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Name: Barbara

Interests: Landscape and nature photography; flowers, skies, and water. I love photographing my many trips with my husband. I love rich colors and patterns. I enjoy weddings and the beautiful images of a blessed day.
Expertise: Graphic designer for small company. Use my photographs for my work.
Occupation: Advertising
Industry: Nonprofit

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Member Since: 8/15/2006

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Sunday, October 19, 2008

Fall in Northern California

Its already October 19th! Time flies! It is really starting to look like fall around here. We went to Lake Tahoe and Hope Valley a while back just as trees were beginning to turn. Some were really golden others were still green. It would have been fun to go back and visit them all again... but, like everyone else, I have been busy.

I always like Fall. The cooler temperatures are great. I usually have more energy to "fall clean" (vs. spring clean). Hopefully I will get out for more exercise! It really felt like a work-out on our hike.

I hope everyone is well. I have enjoyed everyone's posts. Happy Autumn!

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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Santa Barbara... Hmmm, nice place!

I had a few days in Santa Barbara. What a beautiful city. We had nice weather and walked our legs off. I hope everyone is enjoying the end of their summer. We have had a few days of breezy weather that had a touch of Fall in it. Where does the time go?
I sent my Canon in (not too long after this trip) to have adjustments on the focus mechanism and now it feels like new again. It was hard to ship it off (I admit, I am attached), but the Canon Service department is very nice and didn't mind when I called to see how things were going. The turn around time was good.
Hope you are are doing great!!

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Friday, July 25, 2008

Chihuly is in SF

If you love pretty colors and shapes and displays and glass - the Chihuly exhibit in San Francisco is for you. There were many rooms filled with displays. I went through twice and could have done it again. I highly recommend it if you like "still life" photos. The lighting was great - but glad I have a 5D. I used a high ISO but got these all hand held.

We were so interested in the process of how these pieces were created that we bought the DVD. Chihuly and his team certainly had fun creating these works of art.

I am familiar with some of his work but there were displays of baskets that I had never seen before. It was lovely.

I hope everyone is having a good summer! Thanks for all your inspiring work.

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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Okay... one more batch of travel photos. I highly recommend a trip to Zion national park, it is sooooo beautiful. I think we were there at a perfect time for spring green colors. I would like to go back for the fall colors.
The smoke has cleared here where we live. Yay. I hope the fires are out soon and everyone will feel safe at home. Three weeks of very very smokey skies felt weird. The first thing I did when I saw blue sky this morning was go out for a walk!
I hope you are all enjoying your summer!

Monument National Park

Zion National Park

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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Vacations

It is nice to go through vacation photos once you are home and already super-busy. Looking at the photos helps bring back some of the relaxation. The US has some incredible places to visit. We went to the Grand Canyon, Zion and areas around Page, Arizona. We took a tour into the famous slot canyons. I got some great photos, I included one in this post that shows what it was really like - full of other people wanting beautiful photographs. So I mostly shot above peoples heads, and so did everyone else. I tried to set up a tripod but it was just too busy. The photos are all handheld. Not bad... gotta love the 5D. This is my first group of photos... they make me want to go back.

Has anyone ever noticed that their 5D gets a little soft. I am going to send mine in for a "tune-up". It is soft or else I need new glasses. I hope everyone is having a great summer.

Grand Canyon

Horseshoe bend outside of Page, Arizona

Slot Canyon

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