, and all you could see from every direction was aqua blue water. It is a view I never tire of. It gets you so relaxed, and that is really the feeling that this picture conveys for me.

Tip of the Day: Try not to use your flash whenever possible. I took this picture with a flash the first time, but then realized that if she looked out the window, there might be enough light. Having her look out the window gave an added benefit. Her relaxed state of peacefulness no doubt came from looking out at that vast blue sea.

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Cheering for the home team!

We were blessed this year to go to the one and only playoff game of the 2007 Steeler's season! It really was a great game, even if we did lose! You can feel the excitement in this picture, as we got a touchdown and the fans went crazy! I loved the rush I got when I saw the Terrible towels waving all around the stadium! It was cold and drizzly, but you'd never know it the way we all carried on. Screaming, banging on the seats and of course, waving that Terrible Towel!
Ready to go into the Steeler stadium and cheer until we're hoarse!
We also took our daughter to a Pittsburgh Penguin game. She loves the Pens, and even though our seats were really high up, it was a great game. We won! As you can see below, the last goal of the game was a hat trick, (3 goals by the same player in one game) and everyone tossed their hats out onto the ice.
I usually don't do anything with the pictures I take of my husband and I without our daughter. So I won't be getting the pictures I took at the Steeler game printed out. However, I'm toying with the idea of making an album for myself online of our kidless pictures. Just so I have something to remember the times I did something without her!

Tip of the Day: Going to sporting events and cheering for the home team is a blast! If you find yourself going to watch a game and don't know much about the team, take some time beforehand and "Google" the team a little. If you find out a little more about the players, you will have more of an interest in the game. (Guys don't need to know anything more than the player's name, stats and the number on their jersey, but women usually need to feel some sort of attatchment to the players if we are going to be at all interested!)

Just a hint of color....

Happy New Year! and my apologies that it has taken me so long to write. From now on, I am going to post a new blog at the beginning of every week, either on Sunday or Monday. I AM busy, and on top of that, the computer I most frequently use has Net Nanny and won't let me get to my blog to write. That said, here is one of my Christmas pictures! I challenged myself to take pictures in black and white, with just an accent of color this Christmas! It's a setting on my camera that I didn't even know I had until I finally came across the manual in late November. I love it! This is a picture of my mantle on Christmas morning. I don't know if I'll ever do Christmas in black and white again, just because it is such a colorful season, and I felt my pictures were left wanting because of my black and white experiment.

Since I've written, I had my scrapbooking retreat, Harvest party, Christmas, New Years and Thanksgiving. I have been on a vacation to Disney World, and on their cruise as well. It's so hard missing 2 weeks before Christmas, just because that's the time if the year that's sooo busy with cookie baking, cards, presents and wrapping, Christmas parties and decorating. But being away was incredible, and I wouldn't change it. We had such a good time. I'll share pictures in another blog. Now that I've said my apologies, I hope that you will continue to offer me feedback on what you want to see, page ideas, picture taking tips, just let me know what your favorites are and what you think I'm missing.
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