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Using your camera to Inventory by SueBloom

Posted 14 days ago

There are times in our lives when we want or need to document our belongings. For those moments bring your digital camera into the fray. Your digital camera is a ready and cheap way to provide authentification. Here are some scenarios:

1 – When traveling by air, I lay all my garments out neatly on a flat surface, usually the spare bedroom, and photograph them. Tops are in one photo, slacks another, etc. All electronic components ( phone charger, battery charger, spare batteries, etc. ) are also photographed. When the bag is packed, take another photo of the suitcase. Everyone has a black b...

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Water Photos Contest

I encourage you all to enter our Water Photos Contest! Read the blog Wet, Wild and Wonderful for ideas and inspiration. Then upload and post your photos in a reply to the comment below called Water Photos. The contest closes on July 7th at noon, so get going!

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Northern Rockies Photos

If anyone is interested, I just finished uploading a slide show from my recent Northern Rockies vacation to my Shutterfly Web page, view link

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I Chased a Rainbow

and I can't believe I got the pot of gold--------for me the photo!!!

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Photographing kids

Most of my photo experience has been taking pictures of plants and wildlife. I am a new grandmother and would like to be able to be able to shoot pictures of my grandson that are not run of the mill generic photos. I am finding it difficult as he is at that never sit still age. It seems that digital cameras take for ever to focus (at least mine does). By the time it focuses he is crawling off 90 miles an hour and I miss the shot. Any good advise?

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Go CUBS!

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HELLO EVERYONE

I have loved photography since college. I look forward to absorbing folks wisdow and any input I can give. Thanks Cay

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Minnehaha Falls

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Zion National Park

I visited several National Parks in July and took almost 300 photos. I'll post just a few of my favorites. In the first reply is one from Zion N.P.

Dave

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new to the group

Hi!
Just joined the group yesterday. Have been a photo bug as long as I can remember but am not sure how good I am. Am looking forward to learning new things, looking at all the wonderful photos and sharing some of my own.

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Hello all!

I was a member back at the beginning when eons first started and stayed active for a year then things went crazy at work and I lost contact for a while. It's good to be back. I love photography and have fun with my digital camera. Dee Kilb

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Hello

Hi, I'm new here. I love to take photos of nature and my grandchildren, and thanks to the wonders of digital photography, I take lots and lots. I went to the zoo the other day, and would include a couple of photos from that trip, but don't know how to do it. Help, anyone?

Donna

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Susan Ruddick Bloom holds a BFA & MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art, and is Professor and Chair of the
Department of Art and Art History at McDaniel College, in Maryland. She also leads workshops at the Maine Photographic Workshop & the Palm Beach Photographic Centre.