One of my favourite winter memories was the time my dad made a tiny ice rink in our backyard. By tiny, I mean it was probably less than a metre in diameter but despite the size I had so much fun skating on it.
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Friday, February 4, 2011
I've always loved winter
One of my favourite winter memories was the time my dad made a tiny ice rink in our backyard. By tiny, I mean it was probably less than a metre in diameter but despite the size I had so much fun skating on it.
Monday, January 31, 2011
We are the (bridesmaids) stereotypes
The new movie poster for Bridesmaids makes me feel so clichéd.
Been there, done that
Photo taken July 16, 2005
Been there, done that
Photo taken July 16, 2005
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
I might have forgiven Jerry O'Connell
As a teenager I had a huge crush on Jerry O'Connell. First he was on My SEcret Identity then later on Sliders. I swear, every time something important happened on TV on Sliders, his character was in the shower so he's have to come running out in a towel.
The first time Jerry O'Connell was on Conan, I was disappointed to discover that he was uninteresting and a bit of a moron. [My sister can verify as she remembers watching it too]. I think he might have redeemed himself after the Golden Globes:
I love photobombing! I also found this awesome one of Michael Douglas.
Didn't know the old man had it in him.
My favourite photobombing of all time belongs to my mom's dog Prince:
The first time Jerry O'Connell was on Conan, I was disappointed to discover that he was uninteresting and a bit of a moron. [My sister can verify as she remembers watching it too]. I think he might have redeemed himself after the Golden Globes:
I love photobombing! I also found this awesome one of Michael Douglas.
Didn't know the old man had it in him.
My favourite photobombing of all time belongs to my mom's dog Prince:
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Photoshop skills
This evening I was looking thorough some old teaching files when I came across the first image I edited in Photoshop 6:
Edited in Photoshop Friday, December 13, 2002 2:49 PM
Original Photo
It may not look like much of a change but the edited image probably took me over 5 hours to get right. I wish I had written down the steps I used to change the look of the water because I could never replicate it again. I used at least 2 filters and 3 or 4 lighting effects in a very specific order. I was so proud because it was the first time I created something of my very own.
Wow, it has almost been 8 years since I learned how to use Photoshop 6 using a copy of Photoshop 5 Classroom in a Book . Adobe had a special promotion that fall where schools and educators could get a copy of any Adobe program for $30 US. I got copies of Photoshop, Illustrator, Page Maker, Acrobat Pro and Live Motion.
I finished learning Photoshop well enough to teach it to my grade 10, 11 and 12 technology classes in the new semester in February 2003. It might seem strange to teach all the grades the same thing but it bought me sometime while I learned Illustrator. I justified what I was doing with a plan
Grade 10 - Photoshop
Grade 11 - Pagemaker
Grade 12 - Illustrator
and I needed to phase in the learning so the classes could get "in step".
The first year teaching Photoshop was dreadful. It is a very difficult program especially when you get into color correction, removing or replacing elements and creating your own brushes. Later in the semester some of the grade 11s were asked by a recruiter from a design college what programs they knew how to use. The recruiter was impressed by what they could already do in Photoshop and finally my students understood they knew how to use an industry standard program that people pay thousands of dollars to learn. Suddenly my job became much easier.
Edited in Photoshop Friday, December 13, 2002 2:49 PM
Original Photo
It may not look like much of a change but the edited image probably took me over 5 hours to get right. I wish I had written down the steps I used to change the look of the water because I could never replicate it again. I used at least 2 filters and 3 or 4 lighting effects in a very specific order. I was so proud because it was the first time I created something of my very own.
Wow, it has almost been 8 years since I learned how to use Photoshop 6 using a copy of Photoshop 5 Classroom in a Book . Adobe had a special promotion that fall where schools and educators could get a copy of any Adobe program for $30 US. I got copies of Photoshop, Illustrator, Page Maker, Acrobat Pro and Live Motion.
I finished learning Photoshop well enough to teach it to my grade 10, 11 and 12 technology classes in the new semester in February 2003. It might seem strange to teach all the grades the same thing but it bought me sometime while I learned Illustrator. I justified what I was doing with a plan
Grade 10 - Photoshop
Grade 11 - Pagemaker
Grade 12 - Illustrator
and I needed to phase in the learning so the classes could get "in step".
The first year teaching Photoshop was dreadful. It is a very difficult program especially when you get into color correction, removing or replacing elements and creating your own brushes. Later in the semester some of the grade 11s were asked by a recruiter from a design college what programs they knew how to use. The recruiter was impressed by what they could already do in Photoshop and finally my students understood they knew how to use an industry standard program that people pay thousands of dollars to learn. Suddenly my job became much easier.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Friday, December 25, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Losing Popularity
I'm only the 5th most popular website for a Google search of "Naomi Watts Juan Valdez". I promise to break through that glass ceiling people!
Friday, August 21, 2009
Classic Janny: Further Proof Why Lyn and I Are the Fun Ones
Lyn and I sat for a good portion of the evening being ignored by all of Maryanne, Ky and their friends. Life is what you make of it so Lyn and I took off to take silly pictures around the city. In Vic Park at the statue of Sir John A MacDonald, I took a picture of Lyn hugging the statue. As she was getting ready to take my picture she told me "Do something funny" so the logical course of action was to knee him in the groin (because I'm classy like that). She laughed so hard she could not take the picture. Once she regained composure, she took the picture then cops drive by. This got us laughing even harder.
Let it be said I have not lived a dull life.
Let it be said I have not lived a dull life.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Guess Who?
You'll never guess who this is. I think he looks drastically different from the last time I saw him.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
The Revenge
I forgot about these photos:
LynnieC's revenge
Shaking our fists at Pense for fooling us into thinking we were almost to Regina.
Bully
LynnieC's revenge
Shaking our fists at Pense for fooling us into thinking we were almost to Regina.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Jumping with Skates
Guillaume Latendresse of the Montreal Canadiens jumps in the air as he screens Karri Ramo of the Tampa Bay Lightning on a shot from the point as Maxim Lapierre #40 of the Montreal Canadiens looks on at the Bell Centre on March 26, 2009 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Photo by Andre Ringuette/NHLI via Getty Images)
Monday, November 24, 2008
Best Photo Blog Award
I previously mentioned a photo blog Regina in Pictures. The blog is up for a Canadian Blog Awards Best Photo/Art Blog. Give a deserving site your vote.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
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