tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post9046760048899522410..comments2024-03-28T15:36:02.733-04:00Comments on EPBOT: Merry And BrightJenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888187687405622408noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-64605040682712991642012-01-05T13:03:49.814-05:002012-01-05T13:03:49.814-05:00I knew I liked you! I have that owl too! He is F...I knew I liked you! I have that owl too! He is FAHBULOUS!KattracsVAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11022458824854433352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-69645420225969983902011-12-31T01:00:18.313-05:002011-12-31T01:00:18.313-05:00Dear Jen and John,
I want to wish you two the bes...Dear Jen and John,<br /><br />I want to wish you two the best year ever in 2012.<br /><br />Maureen<br /><br />P.S. It was great to see you in Pittsburgh!Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12586169655568045037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-49784987065732502702011-12-30T17:18:41.108-05:002011-12-30T17:18:41.108-05:00Can I tell you how much I love that owl?! Just loo...Can I tell you how much I love that owl?! Just looking at it makes me feel all happy inside! Some fantastic, ancient author once said something about ownership of something belonging to those who truly appreciate the thing; so although the owl is yours, Jen, I feel that it is a little, tiny bit mine out of pure love.zoomomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774339688694545597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-64763057782583478692011-12-30T16:32:58.825-05:002011-12-30T16:32:58.825-05:00Hope your holidays were wonderful, the driving une...Hope your holidays were wonderful, the driving uneventful, and the photos abounding. Best wishes for 2012. If you guys were here, I'd hug you, so virtual hugs for all the joy you've brought me (and many others) this year!FMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-62766023579755175392011-12-30T12:15:42.478-05:002011-12-30T12:15:42.478-05:00Just now reading and catching up since I was gone ...Just now reading and catching up since I was gone (and unplugged, for the most part) for Christmas vacation. Let me just say SOOOOOOOO jealous about Golden Corral. I wish I was kidding. We used to go all the time when we lived in Texas, but there aren't any here in Minnesota. I guess my waistline should be happy, but still....<br /><br />Belated happy holidays, and hope you have a great new year's eve!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-43224655754643930972011-12-29T13:48:54.127-05:002011-12-29T13:48:54.127-05:00Merry (slightly belated) Christmas! I just found t...Merry (slightly belated) Christmas! I just found this whole blog thingymawhosit (technical terms escape me-sorry!) and I'm already pretty much in thrall. I love all your stuff (LOVELOVELOVE the hot air balloons!), and I'm a bit of a steampunk fanatic as well. I spend much of the time that I probably should be doing homework trawling through beautiful websites like this one and dreaming of all the stuff I would buy/make if I had the budget, and the time, and if I didn't live in Narnia, where you can't find ANYTHING. But I'll see if I can't find some cool plastic ornaments to make into hot air balloons....because those are REALLY AMAZING!!!! Can't wait to see what else you put up here!! Again, hope you had a happy Christmas, and have a great (and steampunky) New Year!Llaregybnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-47025347511217871332011-12-28T19:34:57.074-05:002011-12-28T19:34:57.074-05:00Random fact: F-stops are also called a relative ap...Random fact: F-stops are also called a relative aperture. Like in PortalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-29728832519504914262011-12-28T09:58:01.964-05:002011-12-28T09:58:01.964-05:00Keep those pictures in mind for next year if you s...Keep those pictures in mind for next year if you still send x-mas cards (although I'm kinda ok with that fazing out of our generation)<br /><br />I to keep some ornaments out year round, my son came to my office Christmas party and made me take home my simpsons ornaments to hang on the tree this year.sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648053099818987194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-70353175915742954832011-12-27T18:26:01.206-05:002011-12-27T18:26:01.206-05:00You've certainly already have an eye for compo...You've certainly already have an eye for composition and color, which is what most photographers struggle with. The tech stuff will come with practice. I'm actually in the photo program at the local comm. college here for the same reason--to master the tech side. I firmly believe you can take fantastic pictures with any camera if you take the time to learn your camera's 'personality', with even only a basic understanding of the math. I shoot with a Rebel XSi. I call it my 'toy' camera, as all of my classmates have moved on to bigger and supposedly better cameras, but I regularly get prints into the semester-end Print Show, and even took a best of class award this last semester with a shot taken with a kit (read cheap plastic) lens and my 'toy' camera!<br /><br />For the type of photography you present on your blog, all you need to know about f-stops is that the smaller the number, the more is in focus front to back in your frame. Larger numbers mean whatever you specifically focus on will be sharp, but things in front or behind will be blurred. You also need to know that the larger the number, the smaller the lens opening, so you'll need more light to take a pic at f/22 than at f/3.5, all other things being equal. Luckily, not all other things need to be equal! You can put your camera on a tripod and leave the shutter open longer, to let in more light, you can use a flash to provide more light, or you can switch to a higher ISO number to change how sensitive your camera's sensor is to light.<br /><br />(Now, before the photographers jump on me, technically, f/22 is a smaller number than f/3.5, because these are actually fractions--the fraction of the lens opening that is actually open--but I know that most people that don't 'get' the tech stuff find it much easier to just memorize "bigger number = more in focus." For those that care, f/22, for example, means that 1/22 of the lens diameter is open, or in other words, that you could put 22 openings of the same size across the diameter of the lens. Because of the way that the diaphragms work, plus the location/shape of the glass inside the lens, most lenses can't actually open to f/1, or fully open. My best lens will only open to f/1.8.)<br /><br />So, clear as mud? I love the pictures you take, by the way, such pretty colors and lighting, often with a vintage feel...I always look forward to your 'beauty shots'!Texpenguinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-78286899495101660162011-12-27T17:53:34.610-05:002011-12-27T17:53:34.610-05:00Hey Jen, did you see this?Hey Jen, did you see <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eFvo6HqpK4&feature=g-u&context=G2a013ccFUAAAAAAAAAA" rel="nofollow">this</a>?Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463094255675220168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-49617846895192773382011-12-27T13:17:08.073-05:002011-12-27T13:17:08.073-05:00Love that owl. LOVE THAT OWL.Love that owl. LOVE THAT OWL.Colleen Oakeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14548749077604704648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-91374070940629762722011-12-27T11:20:03.556-05:002011-12-27T11:20:03.556-05:00Is that a second tree I see behind your radio cabi...Is that a second tree I see behind your radio cabinet? Or just a different topper?<br /><br />Or is it time for new glasses again? (Or less eggnog, perhaps.)Dana the Bipedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08620827608073208107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-62085592886119775992011-12-26T21:45:47.560-05:002011-12-26T21:45:47.560-05:00Gorgeous cabinet. We have a huge vintage vinyl col...Gorgeous cabinet. We have a huge vintage vinyl collection and listen to those all the time.<br /><br />Merry Christmas!Tales of Whimsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10938494589922620170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-2187298212870253142011-12-26T15:51:56.632-05:002011-12-26T15:51:56.632-05:00I hope you had a wonderful Christmas! I love your ...I hope you had a wonderful Christmas! I love your decorations! Especially your angels. Since my daughter passed away in August I've been buying up all the cute and/or pretty angels I can find this Christmas.Pease Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01329647296726784419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-56396507511308894782011-12-26T12:14:44.245-05:002011-12-26T12:14:44.245-05:00Williamsburg? Why, I live just south of there! I d...Williamsburg? Why, I live just south of there! I don't suppose you would like an outlet-shopping buddy? Or any other kind of outing in the area?Deb Morrisseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15866601029884250228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-29635216027933819692011-12-26T10:30:43.331-05:002011-12-26T10:30:43.331-05:00have you seen this yet Jen?
http://jezebel.com/587...have you seen this yet Jen?<br />http://jezebel.com/5871009/video-of-little-girl-getting-pissed-off-at-gender+specific-toy-colors-will-make-your-heart-swell<br />totally off the Christmas topic- but still up your alley~<br /><br />but it sounds like you are having a nice holiday anyways- so good on ya.Hawkfeatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03391895568815664778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-13596137646438194542011-12-26T02:00:06.829-05:002011-12-26T02:00:06.829-05:00Yay! I have that owl ornament too! (Got it last ...Yay! I have that owl ornament too! (Got it last year on clearance from Pier 1). He has a bit of a broken foot but was way too cute to pass up. I love the colors. And owls. It's the perfect ornament. :) <br />Merry Christmas!RUnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-54383530625473522582011-12-25T22:16:11.952-05:002011-12-25T22:16:11.952-05:00Jen and John,
A very Merry Christmas to you and ...Jen and John, <br /> A very Merry Christmas to you and much happiness in the New Year! Thank you for all inspiration, laughs, and overall fun you give us all!Katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14921167371137281820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-3705746206251880122011-12-25T20:23:47.121-05:002011-12-25T20:23:47.121-05:00Happy Holidays!
I still use my Canon Rebel XT too...Happy Holidays!<br /><br />I still use my Canon Rebel XT too! We've had it for years and it still works like a champ!Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02091366596054583508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-52340079258676585252011-12-25T19:04:20.341-05:002011-12-25T19:04:20.341-05:00Merry Christmas you two!
My mother was very happ...Merry Christmas you two! <br /><br />My mother was very happy to find your first book under the tree this morning. Thank you for filling our Christmas morning with laughs. C:LivingInSonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07120005234199103469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-57461513017419357192011-12-25T18:20:41.661-05:002011-12-25T18:20:41.661-05:00Merry Christmas and thank you for the beautiful ph...Merry Christmas and thank you for the beautiful photos of your pretties.<br /><br />I grew up in Williamsburg! I sort of miss it. Have a wonderful trip!Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03369296787105922759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-41840198783066181302011-12-25T15:55:53.701-05:002011-12-25T15:55:53.701-05:00And a Merry Christmas to you! Thanks for all the ...And a Merry Christmas to you! Thanks for all the pretty Christmas picts - so beautiful!michelejhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12626914437062193662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-40903659072129310352011-12-25T15:12:45.165-05:002011-12-25T15:12:45.165-05:00It sounds like a perfect Christmas Eve to me. =) I...It sounds like a perfect Christmas Eve to me. =) I hope Christmas day is equally enjoyable. Merry Christmas, y'all!Nikki Tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-89485346280433251312011-12-25T15:00:14.832-05:002011-12-25T15:00:14.832-05:00Your photos are spectacular! And I love your decor...Your photos are spectacular! And I love your decorations too. Merry Christmas to you!Way Out Wearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11806794241952158361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-28169673630224020282011-12-25T14:22:59.232-05:002011-12-25T14:22:59.232-05:00Merry Christmas Jen and John!! I hope you have a w...Merry Christmas Jen and John!! I hope you have a wonderful holiday!<br /><br />(Guess who got the new Cake Wrecks book for Christmas? ;) I'm trying to force myself not to read it all in one sitting...)Cheynoreply@blogger.com