My Review of Adorama Belle Drape Solid Color Series, 10' x 12' Dyed Muslin Background, Solid Black Color.

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Adorama Belle Drape Solid Color Series, 10' x 12' Dyed Muslin Background, Solid Black Color.

Adorama Belle Drape Solid Color Series, 10' x 12' Dyed Muslin Background, Solid Black Color.

My Favorite

By Amy Howe from Osseo, MI on 3/14/2011

 

4out of 5

Pros: Good Color Value, Durable, Long-Lasting

Best Uses: Indoors, Special Events

Describe Yourself: Semi-pro Photographer

Was this a gift?: No

Lightweight, easy to use.

(legalese)

Scarlett=Pink

Before I get going here, I don't have to post the larger size photos anymore!  There are options that allow me to post them small and you the viewer and reader can click them to view them larger!  Why is this even important?  My blog will load faster, since pictures tend to slow the process down.

Here we go!!  You might be thinking why does she keep saying scarlet equals pink?  So from the begining.  I wanted to buy a new backdrop and I personally like muslin; -it's easy to travel with, easy to clean and light weight, but when you purchase them, they tend to cost a pretty penny.  When I was searching the internet trying to find a muslin that I wanted, I found a do it yourself page.  Guess what--half the cost to buy muslin from the fabric store--BUT I have to dye it myself.
What could go wrong with that?  I've died stuff before.  You know, I am sure that I didn't do something right or I should have gotten unbleached muslin, but hey what have I really got to lose?  I picked out my color--Scarlet---I do like red.  The directions said put it in the so many gallons of water and the Internet directions said to add one cup of salt and boil the water because the hotter the water the better the color, ha! The result:

You can see that I got more pink than scarlet! So I've gotten another bottle of "scarlet" and the resulting color will be the NEW muslin for the studio, which I will share when I get done (hopefully this weekend)!

My little dog Woody modeled on the temporary pink muslin:





Even though my muslin didn't end up being the right color, I got some pretty awesome shots of my little doggy.

Hopefully I will have some time tomorrow so I can tell you about the MOST AMAZING snowmobile trip we just returned from!  Stay tuned!

Here's what went down!

Holy Moly!  There has not been a blog from me since September!  Sorry about that.  Things got busy and blog got put on the back burner.  I thought about blogging but then I got side tracked which happens to me,  shiny stuff, oh right blog!

Since I last left you, I have received a new camera!  For Christmas I got the 7-D that I was drooling over and let me tell you I am in LOVE with this camera!  I still don't even know all the stuff it does, BUT I do know it takes AWESOME photos!  Let me share:
 click it for a full view


These ladies were the first people to be shot (teehheee) with my new Canon 7-D


Most of you know about the huge ice storm that hit Hillsdale.  I spent some time outside taking photos to share--








This one is a little sneak peak of why scarlet equals pink?

On that note, I will leave you wondering and giving me good reason to come back and blog again tomorrow!

Beauty.........

So as I was wrapping up the photos from the Camden Pageant (a little late, I know)  there were a few that I thought were really worth sharing.    Before I entered into this gig of shooting the pageant I had no idea what entailed.  It's a lot of work, not for me as much as it was for the moms and the girls.  Now mind you, I have only been to this one pageant, I am sure that they get harrier in the bigger pageants, but this was a pretty big deal.    These girls worked hard and so did their moms and families, so when I found some of these shots that I caught I just wanted to share.



This was one of my favorites, though I have no idea what she was feeling, she was just so adorable.
This was my second favorite

--I loved her dress and her expression--
There was a lot of waiting around time for the girls.

At the end, a LOT of excitement






I hope I get to do this again next year!   By the way, I am so glad I have a son!!!

It's not that the wind is blowing....

Yes it is. For a butterfly. Imagine having wings that are like small kites. So when the wind blows, a butterfly has no choice but to go the way the wind is blowing. Do you think birds have much of a choice?

My butterfly bush is in full bloom and this season the butterflies seem to be a bit shy.   In previous season they usually let me come right up close to them to take photos.  Right now I am stalking butterflies,it's pretty funny actually--try to picture it in your head.








I am in love with this shot:


The other day I finally seen my humming bird moth, he didn't stick around long enough for me to get a shot of him, so hopefully I will get you some shots of those soon because the butterfly bush isn't going to last forever. Fall is almost here....


These are my mystery pumpkins, they started growing on our brush pile that we have been waiting to burn. There are still 8 growing out there, plus the 5 that are growing in the veggie garden that were supposed to be squash!



Well people, why do we keep letting me get so far behind on my blogs? It's been weeks since I last blogged. Much as I try I get behind........
There is more to tell, I have done family photos that I have shared already but can be seen here: Westfall Family

If you would like to see the Camden pageant photos, you can see the girls who got packages here:  Camden Pageant 
There are tons more photos from the pageant that I will share....with any luck I can get those edited this weekend!

Wild in Wisconsin

Well, the trip to Wisconsin was all about Summerfest. Many of you may be asking what is this Summerfest you speak of. Well It's a whole bunch of concerts with new and up coming bands as well as some well knowns. It's kind of like a fair with out the rides. I have to tell you it was the most fun I have had in a long time!!! When we first arrived I didn't think I would be able to take my camera in. Well I couldn't take it in to the big stage with the head liners like Santana, Lady Antebellum and Tim McGraw, and there was more, but we didn't go because it much more money!


These guys were totally awesome. They are my favorite band--Framing Hanley--they really rocked.


After these guys Fly Leaf was up, but we watched a little bit of it from our boat, but it very distracting with the fire works going off, forever!

While you are in Wisconson, you should get a tattoo,



My husband got the anchor in Wisconson, and we got the mermaid as a cover up.

You should also take a dinghy ride around the river to a Brewery



While we were out and about I found some pretty awesome stuff to take photos of with my fisheye lens

slow ride.....

Thursday we rested after we got the boat all set up.  After some resting we walked over to Summerfest, which was like a five minute walk from our dock.  After that we came back and rested some more.  Friday, our boating pals took us around the city.  Herb and Kathy were so nice to let us ride with them in their dinghy.  Ron and Pam carried the coolers, and Sarah and Harlin rode with Bob and Leann.  It was a little rough getting to the river but not bad. 




I was trying to take a picture of the bridge, but there really isn't much room to move around in a dinghy, and I asked him to take a picture for me but he "couldn't turn around"!  I took his picture and when he asked me what I was doing I told him nothing!

There is Kathy!!
The Milwaukee train bridge



Our first stop:




Oh my we had so much fun! Then we went on down the river after we had lunch, and stopped at Rock Bottom for more drinks and ice cream that was super Delicious--It tasted like coffee and I love coffee!!! More on the river later!

Thought I would share this link with everyone: Lyra M. 
She is scheduled to get her first portraits next week, and I wanted to let everyone know that there will be a benefit lunch on July 25th, and I will be donating a photo shoot for the auction as well as attending the lunch.  If you can not make it, there is a link where you can donate:Donation Link.  All the funds will help the young couple pay for doctor bills and anything else they may need help with.