A few warm days and most of the snow is gone. It is snowing again today, never fear, but for a brief moment, much of it disappeared. Here is a squirrel enjoying that moment. (Assuming Flickr works for me!)
Tomorrow I'm starting a brief photography class! Yay! And I've also ordered some books. So hopefully new and exciting photos will be coming soon!
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Melting!
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
A tree...
Somehow a picture of a tree doesn't seem all that interesting, but I like it. Or maybe this isn't the best picture of this tree ever, but still. This is the oldest or biggest Burr Oak tree in Missouri... Something like that. Either way it is big and old.
In other news, I'm temporarily giving up on blogging from Flickr. When I have time, I'll be exploring more. Apparently if I change my blog layout, it will work better on the large pictures, so there is hope.
In totally unrelated news, I've been applying for jobs teaching at high school summer schools, which is a pretty serious pain. For one, I have to come up with a recreational activity to do with 20 high schoolers that lasts at least 90 minutes. Holy shit, that is a long time. I had a great plan to do one of those photography scavenger hunts, but it is too expensive. Since then, I've spent just way too much time coming up with something. My high school recreation involved a lot of time on the phone and painting my nails, which I've ruled out as options so.....
Friday, February 6, 2009
The Great Debate Text
Ok fine. Flickr or whoever is against me wins. I'm reposting the text for the Great Debate post below, because it simply refuses to appear. One of these days I'll figure it out. Enjoy.
So I've always used a combination of Picasa and Shutterfly for all my photo sharing, storing, and ordering needs. I can't say I have any complaints, but with the new camera, I'm looking for something a little more...let's be honest, I'm looking for more public exposure. I'm not saying I'm a professor photographer or anything like that. I'm not. I'm a history graduate student who takes pictures here and there and every once in awhile one turns out decent enough. Nonetheless, I wouldn't mind making them available for others to see in the rare event they might want to look at them!
Enter the debate. Do I expand my use of picasa to make more public and well organized folders? Or do I open a flickr account, requiring me to obtain yet another email address, log in screen and uploading process.....I'm very wedded to picasa for my desktop software, but the coolness factor of flickr and more importantly the ability to see if anyone actually does look at my photos is appealing. After what can only be described as an absurd amount of time spent reading about the two, I've decided to just suck it up and try Flickr out while also expanding my picasa use. Hopefully, I'll make a firm decision and then be able to focus, but in the meantime, I'll be embracing them both. So here we are. Testing out the blogging capabilities of flickr.
This is a old but favorite photo. It is from the Canadian Rockies. One of my absolute favorite places in the world. I've only been there once for a scant couple of weeks in the summer of 2006, but it was amazing. If I could pick one place to build a little cabin and live for a few months writing my dissertation without the distractions of other people and daily life, it would be at this very lake....I'm sure I'll post more pictures from trip later, but for now this is it (and maybe I'll figure out how to blog more than one photo at a time with this thing!)
So I've always used a combination of Picasa and Shutterfly for all my photo sharing, storing, and ordering needs. I can't say I have any complaints, but with the new camera, I'm looking for something a little more...let's be honest, I'm looking for more public exposure. I'm not saying I'm a professor photographer or anything like that. I'm not. I'm a history graduate student who takes pictures here and there and every once in awhile one turns out decent enough. Nonetheless, I wouldn't mind making them available for others to see in the rare event they might want to look at them!
Enter the debate. Do I expand my use of picasa to make more public and well organized folders? Or do I open a flickr account, requiring me to obtain yet another email address, log in screen and uploading process.....I'm very wedded to picasa for my desktop software, but the coolness factor of flickr and more importantly the ability to see if anyone actually does look at my photos is appealing. After what can only be described as an absurd amount of time spent reading about the two, I've decided to just suck it up and try Flickr out while also expanding my picasa use. Hopefully, I'll make a firm decision and then be able to focus, but in the meantime, I'll be embracing them both. So here we are. Testing out the blogging capabilities of flickr.
This is a old but favorite photo. It is from the Canadian Rockies. One of my absolute favorite places in the world. I've only been there once for a scant couple of weeks in the summer of 2006, but it was amazing. If I could pick one place to build a little cabin and live for a few months writing my dissertation without the distractions of other people and daily life, it would be at this very lake....I'm sure I'll post more pictures from trip later, but for now this is it (and maybe I'll figure out how to blog more than one photo at a time with this thing!)
Flickr Take Three
Flickr You are Losing Me!
The previous post was supposed to be trying things out with flickr, but my text did not appear, so I'm trying again!
The Great Debate
IMG_0867, originally uploaded by cmlamber.
So I've always used a combination of Picasa and Shutterfly for all my photo sharing, storing, and ordering needs. I can't say I have any complaints, but with the new camera, I'm looking for something a little more...let's be honest, I'm looking for more public exposure. I'm not saying I'm a professor photographer or anything like that. I'm not. I'm a history graduate student who takes pictures here and there and every once in awhile one turns out decent enough. Nonetheless, I wouldn't mind making them available for others to see in the rare event they might want to look at them!
Enter the debate. Do I expand my use of picasa to make more public and well organized folders? Or do I open a flickr account, requiring me to obtain yet another email address, log in screen and uploading process.....I'm very wedded to picasa for my desktop software, but the coolness factor of flickr and more importantly the ability to see if anyone actually does look at my photos is appealing. After what can only be described as an absurd amount of time spent reading about the two, I've decided to just suck it up and try Flickr out while also expanding my picasa use. Hopefully, I'll make a firm decision and then be able to focus, but in the meantime, I'll be embracing them both. So here we are testing out the blogging capabilities of flickr.
This is a old but favorite photo. It is from the Canadian Rockies. One of my absolute favorite places in the world. I've only been there once for a scant couple of weeks in the summer of 2006, but it was amazing. If I could pick one place to build a little cabin and live for a few months writing my dissertation without the distractions of other people and daily life, it would be at this very lake....I'm sure I'll post more pictures from trip later, but for now this is it (and maybe I'll figure out how to blog more than one photo at a time with this thing!)
Update: The posting did not work as well as it could have, so I'll have to work on that....several error messages later my photo has appeared though!
Monday, February 2, 2009
Doggy!
In keeping with the pet theme, here is a cute, old dog. I didn't take this photo, but it is one of the first from the new camera, so I'm enjoying it nonetheless. I think he has a particularly expressive face, despite not really being a dog person (I know, I know, all the dog people out there are offended).
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