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pointing and shooting

Susan — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:57:41 +0000

I am asked quite often by friends and family to recommend a good “camera.” Camera, meaning point and shoot. I haven’t had much to do with point and shoots. I never really felt a need for one myself. But, this year, on vacation, I just didn’t want to lug my SLR and all the lenses around so I took the plunge and bought a “point and shoot.” Well, yes, it’s a point and shoot, but the ad’s call it “the professional’s point and shoot,” because you can take a bit of control if you’d like. You can shoot raw, manual…all those good things we photographers like to do. However, you don’t have to do any of that if you don’t want to!

I ordered it and had it sent right to the farm. I debated so long that it was my only choice as I wouldn’t get it before we left. When it arrived I was very impressed. It really is an amazing camera. Oh, wait, I haven’t told you what it is yet! It’s the Canon Powershot G11.

My review. It is a wonderful, quality, versatile camera. It’s not the cheapest out there of course, but definitely worth the money.

Here is an image I took of my daughter. The setting? Fully and completely AUTO!!!! Wow. Now, I did tweak the color, retouch a little and add one of my favorite Florabella actions. But, still. It’s a wonderful image from a wonderful camera!!

So there you have it. My answer to the question….”what type of camera would you recommend?” Why, the Canon Powershot G11, of course!!

random stuff – in two parts

Susan — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:45:33 +0000

Part one:
I have been using Facebook for quite some time now. Just a personal page with lots of friends and family to keep in touch with. The Facebook network is growing and growing, with lots of groups and fan pages to join. I didn’t really see the need to have a fan page…I mean, how many web presences (is that a word?) does one need? Websites, blogs, twitters, facebook fan pages….it’s never ending. However, just for fun, I created a fan page…the Susan Dodd Photography Fan Page. And, then I forgot about it. Until one day, a fan appeared. I was shocked! I didn’t know the page was even public. It had no content, how could this be? So, I quickly added some content. And then, more fans joined, and more! Wow! So, I invited some friends to join…and they did! This was so exciting for me! Fans! Fans are cool.

So, now, I’m inviting you to join. You don’t have to, of course, like I said, it’s just for fun. But if you feel inspired to become a fan, go ahead over here…Susan Dodd Photography Facebook Fan Page…and join!

I’m not sure where I will be taking this fan page. But, it might be exciting to see! So, thank you, for being fans!

Part two:
This year I was a little late sending out our holiday card. I wasn’t going to send one at all actually. I had absolutely no ideas and virtually no time. But, at the last minute…well, after the last minute…an idea came to me. So, I took some photos, and made the card. I didn’t send out a ton, so I wanted to share it here on the blog for everyone to see!

chuckle

Susan — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:53:39 +0000

A great client/friend of mine sent this to me this morning along with a bunch of others. I love it, it made me chuckle! See if it has the same effect on you!

In a rut

Susan — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:43:25 +0000

If you’re a woman, wife, mother, meal fixer, caregiver, or, heck, any of these you must have experienced the “joy” of struggling each day to think of something new and wonderful to fix for dinner. How many times do we hear the famous words, “what’s for dinner?” I don’t know about you, but sometimes that little sentence can send chills down my spine!

I am a blogaholic. I love reading good blogs. I subscribe to many and usually try to read, or at least skim through them all. The subject matter of these blogs varies greatly. Today, I would like to share with you four blogs that I feel are particularly helpful to anyone who is faced, on a daily basis, with the pondering age old “What’s for dinner” question.

They are all great, and I hope you find at least one great recipe in each. If not, keep checking them, I’m sure something will pop up to tickle your cooking fancy!

1) Stephmodo – this blog has not only great recipe ideas, but tons of other cool things as well – from organizing, to shopping, to decorating. Just an all around fun read!

2) Taste Buds - Chock full of recipes!

3) Kayotic Kitchen - This blog is so adorable! Each recipe has great step by step photographs! And, in the newer posts there are beautiful, little printable recipe cards.

4) Pioneer Woman Cooking- Great, great blog. Not only is there cooking, but if you go to the main page, you’ll see all kinds of neat stuff. Ree is a great writer….sure to put a smile on your face every time. Humor, fun photos, great stories, yummy recipes, fabulous giveaways, and even some wonderful photography tips (including photoshop tutorials). Just an all around awesome blog.

Now, get out of your rut, and go cook something!

And, because I’ve heard that photographers should never have a post without a photo….this is what was going on by the sunny warm window in my home yesterday afternoon.

Kovu and Dolce lazing on a Sunday afternoon!

Comments

Susan — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:27:12 +0000

Oh for heaven’s sake! I didn’t realize that my comment feature was not working properly! I haven’t been able to receive ONE comment!

The good news is that it is fixed!

So, if you’ve got something to say, but you just couldn’t get through, by all means…GO FOR IT!!

Blogging about my blog and new site!

Susan — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:08:15 +0000

Welcome to my very first post on my brand new blog! Wow, a new blog, and a beautiful, new, updated Cool Pets site! How exciting! After much time and work this has all come to fruition, and it is pretty darn cool. I’m excited to have a place to share photographs that may not exactly be Cool “Pets” all the time. You might find some cool people, and even a little bit of color every now and then!

My site, wow! I am so happy about my new Cool Pets site, and I owe a lot to Katie Untalan for her hard work and very, very artistic and creative talent. She is amazing! Without Katie, my site might not have evolved into the beautiful, contemporary gallery that is has become. It was she who suggested a little updating…well a little updating is what we did! Check her out at ktpdesign.com and see just how talented she is! Sorry, no photos of Katie because she lives in MA! But, who knows, maybe on our annual vacation trip to MA and New Hampshire, I will catch up with her and take a few shots and post them! (get ready, Katie!)