20 Sunday Jan 2019
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yesterday I spent some time playing with my camera and flowers in the house…
working a bit with the macro feature…
got some good shots of the orchid… if you look at them just the right way you can see a dove…
also got a few pictures of the flowers in one of the bouquets on the main floor…
as everyone knows, flowers really help me through the cold and dark season… just looking at them makes me happy…
the great news is that every day there is a tiny bit more light;-)…
22 Monday Oct 2018
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so excited to pick up my new camera on Friday… the old one died while we were camping this summer and I have been missing it tremendously… decided not to have it repaired again as it would be expensive and I had already had it repaired three or four times… made more sense to put that money towards a newer model…
was hoping to make it to Christmas to buy one but Thursday night I was at an event and was very disappointed in my pictures…
so Friday I went and purchased this one… it is basically the same model, only upgraded…
many things are similar but there are nuances that I am going to have to study up on, lol…
I’ve been able to connect it to my phone to download pictures but haven’t figured out how to use my phone to depress the shutter button…
there is a new automatic setting that adds effects and I really want to understand a few of the other settings…
it connects to my phone or computer via wifi, the screen moves to make taking pictures easier and it has a better zoom function…
looking forward to delving into all the details…
25 Saturday Aug 2018
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big girl pants, camera, coolpix, missing, Nikon, old friend, repair, replacement, widow, zoom
I am really missing my camera… on the first day of our camping trip it died…
the zoom opened, but then would not close… I tried all the possibilities – turned it off, turned it back on, took out the battery… sadly, nothing worked…
this is how it still looks, sigh…
at this point I don’t think it is worth repairing… I’ve had it for at least ten years and it has been repaired two or three times… don’t think it is worth the money… current technology is so advanced that now is the time to look into a new model…
I’ve been looking into replacing it and had hoped it would last until Christmas, but no such luck… it feels like an old friend so it is sad to see it go… will have to save up for a while to get a replacement…
it is quite amazing how much you can miss something or someone….
03 Saturday Dec 2016
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big girl pants, errands, grandsons, hot tub, Indigo, Nikon, polar bears, rest, restaurant, seals, widow, zoo
great day with the little boys…
they arrived at 10:30 and we ran out to do some errands…
got the hot tub water tested… then we stopped at Henry’s for some help with a little issue I was having with my Nikon… apparently I had pushed a tiny button which was causing quite a big problem… I’d spent quite a while online trying to find a solution without any success… the staff person fixed it in about fifteen seconds…
on to Indigo where both boys found a book and we picked up an adult colouring book, as well as a special gift for a friend… very happy that the littlest one found a book he wanted as he tells me he doesn’t like books or reading…
went to the zoo to visit the polar bears… we saw a few, but the seals gave us a wonderful show…
six of them were swimming around…
they seem to swim mainly on the backs…
started lunch with hot chocolate and watched a few bears wander past…
stopped at the grocery store to pick up a final Advent calendar and some reindeer poop (chocolate covered raisins) and headed home…
coloured, watched tv and read a bit before they were picked up around 6:30…
now I’m resting, lol…
20 Saturday Feb 2016
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angel, beloved, big girl pants, Canada Goose, eyefi, Facebook, iPhone, mobiPRO, Nikon, North Face, purple, sunshine, Technology, Urban Trail
had a bit of fun shopping…
went to Henry’s and picked up the eyefi mobiPRO… staff there helped link it up to the app I had already downloaded onto my iPhone… I do love technology…
it is very cool…
from there we went to Urban Trail where I checked out a number of Canada Goose jackets… and then I found a gorgeous purple North Face jacket…
it is gorgeous… fits great and works to -10 C… it weighs about the same as a cute little vest I have that fits into a tiny bag…can hardly wait to wear it;-)…
wandered around a few other shops and headed home…
since then I’ve been playing with my Nikon and iPhone…
took these pictures in the living room…
and transferred them to my iPhone in a flash… so great to have the ability to get pictures from my camera to the phone so easily…
also enjoyed the sunshine…
yesterday, my Facebook showed a few memories with my beloved speaking in a video… he made a number of angels using this particular one as a sample…
I sure do miss him and loved hearing his voice…
18 Thursday Feb 2016
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big girl pants, camera, iPhone, light, Nikon, Olympus, photographer, sd card, solar, wifi
been taking lots of pictures lately with my camera… I really love my Nikon…
have had it for many years and love the way it fits in my hand and the great pictures it takes… I also have an Olympus, but it just doesn’t have the same comfortable feel to it…
often take pictures with my phone because it is easier than pulling out the Nikon and then downloading the shots to the computer and emailing them to my phone to use in my blog…
today I was speaking with a professional photog who talked about a different type of card which will act as wifi and send pics directly to my iPhone… have already done a bit of reading on them and will be heading to Henry’s on the weekend to learn more and hopefully get one… woo hoo…
took another few pictures of the solar dragonflies in the garden… enjoying the extra light every day…
