the cool off...

i'm certain we will be the envy
of the nation today. 75, sunny and
low humidity. nice.
i'm guessing that it won't last long
but i'll take it for today.

i've had the pressure of wrapping
up some of my photography work the
past couple of weeks in preparation
for the starkey gala this weekend
and diane & jim's wedding in south dakota.
it's nice to have a clean desktop!
that, like the weather today, won't
last long. :)

i received my replica albums yesterday
from pictage. they are 4x4 exact
replicas and they are aDORable! the
actual album is set to arrive the first
week in july. this is a holly & john album
(one of my playa del carmen weddings).
anxious to see the album. i selected a
yummy dark chocolate leather cover.
it's going to be gorgeous!

last week i received all of my niece's
images from whcc. they are stunning.
i love wall portrait sizes. everyone should
have them. i used to think that an 11x14
was nice..now i prefer 16x20 and up!
20x30 and 30x40 are really the size if
you want to show off and create a presence
when you walk into a room!

now, if you are shooting yourself and plan
to do an enlargement of that scale, be
certain that you are shooting at the highest
quality or you won't get an acceptable
enlargement past a 5x7 or 8x10. THAT'S
what the mega pixels are good for! enlargements!
go into your settings and be sure that you
are always shooting on high. sure you may
get fewer images on a card but you'll be
much happier with the results of ANY image
that you end up printing. my advice to
everyone?? GO BUY A 1 or 2 GIG CARD!! you
can get like almost 800 images in high
resolution on a 2 GIG card! but be sure that
you dump them onto your computer and back
them up on to archival discs regularly an
reformat your card.

nothing drives me more crazy than someone
that can share both their last years halloween
costume and their last winter's cruise from
their camera. what happens if you lose your
camera or it's stolen or crushed or worse,
falls in the lake??? GONE! that's what!
your images are all GONE!

take a rainy day and get these images onto
cd's...start a brag book of your favorites
to carry around instead!

happy archiving!