We had a great time in Tahoe this last week with Ryan and Kim. Melissa and I think it’s already time for another vacation. I guess living in our hot California house will have to do for now…
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Instagram Diptych
Last night I had the most vivid dream. I dreamt that I drove something that resembled a Las Vegas theme park. All of the lights, sounds and games were there. The differences became quickly apparent. There were families, and happiness; laughter spread throughout the park.
In addition, it seemed that there was a Kodachrome haze that layered over the park. Colors were more vibrant, and it seemed that I had stepped back into the 70s. It was beautiful, and everyone was happy.
This morning, when I was getting ready, I took Rush downstairs to get some breakfast with me. He was quiet, playing in the front room and I got a little suspicious. When I arrived, he was sitting quietly, playing with a nativity toy set near the tree.
I have been using Instagram for a little while, and I have to admit, I am smitten. Many have written on what is great, but I just want to add my two cents. This morning, when I saw Rush, I had my iPhone in my pocket, and my DSLR on the counter right next to me. To shoot the photo, I had a few options.
- Take camera from bag
- Take flash out
- Meter the flash
- Replace 18-135mm with f1.8 50mm
- Try to compose a nice photo
- Take another one with some different flash settings
- Try to wrangle Rush back into the spot
- Sync camera with computer
- iPhoto to Photoshop for editing
- Upload to Flickr
- Upload to Facebook
- Upload to Tumblr
- Tweet off a link
Now, with Instagram
- Pull out phone, and take photo.
- Add a filter
- Blast that photo to Facebook, Tumblr, Flickr, and Twitter (and Instagram too).
The dreamy landscape that I saw in my deep in my sleep, quickly became the photo that I took with my phone. The ability to simply share a photo is something that other apps will do, but the community of Instagram, coupled with the ease of use makes this a winner in my book.
Thanksgiving in Arizona…
You can’t play dodgeball when you aren’t having dinner at a church.
You get creative instead…
A Photo Post…
I have been helping a friend doing some edits, and I think this is one of the raddest pictures ever.
This kid is the bomb, and he knows it…
Snowbird…
Started off the ski season painfully well yesterday at Snowbird. This is a post I did for the SkiUtah blog, but thought that I would share here.
Well, another notch on the ski pole, Snowbird day 2 in the books. Started out the day on the tram, posting a few pics from my cell phone. After breaking in my legs to idea of skiing, (Sure, I could have done some pre-season training, but I thought that sitting at my computer trying to become the greatest blogger of all time took precedence), loosening up the boots a little, I settled into a bluebird day of skiing. I took my camera around and took some pictures of the day. Hope you like.
Phlogging Day 12: Yogurt
This might have been an easy out seeing that the empty plastic cup of yogurt was sitting on my desk, but back off; I did it.
Phlogging Day 11: Park City
Well, Ty and I headed up to PC today to get some pics. We came away with some cool ones as we scurried about the mountain. The highlight of the day was when we came around the side of the hill into the top of Jupiter Lift at PCMR. Awesome.
More photos after the break.