Things to Do...

A friend of mine put this on her blog. It is an interesting take on a "bucket list". The ones in red are the ones that I have done...

Start your own blog
Slept under the stars
Played in a band
Visited Hawaii
Watched a meteor shower
Given more than you can afford to charity
Been to Disneyland
Held a Praying Mantis
Climbed a Mountain
Sang a Solo
Bungee jumped
Visited Paris
watched a lightning storm at sea
Taught yourself an art form from scratch
Adopted a child
Had food poisoning
Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
Grown your own vegtables
Seen the Mona Lisa in France
Slept on an overnight train
Had a pillow fight
Hitch hiked
Taken a sick day when you're not ill
Built a snow fort
Held a lamb
Gone skinny dipping
Run a Marathon
Ridden in a gondola in Venice
Seen a total eclipse
Watched a sunrise or sunset
Hit a homerun
Been on a cruise
Seen niagra Falls in person
Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
Seen an Amish community
Taught yourself a new language
Had enough money to be truly satisfied
Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
Gone rock climbing
Seen Michelangelos David
Sung karaoke
Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
Visited Africa
Walked on a beach by moonlight
Been transported in an ambulance
had your portrait painted
Gone deep sea fishing
Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
Kissed in the rain
Played in the mud
Gone to a drive-in theater
Been in a movie
Visited the Great Wall of China
Started a business
Taken a martial arts class
Visited Russia
Served at a soup kitchen
Sold Girl Scout cookies
Gone whale watching
Got flowers for no reason
Donated blood, platelets or plasma
Gone sky diving
Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
Bounced a check
Flown in a helicopter
saved a favorite childhood toy
Visited the Lincoln Memorial
Eaten Caviar
Pieced a quilt
Stood in Times Square
Toured the Everglades
Been fired from a job
Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
Broken a bone
Been on a speeding motorcycle
Seen the Grand Canyon in person
Published a book
Visited the Vatican
Bought a brand new car
Walked in Jerusalem
Had your picture in the newspaper
Read the entire Bible
Visited the White House
Killed and prepared an animal for eating
Had chickenpox
Saved someone's life
Sat on a jury
Met someone famous
Joined a book club
Lost a loved one
Had a baby
Seen the Alamo in person
Swam in the Great Salt Lake
Been involved in a law suit
Owned a cell phone
Been stung by a bee
Read an entire book in one day

There are a lot of things on this list that I would like to do and some that I hope to never have to do..be in a lawsuit.

Inside Aperture

While I was in NYC for Photo Plus, I was interviewed by Derrick Story of O'Reilly Media about Aperture and the Aperture Nature Photography Workshop (ANPW) that I attended.
It was an amazing experience to be interviewed by Mr. Story. He is a legend.

One of the other winners/attendees of the ANPW was there along side me. His name is Rob Trueman, if you click on his name you will be taken to his blog. We were able to talk about the ways in which Aperture has changed post production for us and what the workshop was like.

Here is a link to the interview. Inside Aperture
You can subscribe to this podcast in iTunes as well. There is a lot of great information in this series.

Thank you Derrick for letting me speak with you about Aperture. I really enjoyed it!

Cathy

Finding something in an odd place

I was at a putt putt golf place with family and friends on Saturday. I was not playing, but taking pictures of all the kiddos playing. I decided to challenge myself and see if I could find something interesting to photograph. I did. Here is what I found...



















That has been my new challenge to myself. To look all around where ever I am at. To find something interesting to photograph, even when it seems as though there is nothing there.

Cathy