I just wanted to take a moment out of the hectic holidays to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and happy, prosperous New Year.
Make sure you take time to tell others you love them and help out a friend or stranger in need.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Happy Holidays Everyone!
I just wanted to take a moment out of the hectic holidays to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and happy, prosperous New Year.
Make sure you take time to tell others you love them and help out a friend or stranger in need.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Pentagon - 9/11 Memorial
The week leading up to Friday, 9/11/2009 was a little rough for me. I'm an emotional person, anyway, and (I'm sure I'm not alone in this) I always get very upset when I see things about 9/11/2001. I am also not one of those people who have forgotten... I think about those events almost every day and have a photograph of the Pentagon from 9/11/2006 (that I took when the lights were displayed from the center) hanging on my office wall.
I was given the task of making a slideshow that would be played at a memorial service. I was only given an idea of what the script should say... I had to find pictures of each crash site, music, and touch up the script. I did this all week... I looked at thousands of photos. I found some music. Looked at more photos and videos. And then I narrated the slideshow while trying not to let my voice crack with emotion.
By Friday afternoon, after the memorial service, I was pretty drained. I was mad, sad, gloomy... all kinds of emotions. Even so, I STILL had not been to the Pentagon 9/11 memorial since it opened, and since I hadn't taken any photos for quite some time, I decided to go down there. And I am so glad that I did.
By the time I left, I was calm and at peace. It is a very beautiful memorial. There are names inscribed on the seat ends of every single bench, with water trickling underneath. When you view the names, if the Pentagon is in your view beyond the bench (name is facing away from the Pentagon), then that person perished in the Pentagon. If the western sky is in the horizon (name faces towards the Pentagon), then that person was on the plane.
If you haven't been to see this memorial, then you MUST go. And you must spend some time there and sit on a bench... and reflect. And be thankful for every little thing you have.
I was given the task of making a slideshow that would be played at a memorial service. I was only given an idea of what the script should say... I had to find pictures of each crash site, music, and touch up the script. I did this all week... I looked at thousands of photos. I found some music. Looked at more photos and videos. And then I narrated the slideshow while trying not to let my voice crack with emotion.
By Friday afternoon, after the memorial service, I was pretty drained. I was mad, sad, gloomy... all kinds of emotions. Even so, I STILL had not been to the Pentagon 9/11 memorial since it opened, and since I hadn't taken any photos for quite some time, I decided to go down there. And I am so glad that I did.
By the time I left, I was calm and at peace. It is a very beautiful memorial. There are names inscribed on the seat ends of every single bench, with water trickling underneath. When you view the names, if the Pentagon is in your view beyond the bench (name is facing away from the Pentagon), then that person perished in the Pentagon. If the western sky is in the horizon (name faces towards the Pentagon), then that person was on the plane.
If you haven't been to see this memorial, then you MUST go. And you must spend some time there and sit on a bench... and reflect. And be thankful for every little thing you have.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Last one for today... promise!
Since it's July 4th, and I stayed home tonight (car issues), I thought I'd post some photos that I took in 2006 at the Iwo Jima Memorial. These were shot with my Nikon D100, which has since been sold. Loved that camera - but gotta move on some time!
Enjoy! Hope everyone had/has a safe & happy 4th. Support our troops & their families!
New Point & Shoot Digital Camera
I always carry some sort of camera with me, and of course it has to be a point & shoot (or similar). My other cameras just weigh too much and they don't exactly fit in a purse.
I had the Canon PowerShot S500 (yeah, I know... I'm not a Canon shooter), but it took the compact flash cards. My husband bought it for me several years ago, so it only had 3x optical zoom. (Those of you shopping for digi-cams, pay attention to the optical zoom, NOT digital.) And with the upcoming Dave Matthews Band concert, I started looking and found the Nikon Coolpix L100. 10 megapixels with 15x optical zoom - sweet! I managed to get it for a little under $200, and now it's almost $300. I love when I get a good deal! I've been testing it out a little - the true test comes at the concert - but I am VERY happy with it! But, there's nothing manual about it, which was hard for me to get used to....
Here's some of those "test" shots. I've made no adjustments to these - straight off the card.
This is Homer, our little black pug. He's about 7-1/2 months old.
And this is Sitka, our 4-year old fawn pug, with Homer.
This is a Blackhawk helicopter that was at an orginazational day of one of Fort Belvoir's resident agencies. I took this using the full optical zoom.
I think I used the camera in Sports Continuous mode. It keeps firing - which I didn't know, because I never really use "modes" - because I have a sequence of shots of the band playing. This is Army Entertainment's band, USA Express. And they were pretty good!!
I had the Canon PowerShot S500 (yeah, I know... I'm not a Canon shooter), but it took the compact flash cards. My husband bought it for me several years ago, so it only had 3x optical zoom. (Those of you shopping for digi-cams, pay attention to the optical zoom, NOT digital.) And with the upcoming Dave Matthews Band concert, I started looking and found the Nikon Coolpix L100. 10 megapixels with 15x optical zoom - sweet! I managed to get it for a little under $200, and now it's almost $300. I love when I get a good deal! I've been testing it out a little - the true test comes at the concert - but I am VERY happy with it! But, there's nothing manual about it, which was hard for me to get used to....
Here's some of those "test" shots. I've made no adjustments to these - straight off the card.
This is Homer, our little black pug. He's about 7-1/2 months old.
And this is Sitka, our 4-year old fawn pug, with Homer.
This is a Blackhawk helicopter that was at an orginazational day of one of Fort Belvoir's resident agencies. I took this using the full optical zoom.
I think I used the camera in Sports Continuous mode. It keeps firing - which I didn't know, because I never really use "modes" - because I have a sequence of shots of the band playing. This is Army Entertainment's band, USA Express. And they were pretty good!!
The Iwo Jima Marine Memorial
Another one of my favorites of this memorial.
Taken July 2007
© 2007 Janet Davis
The Iwo Jima Marine Memorial
So, since it's July 4th, I thought I'd make the first picture post a patriotic one.
Taken July 2007
© 2007 Janet Davis
Welcome - A New Blog
Hi everyone! I'm just getting started with the Blogger blog for my website... I was using a different app, but I kept having problems with it and they kept doing updates. I don't have time to read through all that stuff and do updates! So, I decided to switch to Blogger, since I'm more familiar with it and really like it. Quick and easy! The only downside... it will be separate from my website domain, but I believe that's fixable. Definitely something I'll look at in the future... I just want to get it up & running. There will be a link in the blogroll back to my site, so no worries for now!
I haven't had time to update my site in almost 2 years - which is the amount of time I've been going to school full-time and working full-time. I am sorry to all my friends and fans out there who check my site periodically. Hopefully this blog will be a quicker way to periodically post new pictures, so that you can see I do still shoot! In fact, I've taken a Photoshop class (and will take another in the fall), so I can post some of the creations from that! I'll also post some of the shots I take while working as a photographer on Ft. Belvoir. Some I won't be able to (they are techinically the property of the U.S. Army), but some I have been given permission to post. I also add stuff to Flickr and Picasa some (Flickr the most), so you can see stuff there, too!
AND... I'll try to post some photos of past stuff that haven't made it to the website yet. I've been to Paris and Hawaii, with a few other spots in between. Still shoot an occasional wedding, too! So, I stay busy...
Hope you enjoy the new blog - let me know if you have suggestions, etc. =)
Janet
"MsPhoto"
I haven't had time to update my site in almost 2 years - which is the amount of time I've been going to school full-time and working full-time. I am sorry to all my friends and fans out there who check my site periodically. Hopefully this blog will be a quicker way to periodically post new pictures, so that you can see I do still shoot! In fact, I've taken a Photoshop class (and will take another in the fall), so I can post some of the creations from that! I'll also post some of the shots I take while working as a photographer on Ft. Belvoir. Some I won't be able to (they are techinically the property of the U.S. Army), but some I have been given permission to post. I also add stuff to Flickr and Picasa some (Flickr the most), so you can see stuff there, too!
AND... I'll try to post some photos of past stuff that haven't made it to the website yet. I've been to Paris and Hawaii, with a few other spots in between. Still shoot an occasional wedding, too! So, I stay busy...
Hope you enjoy the new blog - let me know if you have suggestions, etc. =)
Janet
"MsPhoto"
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