Final Exam

Today was my final exam in Introduction to Digital Photography. I believe I did really well -- another 100% I feel. If so, that means I made it all the way through an 8-week course without getting a single question wrong on a quiz or test. I can say with confidence that I have never done that before! LOL!!

I am a little sad that this class has come to an end because I don't think there are any classes left to take if I am not going major in photography & use it as a career. I could learn these things, but I know I will never use them. That doesn't mean my fun class career is over. I have a few other ideas running through my head. :)

Cellphone Lit Dinner

We had more storms in the area today & tonight. While out for dinner the power went out three times. The first two were for less than a minute, but the last ended up being much longer. Just before our food arrived the power went out that third time. The restaurant didn't have any candles -- so we just dined by cellphone light! It was quite comical to see people using cellphones as flash lights. An employee later returned with candles, but we had finished eating by that time. Sounds romantic, hey? LOL!!

Party Time

Today was the first day of my yearly job! Bring on the Easter Bunny Parties! I am doing 15 of them this year. One down, fourteen to go! ;)

Why Did I Think of That...LOL!!

Under the Cover of Darkness...

Today was our first time in the darkroom for developing! We developed one of the shots we took last week (that's one of the advantages of sheet film -- you can process one at a time instead of the whole roll). Wow, was it strange to be in complete darkness like that. The only light was the "glowing" of the numbers on the dial of the time. We looked at them so long they began to look like blobs instead of numbers...lol!!

After 8 minutes in the developer, one minute in water, and three minutes in fixer, we are able to turn on the light to inspect our photos. WOW -- that was cool!!

I didn't get to inspect closely, but other than one tiny spot at the top corner I think the negative is good. I suspect, however, that this spot is from someone who wasn't careful at the drying cabinet. She knocked one of the rods down while film was in there drying which may have splashed the photos in the cabinet & caused it. I do not recall seeing that spot when I hung it in the cabinet. This is an ungraded "practice" assignment so we want to get our goof up out here.

Next week we will be printing! Woohoo!

Nice Day

Bob took a vacation day & we spent it hanging out at home, going out to lunch and spending money on stuff I need for my view camera class. This class is enough to send a person to the poor house. I have already spent $650 NOT including tuition & have more to purchase. I purchased a bunch of things from someone on Craigslist. Some of it I do not need and should be able to sell those items to cover some of the cost of my supplies. The rest of the items I need to purchase aren't needed until the end of the semester when we start work on our semester project.

Girl Time

Going out of dinner with the girls tonight. Tomorrow is my friend Erin's birthday & we are going out to celebrate! Good food + good friends = good times! :)

Fun Times

Tonight Bob & I are heading out on the town with a few dear friends! I am really looking forward to it. I think we have spent every New Year's Eve since we have know each other home. We end up being asleep on the couch before the New Year even arrives. At least I know we will see it in this year. LOL!!

Fun with Macro

A little over a month ago I spent a little time playing with the macro setting on my digital camera. These are the same daisies I used in my studio shoot for photography class. They lasted over two weeks and I got lots of photos using them...

You can see the rest of them here!

Our Homecoming Girl

The finishing touches!


All ready to go!


Just being silly!
(I love the way the light hits Olivia's face in this pic!)

The Show!

Saturday night was Girls Night Out! We saw Sara Bareilles, Maroon 5, and Counting Crows.

First up was Sara Bareilles. We caught the very end of her show. She was OK. It was her last night on the tour with Maroon 5 and they brought out wine, flowers, teddy bears, bananas and stalks of celery for her. I wasn't there when they brought it out so I am not sure why they brought out bananas & celery...LOL!!

Next up was Maroon 5. They were AMAZING, and I have a new celeb crush. He might even be at number one right next to David Cook! Adam Levine (lead singer) is hot, hot, hot!

Adam.
Originally uploaded by Search Party Insider

We like them all, but the main reason we wanted to go to this show was to see Counting Crows. Every time you hear about one of their shows, the talk is how good they are live. Unfortunately, that didn't hold true for this show. We were quite underwhelmed by their show. How can Counting Crows do a show and not sing Mr. Jones? The best part of their show was Sara Bareilles joined them.

Ladies Night

Last night I joined five friends for a rare ladies only night! With all our schedules it is really hard to get all of us together, but this time it worked. The stars must have been aligned just right when we planned...LOL!!

I had a great time, ladies! Thanks for being such great friends!

Home Sweet Home

Bob is home from Vegas. He got home about 7:00PM yesterday, and is a little tired today. He does have the rest of the week off, and I think he will need it to recoup from all those late nights (I should say early mornings...lol). He had a great time with the guys, and they are planning on doing it again next fall. :)

I need to start planning a women's weekend! Where should we go? :)