Monday, December 22, 2008

Flash Palette just reduced their pricing !!!!!!!!!

Many ask me what we use for the flash portions on our website
we use FP templates, but calling Flash Palette tools templates is like calling a Cadillac Escalad (sp)
a truck !

Click here to go to their site !

Steve

Portrait Retouching in LightRoom version 2

an excellent how to article
click here
and Merry Christmas to ya all !

Steve

Sunday, December 14, 2008

just for fun

I saw this on another blog and thought it was neat. Things I have done are bolded.

1. Started your own blog (Duh)
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyworld
8. Climbed a mountain (several including Half Dome)
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (photography)
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked (just once and a long time ago, don't tell my mom)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language (does international morse code count?)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (it doesn’t take much)
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing (on a rock wall)
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke (yes but they were not happy I tried)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling (snorkeling but I am not good at it)
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check (yes it was an accident and I don't make a habit of it)
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone (while sky diving)
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (Does Fish count and Froglegs count then yes)

88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life (with use of CPR)
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one, more than once
94. Had a baby (don't tink so I'm wrong sex !)
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit

99. Been stung by a bee
100. Seen Mount Rushmore in person
101. Learned to play an instrument

Give it a try, post to your blog, and comment here, or if you don’t blog (why not?)