Tag: fotos

Picture It: A Creative Weekend. in Collages
October 10, 2012 randomness

Picture It: A Creative Weekend. in Collages

One of the things that was inspired by my weekend conference retreat with Creative Alliance’12 was my already-developing interest in taking and playing with pictures. I participated in more free-form discussions than technically-oriented sessions during the weekend, but I got the most immediately-useful takeaways from a talk about Pinterest and Instagram, which was supplemented with an excellent list of photo-editing apps (thanks to Yuliya @ SheSuggests and Ciaran of Momfluential). I made the top two […]

Scenes From a Sunday Drive; or, Why We Come to California
September 6, 2012 randomness

Scenes From a Sunday Drive; or, Why We Come to California

These photos were taken driving south on the Pacific Coast Highway from Point Mugu, north of Malibu, to Santa Monica on the Sunday morning of Labor Day weekend. They were edited using iPhoto, but primarily for cropping, composition, and brightness adjustments–I haven’t enhanced the colors. The PCH cuts between the rocks here at Point Mugu. You may have seen this spot in many car commercials… Surf is way up near Point Mugu Down in Santa […]

Friday Foto (Edit): Getting From Here to There
August 31, 2012 randomness

Friday Foto (Edit): Getting From Here to There

I’ve been getting much more into photo-blogging this summer, and in the process, I’ve become more comfortable with photo-editing techniques and technology. Participating in the #photoaday meme has certainly encouraged me to play around with pictures, and every now and then, I like to share how I create a particular post. All of my editing is done on mobile devices; in order to replicate my techniques precisely, you’ll need the Apple iPhoto app for iOS, […]

Picturing August, part 2: #photoadayaug
August 30, 2012 randomness

Picturing August, part 2: #photoadayaug

A few of my favorite #photoaday posts from the second half of August–you can see all of them here, if you’d like to. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPad Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Email Address Subscribe Join 2,318 other subscribers

Picturing August, part 1: #photoaday
August 15, 2012 randomness

Picturing August, part 1: #photoaday

I’m doing the #photoaday meme again this month, and since we’re halfway through August, I’m posting a few of my favorites here. My daily updates for the meme are on Instagram and shared to Twitter and Facebook, should you be interested in seeing them as they happen rather than in blog roundups. Fountains at The Americana at Brand, Glendale, California Spare change in the cupholder of my car In my mother-in-law’s patio garden A sneak […]

Sunday Salon: Stream of Consciousness Edition
July 29, 2012 randomness

Sunday Salon: Stream of Consciousness Edition

It’s a mostly lazy Sunday around here, and that includes staying out of the kitchen! We went out for breakfast and will be going out again for dinner–my stepkids are about to start two weeks’ vacation with their mom, so we asked them to pick a special place to eat tonight. Right now, they’re playing on the Wii with their dad and I’m in my reading chair in the corner, although I haven’t done much […]

Picturing July, part 2: #photoaday and #DailyBookPic
July 25, 2012 randomness

Picturing July, part 2: #photoaday and #DailyBookPic

My posting in the #DailyBookPic meme has dropped off a bit in the latter half of July, since I’m not participating if I don’t have something appropriate to the prompt. However, I did make it into the roundup on Book Riot on one of the days when I joined in last week! I haven’t missed a day of #photoadayjuly, though, and I’m having a lot of fun with it. I haven’t yet decided whether I’ll do […]

Sunday Salon: A “Reading and Weeding” Staycation (with a side of rambling)
July 15, 2012 reading

Sunday Salon: A “Reading and Weeding” Staycation (with a side of rambling)

I’ve been mostly hanging out at home for the last several days. Tall Paul and I had submitted vacation requests for this time months ago, in anticipation of attending San Diego Comic-Con this weekend. So much for that–we couldn’t get tickets. But we weren’t about to give back the time off, either, and so we’ve been “staycationing.” (And although we aren’t taking pictures in San Diego, I’ve been playing with pictures this week–I’ll be sharing […]

Picturing July: #photoadayjuly and #dailybookpic
July 11, 2012 randomness

Picturing July: #photoadayjuly and #dailybookpic

This month, I jumped on the photo-meme bandwagon–not once, but twice. My husband has been participating in #photoaday on Instagram for a few months, and I thought I’d join him in July. (If you’re on Instagram and want to follow, we’re both using our Twitter handles there: I’m florinda3rs and he’s RamsesTMagnum–the only only place where he’s Tall Paul is around here!) I’m sharing my #photoadayjuly pictures on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, but wanted to […]

10 Years in L.A.: The Loathe List
July 5, 2012 'riting, randomness

10 Years in L.A.: The Loathe List

I’ve lived in Southern California ten years as of this week, and that seems like an appropriate time for some reflection on a place I wouldn’t have expected to find myself before this decade started. Sometimes I still wonder at the fact that I’m here at all, but I’ve rarely questioned my decision to come here. There are so many ways in which my life here is better than I had any reason to expect […]

10 Years in LA; The Love List
July 3, 2012 'riting, randomness

10 Years in LA; The Love List

I’ve lived in Southern California ten years as of this week, which is as long as I’ve lived anywhere in my entire life, and it’s one of the last places I’d ever have imagined I’d end up. Granted, I still might not end up here, literally; I hope I’ve still got a few good decades left, and I certainly I hope I’ll be spending them with the native Southern Californian I married almost six years […]

(Mostly) Wordless Wednesday: NYC Photos Unrelated to #BookExpo
June 13, 2012 randomness

(Mostly) Wordless Wednesday: NYC Photos Unrelated to #BookExpo

I was in New York City for Book Expo America last week, but most of my best photos were taken at places that had nothing to do with that particular event. I’ve put up a bunch of them on a Pinterest board, but these are a few special favorites.  New York’s a photogenic gal, isn’t she? (Edits were made and effects added using PicMonkey.) Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to […]