December 30, 2008
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Since we are on break from school, the monsters and I have been trying to entertain ourselves.
We went to the pool and we took the water camera… of course!
Today since I am a little bored and it isn’t nap time yet I am playing with Photoshop
I liked the dead man floats picture.
(Did anyone else ever call it that? Or is it only ‘dead man’ when your face down?)
We’ll have to try more of it next time we go.
Isabelle’s head as it came out of the camera…
After I got done butchering it in Photoshop… actually I might not be done, I may go do some more.
(after nap time.
) This last one is my favorite… it’s in the style of Mr. Higgins…
Quick question…
If you saw a woman taking pictures of EVERYTHING at the pool, Would you give her the stink eye?
Well, almost everything, I never take pictures of people that aren’t my children… at least not when their looking.
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I wouldn’t but I’m a photographer… but if you were a man I might look twice to make sure it was only your children you were photographing! Caution is the order of the day for most folks I’m afraid. Great photos by the way!
i so need to go play with my camera for me….i’m so sick of editing wedding and promo shots…sigh
No stink eye from me, cause I too would be holding a camera!!!
As for the dead mans float, we only called it this if the face is in the water and you are floating on the belly! Otherwise its called floating on your back!!!
I hope Mr. Higgins enjoys your feet photo. Of course I think the tiles with the water drops would be after his style!!!
Enjoy the time off with your little Monsters!!! My Monster is a little under the weather so the next few days for us will be laying low, which is fine with me!!! I’m still pooped from all the Christmas rush!!!
BTW, meant to ask you…what version of photoshop do you use? Is it hard to learn how to do it? I know it deals with masks or layers, and I just cannot seem to grasp this. Might need to see if there is a lesson going on around us!!! Either that or I am just to old to learn this young persons tricks!!!! I grew up in the age of working to get just the right shot, and I still tend to do this, but it sure would be nice to have something decent to edit it!!!
cool pics!
this summer I was asked not to take pictures of the pool. I was only allowed to take pictures of my own kids who where just next to me. I wanted pictures of them going down the waterslides, oh well
@firefighterswife - I am lucky enough to have the newest version of PScs. Do you have a copy? There are some great tutorial sites online that I could stear you towards… and I highly recommend PS for dumbies… out of the three books that I use, that’s my favorite one.
Yes, no matter whether they were female and male, there will always be someone who will give them the stink eye in this day and age.
@angi1972 - I am looking into this, but I was not sure I could figure it out. I do have the online version of the photoshop and its confusing. I think this might be the thing I try to do for my birthday. I would rather have something like this that I would use for years rather than a night out. Thanks for steering me towards the books for dummies, they might help this old gal figure it out!!!
the “stink eye” made me laugh … great photos … i’m not brave enough to sneek into photoshop yet … you go girl …
We always called it “dead man’s float” when it was face down. Kinda morbid, eh?!? We’re taking the kids to an indoor water park tomorrow….your pics are getting me in the right frame of mind! We’re excited….
hey ! Ang ! You are going to be part of the comandant Cousteau ‘ s team to picture the bottoms of the seas with their strange animals !! ( they have also strange appendices )
Love
mIchel
I certainly would not, as I have often been that crazy woman with the camera. What kind of uptight Biznotch would give you the stink eye for that?!
As long as the camera is not aimed my way, it’s fair game. Glad you had fun!
I give people the stink-eye all the time, but thats just me. I once thought this woman was taking pictures of my kids in the supermarket with this little camera. She’d hold it up to her eye and look at them, fiddle around, and then put it back to her neck. Come to find out, it was once of those vocalizers that people with no throats use to talk with. I felt like such a sap.
Awww, I like the toes picture. It’s cute!
You know I get that look every time I head to the pool with my camera and start taking pictures of women in their bathingsuits and their children. I thought it was just me, but I am glad to see you get it too.
I stopped by to see if anything exciting was going on over here and I see I missed some really good stuff. Man-o-live, a bad breath contest! WOW! Yep real men do that all the time! The best though is venison chili and beer fart contests over cigars and a game of poker! Now there is some man bonding!
The last time I took a camera to the pool was in the 90′s. I don’t recall receiving any kind of “stink-eye” look from anyone. Wait. I took a video camera to a pool in the summer of 2002, but there was nobody but my kids and me around… no eye to stink at me that time. Nah. I figure that if somebody has a camera in a public place, they have the right to take photographs. If they come onto my property, they’d get more than the stink eye.
yes, I would think she was a pervert if she didn’t have any kids with her -so you’re safe.lol
Gee, it sure looks like a lot fun…maybe I should take my camera to the pool tomorrow and see what kind of photos I can get of the seniors do their water aerobics….
hahah looks like fun!
No stink eye from me
One hot day last summer as ole Chew and I were headed up river to a sand bar a whole flotilla of asian tourists were paddling down river reaching the sandbar just before us. One of them pointed at us and they all ran down to the waters edge and started taking pictures, apparently they had never seen a dog in a kayak before.
The deer picture was the best and the last of camera number 6, she was captivated by those two deer and never saw the first sweeper to upend her that day, unfortuantly it wasn’t the last.
As long as you didn’t take any pics of me,
I’d be okay with it! Miss you Angi!
I love your experimentation!
cool pics. Heck no I wouldnt give lady the stink eye. I would try to lay out all sexy and she if she would take my pics. If that didnt work then I would get out the leather pants and my cut off t-shirt.
Water camera – something I don’t have. Might be a good addition to my cameras.