Metal Prints!

I am so excited about the metal prints that I just received!  The images look like they are in HD on metal! 

I forgot to order hanging hardware on them so I had to figure out something on my own.  I didn't want to drill holes in the metal and wasn't sure how I was going to attach hardware to the back of the metal that would be flush against a wall when hung.
I asked an employee at the local big home improvement store if he had any suggestions.  He totally wasn't getting it and an older shopper walked up to us and asked the employee if he had a measuring tape he could use.  The employee said he would have to go and find one for him.  The shopper said, "you run like a bunny and get me a measuring tape and I will help this lady".  Well this home improvement store needs to hire guys like this!  He was totally helpful and had just the right solution!  So I bought some epoxy and hardware and got the hooks installed on the back of the sheet metal today!

Quilts!

Had a great time yesterday photographing one of Rana's amazing quilts for her website. Here is a photo of one called "Rub A Dub".

Shopping

Shopping around right now on the internet for a website that can host my photos for events and portrait shoots so that clients can view them and order them directly. There are quite a few choices (and good ones) out there!
Right now there are three different ones that have caught my attention!
zenfolio, pictage and smugmugpro look like great sites but hopefully I find the right one for me and my clients!

Nice Lunch Break

I got to sit on the beach again this week but it was for a quick lunch break today. I was at Oceano Dunes state park at the place just before the cars can drive on. It was a hazy day and I grabbed my camera with my wide angle lens already on hoping to get some nice shots of the beach. I didn't have my polarizing filter on this time (doesn't fit on my wide-angle lens anyway.) Here are a couple of my shots from the beach.

Polarizing filter

I was at Avila Beach today for a walk (it was idyllic!) and I put a circular polarizer filter on my lens since it was so bright out. Well, the photos didn't turn out like I had hoped. I guess I need to do a little research on the proper way to use it. When I got home I took a shot outside my front door and the photo wasn't bad at all.