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JenniferD > July 31, 2009
JenniferD > July 30, 2009  Tall grasses (landscaping - not the weeds we need to pull ;)  ) by our pool.  The background is the water from the pool.
JenniferD > July 29, 2009  -  Texas Sage

I really want a good macro lens. All this cropping to get the shot I want is not working well. Hmmmm do I starve the kids, deprive them of an education and dance classes, sell off the cars or stand on a street corner holding a sign that says "will work for glass"?      

  LOL    -    J/K!  ;)
JenniferD > July 28, 2009  -  Summer is out there - somewhere.
JenniferD > July 27, 2009  I am so not thrilled with this.  Total desperation shot.  I have taken much better dragon photos.  I took this Saturday.  Shot nothing yesterday - and today it is raining and I just don't have anymore time to spend trying to get a daily.  So - unfortunately....  this is it. :(
JenniferD > July 26, 2009   Lily really Really REALLY likes nacho cheese baked doritos!
JenniferD > July 25, 2009  

"God, in His goodness sent the grapes
To cheer both great and small;
Little fools will drink too much,
And great fools not at all."

ANONYMOUS
JenniferD > July 24, 2009
JenniferD > July 23, 2009

"A life with love will have some thorns, but a life without love will have no roses." —Author Unknown 


Finally finished all of my Disney photos yesterday.  Today I sorted and put them into galleries.  If anyone is interested they can be found here - Disney 2009
JenniferD > July 22, 2009  Getting a late start today.  Woke up with a migraine - hate those things.  A cold front came through yesterday/last night and any change in weather always triggers a headache.  Hopefully the Imitrex will kick in soon.

This is a rose of sharon.  It rained before the front went through and everything was covered in wonderful little water drops.  I don't have a nice macro lens so I had to do some serious cropping on this photo.  Then of course I lost a lot of detail so I started playing around with it in Topaz and Photoshop - this is the end result.  It is "OK"  nothing I am jumping up and down about.

Thanks so much for all the kind comments yesterday.  It WAS hard losing my parents when I was so young - had for anyone who has to deal with that and I know I am not alone.  My heart doesn't cause me any problems and hasn't since I was very  young.  It is always kind of back there lingering in my thoughts as I get older.  I am really blessed with fairly good health - sure there are a few things that anyone and a lot of people have to deal with - but I am doing my best to resolve those issues.  Yesterdays photo is in a way - my way - of pushing myself to continue and remind myself where I have come from - how far I have come and also a reminder that I am not quite where I want to be yet.  I do have to say though - it feels pretty darn good to be 43 and be able to do something you weren't allowed to do as a child.  Everytime I would get slightly out of breath my Mom would make me stop playing, running...  being a kid.  I understand why.  She was scared and that is what the doctors told her.  They just didn't know then as much as they know now - that the running and playing was only going to strengthen my heart and lungs.  So here I am at 43 doing what I was never allowed to do when it would have been MUCH easier for me.  It is just kind of a personal "feel good" thing.
JenniferD > July 21, 2009   -  Running for my life.

I was born with a congenital heart defect.  My Mom died of cancer when I was 13.  My Dad died of cancer when I was 16. The older I get - the more concerned I get about my health - I do NOT want to follow in my parents footsteps. Those health concerns along with a lifetime battle with my weight has pushed me to start jogging.  Last week I reached a personal milestone.  I was able to reach 21 miles in one week.  I am not sure I am going to make it - but I am going to try and break that this week - or at the very least match it, but I really want to break it - even if only by one mile.
JenniferD > July 20, 2009  Ian (hubby) right after he got his Masters of Business Administration degree.   He's my Goober - and I love him.
JenniferD > July 19, 2009  My last Disney photo - I promise.  

This is Harpers Mill on Tom Sawyers Island. I have been trying for three years to get a photo of it that I really like.  Finally!  The only thing I wish - that the wheel was working.  Oh well.

Thank you for being so patient with me as I have muddled my way through all of the photos I took while on vacation.  I still have about 280 to go through.  Most of them will not make my Disney galleries so it shouldn't take too long.  They are mostly of Wishes - the Magic Kingdom's nightly fireworks show.  I was too lazy to drag my heavy tripod with me so I attempted to hand hold during the fireworks.  I knew better. That's OK I have 2 other years worth of Wishes photos.

Thanks for the congratulations for Ian - I have passed them on and he says "Thank you".  He says he feels kinda silly being nearly 46 and going through a graduation ceremony.  The girls and I were not about to let him skip it.  He has worked too darn hard for the MBA and he is walking up there to get it!  Monday - I will have a photo of him to post. :)
JenniferD > July 20, 2009  The last of the Epcot photos. 

 All I have left are a few from the resort we stayed at (The Wilderness Lodge) and a few from the Magic Kingdom.  Tomorrow should be your last day to deal with them.  Monday - I PROMISE - no more Disney photos - instead I am sure I wil have one of my husband getting his MBA.  Sunday is his graduation ceremony.  I am so proud of him.  In October he starts working for his PhD.
JenniferD > July 17, 2009    Kylie - she may be my oldest.  She may be nearly 21, but she will ALWAYS be my baby.

I tried and tried and tried to finish the entire second to last vacation day of photos yesterday - I just couldn't.  By 11:30 I was getting lazy and making dumb mistakes so I quit.  As much as I love Disney - I will be so glad when I am done with them.  I don't even want to look at them anymore.  The plus side - I really think I am getting the whole HDR thing down and I have learned sooo much as far as editing.  Over half of the shots I took I bracketed so I could learn what worked and what did not.  I knew that if it didn't work - at least I would have one of the three frames that was correct and I could just use it as is and not as an HDR.  Most of them however - did work surprisingly.

OK I am rambling - I didn't sleep well last night - every time I closed my eyes I was seeing HDR images dancing in my head - makes for very dramatic dreams at least.  LOL  Have a good day everyone. :)
July 31, 2009
JenniferD > July 31, 2009
July 31, 2009
Camera: Canon (Canon Eos 5d Mark Ii) |
more details: exif |
original size: 877px x 584px |
Current: 600px x 400px |
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