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June 2009

Super Soaker 50 Celebrates its 20th Anniversary!

June 30, 2009

Sometimes review products come into our home and sit calmly in the box until we’re ready to evaluate them. Not so with Hasbro’s Super Soaker 50 Water Blaster. The phrase “pandemonium ensued” pretty much summarizes what happened as soon as the package was opened. My 18-year-old son walked in and asked, “Where did that come [...]

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I ♥ Faces: Wedding Bells (week 25)

June 29, 2009

One of this week’s themes at iHeartFaces is “Wedding Bells” and the guest judge is Jasmine Star! This is a photo I took at my sister’s wedding last year. I love the play of emotions on my sister’s and daddy’s faces: the mixture of excitement and nervousness as she prepares to walk down the path [...]

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Notable NAPP Links for the Week of June 21, 2009

June 28, 2009

Before and After video from Matt Kloskowski Creating a Rule of Thirds Custom Shape in Photoshop as a Cropping Guide Lightroom 2 Adjustment Brush Fading Filters in Photoshop Installing an Image Slideshow in WordPress Quick Shapes in Photoshop 2nd Annual Worldwide PhotoWalk on Saturday, July 18, 2009 Sign up for Photoshop World newsletter Have you [...]

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Enter your photo to win a one-year subscription to National Geographic and a sample of Energizer Lithium Batteries!

June 26, 2009

THE CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED–WINNER ANNOUNCED HERE. The final entry is #52, Our Lincoln Log. I’m not sure how to “close” a Mr. Linky! The winner will be announced after Angie and Amy have had a chance to choose. [Edited to add: Limit of 2 entries per person (I meant to make it one, but [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: State Capitol out the Window of My Car (don’t try this at home)

June 23, 2009

I’m a NAPP Evangelist (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) – see how this could benefit you! Visit 5 Minutes for Mom or Wordless Wednesday for more Wordless Wednesday participants. Are you a photographer with white balance problems? Check out the White Balance Lens Cap!

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I ♥ Faces: “Let’s Hear it for the Boys!” Adults (week 24)

June 22, 2009

It’s time for week twenty-three of the iHeartFaces photo contest! This week’s theme is “Let’s Hear it for the Boys!” and the guest judge is Lori Nordstrom. These are my two oldest sons, and since they’re 18 and 23, this qualifies them for the adult category. I would say that makes me feel old, but [...]

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I ♥ Faces: “Let’s Hear it for the Boys!” Kids (week 24)

June 22, 2009

It’s time for week twenty-four of the iHeartFaces photo contest! This week’s theme is “Let’s Hear it for the Boys!” and the guest judge is Lori Nordstrom. I took this picture of my fourteen-year-old son recently. He looks so intense the way he’s leaning forward toward the camera. Actually, the poor guy had emergency knee [...]

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Notable NAPP Links for the Week of June 14, 2009

June 21, 2009

Official Worldwide Photo Walk T-Shirts to Support Orphanage (ordered mine!) To Tweet or Not to Tweet Get Creative – Tell Stories with Your Camera Adding Depth of Field 7 Steps to Becoming a Confident Photographer 5 Noise Makers in Digital Photography 2nd Annual Worldwide PhotoWalk on Saturday, July 18, 2009 Sign up for Photoshop World [...]

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Oh, Adobe! Advertising, and other stuff

June 19, 2009

I’VE GOT A PHOTO ON ADOBE’S WEBSITE! Don’t mean to yell, BUT THIS IS SERIOUSLY EXCITING NEWS! If you go to the Passionate Photographers page in the Lightroom product category, mine is the fourth photo in the slideshow (not that I’ve counted or sat and stared at it for minutes at a time). I am [...]

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