My dear hubby happened to mention the other day "Did you know that there is a box of photos in the wardrobe downstairs?".
Now, I knew that I had photos for certain events that I could not find in the box of photos that I had at hand, but I thought it was only one or two different things. I dug out the box that he mentioned, only to find probably 30+ envelopes of photos!! I had thought that I was almost caught up on all my film-based photos - almost ready to step into the digital-age photos! I think that I will have to insert a whole new album in the middle of my other albums to accommodate all the extra pictures. These box of photos must have been moved around due to a flood that we had a couple of years ago and ended up in a wardrobe downstairs - that is the only explanation that I can think of as to their location.
I have spent the better part of the last week organizing all these 'found' photos. As my albums are chronological, it will mean a great deal of work to insert the pictures in fairly close proximity to their original order. Luckily, I had left some room for the ones that I knew I was missing - but as I underestimated the amount - not enough room!! This is the time that I sort of wish that I used pocket albums instead of Creative Memories albums. I wouldn't change for the world as I love the albums, but it would make this job a whole lot easier.
One good thing - I had thought that I was not a very good mom for my second son as I hardly had any pictures of him - typical of the second child I know, but as I often (even before becoming a scrapbooker) had a camera in hand - odd for me. Now I know what happened - most of the pictures feature my youngest as a toddler - he will be happier now and not accuse me of loving his brother more than him.
I am off to scrapping at Remember Me this evening for their 'Free-4-All' Friday night crop - maybe I can get a few layouts done....
Friday, June 29, 2007
Saturday, June 9, 2007
New Digital Camera
I have recently purchased a new digital camera. I looked at a number of different models - DSLR or Fixed Lens - Super-Zoom or Standard. There are so many makes and models it was very hard to decide.
After thinking about it for a while, I decided that as I normally put a large zoom lens on my SLR-type cameras and very seldom change them, I might as well choose a good fixed lens type that had the zoom capabilities that I was interested in. (I like being able to stand back and use the zoom to get the close-ups without having the camera stuck in someone's face.)
I looked at all the major players in the super-zoom class of fixed lens cameras: Olympus, Canon, Panasonic and Fujifilm.
One of the things that I decided right off the bat was that I did not want to be tied to a battery pack - I would rather carry extra batteries if my rechargeables ran out than end up with a dead battery pack just at the start of a photo shoot. This ruled out the Panasonic models.
The Olympus at the biggest zoom - 18x, 10 pixels, image stabilization and top ISO of 800.
The Canon S3 IS had a zoom of about 16x, 6.0 pixels, image stabilization and top ISO also of 800.
The Fujifilm S6000fd/S6500fd - 10.75x zoom, 6.0 pixels, and the best ISO of the three at 3,200 (this model does not have IS, but with the useable ISO speed of up to 3,200 - this stops almost any motion and gives a sharp picture).
One of the best resources I found for making my decision was the DPReview website - this is an independent testing organization for digital photography. I was able to review all the makes/models that I was interested in to get reviews that were not tied to commission. This was a big help.
I checked with a number of different retails, but the best help from the most knowledgeable sales person was Oliver at PhotoExpress in Maple Ridge (besides being a great scrapbooking store). He is very familiar with all the current market models. He has used and tested all of the ones that I was looking at buying.
I ended up with the Fujifilm S6000fd and have been very happily playing with all the bells and whistles on this model. As it happens, my last digital camera was also a Fujifilm - this did not particularily sway my decision as I was completely ready to change brands.
I am looking forward to scrapbooking with the new pictures that I will be taking on my new camera!
Happy snapping!
After thinking about it for a while, I decided that as I normally put a large zoom lens on my SLR-type cameras and very seldom change them, I might as well choose a good fixed lens type that had the zoom capabilities that I was interested in. (I like being able to stand back and use the zoom to get the close-ups without having the camera stuck in someone's face.)
I looked at all the major players in the super-zoom class of fixed lens cameras: Olympus, Canon, Panasonic and Fujifilm.
One of the things that I decided right off the bat was that I did not want to be tied to a battery pack - I would rather carry extra batteries if my rechargeables ran out than end up with a dead battery pack just at the start of a photo shoot. This ruled out the Panasonic models.
The Olympus at the biggest zoom - 18x, 10 pixels, image stabilization and top ISO of 800.
The Canon S3 IS had a zoom of about 16x, 6.0 pixels, image stabilization and top ISO also of 800.
The Fujifilm S6000fd/S6500fd - 10.75x zoom, 6.0 pixels, and the best ISO of the three at 3,200 (this model does not have IS, but with the useable ISO speed of up to 3,200 - this stops almost any motion and gives a sharp picture).
One of the best resources I found for making my decision was the DPReview website - this is an independent testing organization for digital photography. I was able to review all the makes/models that I was interested in to get reviews that were not tied to commission. This was a big help.
I checked with a number of different retails, but the best help from the most knowledgeable sales person was Oliver at PhotoExpress in Maple Ridge (besides being a great scrapbooking store). He is very familiar with all the current market models. He has used and tested all of the ones that I was looking at buying.
I ended up with the Fujifilm S6000fd and have been very happily playing with all the bells and whistles on this model. As it happens, my last digital camera was also a Fujifilm - this did not particularily sway my decision as I was completely ready to change brands.
I am looking forward to scrapbooking with the new pictures that I will be taking on my new camera!
Happy snapping!
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