The NEW Age of Photography and the iPad

At FIRST I didn't think I would want one..myself.. waste of money..I said...
assuredly ~ until I got my hands on one and then suddenly WON one
and then took a 2 hour class on them at my local MUG (Mac User's Group) LOL


I don't know how many of you have ventured into the world of the iPad yet..
but I am quickly learning that it will be  GREAT TOOL for us and also
has many benefits for when we are on the road.


I am discovering many useful things it can do for us Professionally...
Some are already using them to set up a display of a slide show of
their images during almost any occasion.. teaching, family or otherwise.
Their are a gazillion apps to do almost everything for us except.. well
I really shouldn't say ;-) LOL


One app I love is the TPE and the GREAT GPS it has... 
way better than some Toyota's.. 
"Toyota is NOT My mother.com".. 
It's a Great way to show your images impromptu to 
someone you see that might be a possible customer 
or client.. and let's NOT forget the cheap 3G or Wifi 
capabilities....with NO monthly contracts.. 
wifi at home OR 3G on the road OR as
some have
already done.. if you have a Broadband card you can 
get a small gadget and hook them up and create 
your own Wifi and NOT NEED your 3G GB's for the month 
OR just buy the Wifi version and make that 
adjustment for the POWER users ;-)


I've personally been going Crazy learning about them 
cuz until I can trade in the one I WON.. 
when the store FINALLY has the 64GB version in stock..., 
they Fricken FLY off the shelves... or as Steve Jobs 
says "they sell one EVERY 3 minutes"...

So I am collecting a list of apps I want...
If you already have the iPad and have any 
apps you REALLY like that you think I or others 
should check out PLEASE leave us a reply in
the comments section with the name of the app, OK?


Since THIS has been the "ALL THINGS DIGITAL" 
week and Job's will probably release the new 4G 
iPhone next Monday... I thought it would be only
fitting to show you a clip from the 2 hour Q + A 
that he did the other day... with Walt Mossberg 
and PLEASE forgive me for not knowing the 
other ladies name.. IF  you know it, please 
let us know in the comments section, OK?

I'll look to see if the full 2 hours are posted 
anywhere....maybe more on youtube? 
If you find it let us know and if I find 
more I'll post for you, OK?



TO read more about what he said and how 
the interview went you can read it HERE

My Birthday's NEXT Month... so Please help me decide 
which apps a photog might want and NEED 
and I am also looking to SEE if there 
are 
ANY apps YET to buy that I can use to download
a color Photography Book...??
ya know like one of ours?? 
If you know a tech Developer maybe check with 
them or get them to create one and let me 
know ASAP, if you already know of one OK?

Thanks Much and Welcome  to Summer FINALLY ♥

LOVE to Hear what uses you have all found 
for your iPad also... ? Please share..
so we can all benefit and Enjoy our New toys, tee hee

Happy 40th Earth Day everyone !!!

Happy 40th Earth Day, everyone....


Especially to those that Remember the 1st one~  also♥ 
(when it was ONLY about Recycling)


On THIS Special day and year... I hope everyone has made many changes 
in their way of living and are HELPING to do something 
Positive for "OUR HOME" = Mother Earth.


Many of us spend a lot of our time making images of her Beauty..
And we already KNOW the many things that are changing due to 
human's mistreatment and lack of care because we see the difference in our yearly photographs....
even if it has nothing to do with Global Warming
....destroying things, leaving trash around our home..etc.. 


I Sincerely HOPE that ALL of you WILL Taking the Pledge to Appreciate your Earth Home MORE each day AND those of you with children are  teaching THEM to be also more Aware and treat the Earth with Respect just as  you have earned Their respect...yes? Remember children learn "by example" as do we all..... 


The Earth IS worth the effort to keep her clean and preserve. AGREED?


** I  AGREE TO TREAT OUR HOME WITH RESPECT AND DO SOMETHING (EVEN A LITTLE THING) DAILY TO CARE FOR HER FOR ALL OF US ON THIS WORLD VILLAGE AND OUR CHILDREN **


I grew up next door to a Plant Nursery as many of you know and that was where I was first exposed to the Beauty of Mother Nature
...and their motto was:
 "Where the ONLY color is Green."  


THAT motto has taken on an even BIGGER
 more meaningful definition NOW.
Back then it was cuz the plants were green 
and the money they brought in was Green..
NOW Just the Word... means a New Industry, 
and Way of Thinking, and sustainable living ;-)


"May we ALL Live Long and Prosper while being GREEN."
  and Please Don't TRASH our ONLY Home ♥♥♥


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I hope you have all been out there making many beautiful
images of the last storms of winter and now the beauties of Spring as Mother Nature changes her wardrobe for this season..and I hope this year you are able to travel to many new places that you have longed to experience and photograph...


Here's my latest 16x20 Archival Poster that I have just made 
a limited edition of 100.  


This is a VERY special image for me as I had slept 
in the back of my truck in the turnout and set the alarm 
to wake up before sunrise so I could set everything up... 
and then WAIT...
as most dedicated photographers do unless they are being 
a photo-journalist at the moment.


FINALLY the morning sun came shining thru 
in her Glory
"under the clouds" ~ and this was made back in days of FILM so 
this was NO digital creation.. until I scanned my film to make this poster.


Immediately after that image was made I drove all day 
thru the backroads of Nevada and barely made it  to Lee Vining, CA, 
"just in time @ 9:45pm" to get IN the door to have dinner at Nicely's 
and then go find my parking/sleeping spot in the 
Lower Lee Vining Campground.


Many of you have seen the image of the wild iris called the 
Blue Flag on my homepage. I made THAT one the 
next morning when I awoke about 20 yards from my truck...


It was the end of my Memorial Trip up to Yellowstone 
in Honor of my StepFather, who had a cabin up there for 50 years 
and I had driven him up there yearly, 
so this was my first trip alone....

May you all have Special memories like this that go with your images 
that make them "come alive" for you... 
and may we all have the opportunity to make many more special memories 
and may they be memorialized either with pixels or film 
you can cherish them even more later on in life.


Blessing to you all on this "Wonderful 40th Earth Day"


and Remember....


"Let the beauty you love BE what you do." ~ Rumi
and carry beauty with you always in your heart...

Inspiration for the New Decade

No mater what your chosen medium for
expression of Art, I know we ALL can 
receive Inspiration from artists in other
mediums also..


This year I am allowing myself to 
put my "Inspiration Filter" on my
wide angle lens and wishing to 
let the inspiration flow in from
as many places as I can..


I "feel" a shift happening from within
and I want to give it "free range" 
and feed it as much as possible.


I find that MANY find valuable 
lessons for life from all mediums
of art and it concerns me Greatly
that  many of the arts are being 
eliminated from our schools' curriculum.


My HOPE is that WE can bring these
influences  back into our OWN lives
and possible the ACTION do something
to also inspire he children we are near
either one by one or an Entire Group.


Here is a simple example of a place
from which I drew some inspiration.
Everyone puts down TV viewing..
I have found MANY Inspirational
programs on there.. it depends on
what you are "looking for"....


Even Lessons from the Pro's and 
wee bits of "A-ha moments" CAN be
gleaned from interviews from
painters, vocalists, photographers,
and performance artists...


May this video help you think
"outside the box" and let your 
creative vision filter see a few 
things thru a new light.





May This New Decade find your 
"Inspiration Filter" put to new uses in many
ways and may you have many A-ha moments
that help you spread your Vision and also
Help others during this Challenging time
ahead and bring smiles and Inspiration
as well as possibly maybe Help others
Find their Passion that will add Lift-Off
to their Dreams they may had put on hold.


Bah Humbug to putting Dreams ON Hold.
Help your self and Others  "GO for IT."


Even if they don't make a profit during this
attempt, having a mentor and bringing some
JOY and Accomplishment and Pride into 
their lives during these days can be 
Priceless... and give them a SURGE that
will last a long time and maybe THEY
will even "pass it on" to others..


Support the Arts in whatever way you can 
this decade, whether you attend 
Artist's Receptions and let them KNOW 
just how much you appreciate their art, 
even if you can afford to buy it just now.. 
Being appreciated also Helps you keep going.. 
Take a friend along and Bring the Beauty 
of Art into Their LIVES.
Take a teenager along and show them 
the many ways they can 
"express their feelings" that does not 
make them a sissy and can BE fulfilling...


Who have you Inspired lately?
Let the list begin...

❤ Season's ❤ Greetings ❤ Everyone ❤

Season's Greetings everyone..

Sorry for the absence lately.
My MAIN computer has been in the shop having a complete physical

and surgery. It is temporarily back home, but still needs to go back

in for some final tweaking. It has been like Mr. Toad's "Wild Ride"

using my 7 yr old latop and not having access to many of my

programs cuz of the old Operating System...
Sometimes we don't REALLY Appreciate what we have

until we don't have it Suddenly.

Having this WHOLE MONTH to reflect on this topic, and of course,

this was over the Thanksgiving Holiday, it seemed to let the lesson

"sink-in" even DEEPER. This whole last month my email box

has been flooded with Sales Promos, as I am sure your Inbox

has been also.. But they were Ringing "hollow" for me this year.

I needed something BETTER another way of something to GIVE

to Show those that I REALLY Cared about them..

As FATE would have it, tomorrow I am attending a Special

Holiday Party for some folks that have been very sick and

isolated for most of the time, so even getting dressed up to

come out for this small Gathering will take a LOT of Effort

for them.. Most of them live alone and need to feel some

Community especially at this time of the year...

Tonight I had a "thought".. then I got something in my

email InBox... and THAT was IT.. The IDEA I had been

waiting for.. What a Gift to have it so easily delivered to me.

Now i would like to share that idea with you and possibly

kindly suggest that maybe you would find this a Special

Way for you to show your Thanks this season for ALL

you have been blessed with .. whether you feel that way

or not.. There are always those that have less and need more

than we/you do.. Giving back takes us "out" of ourselves

and Makes us Happy as we are making someone else

Happy..

So please go to this website and dig DEEP within

and find what would work for you this year..

It's NOT "how much you spend" that counts..

It's how much you can make someone else Happy

that really counts.. then you will be twice-blessed.

I would love to hear back from you about if you

were able to find a way that made you feel like

what you did fulfilled this need to Give and Receive

on a REAL level this year..

Blessings to you all and your talent that you

will share and be a vehicle in your receiving also.

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❤ Season's ❤ Greetings ❤ Everyone ❤