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Something Inspirational Today

March29

The reason why people give up so fast is because they tend to look at how far they still have to go, instead of how far they have gotten.
Author Unknown

No matter how many times you fall down, always stay strong and have the courage get back up again. Never give up!
Author Unknown

NEVER QUIT! Never give up and you will always be successful. You never lose when you show up and do your best.
Author Unknown

You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need.
The Rolling Stones

Only those who dare to fail greatly can achieve greatly.
Robert F Kennedy

Never give up. Almost nothing works the first time it’s attempted. Just because what you’re doing does not seem to be working, doesn’t mean it won’t work. It just means that it might not work the way you’re doing it. If it was easy, everyone would be doing it, and you wouldn’t have an opportunity.
Junethea Crystal Centeno

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Morning

March27

Tuesday is here again, the starting of another day. Dan had a beach wedding yesterday and when he came home he was really excited about the shots he got. He was a little unhappy with some of his shots on Friday
(New piece of glass). He has gotten much better results with this wedding. He got great shots on Friday’s wedding but him correcting the little things he didn’t like makes him much happier…..
Here’s to he start of a “BEAUTIFUL” Tuesday…..

Sunrise 27MAR12

Sun is smiling

Dawn of A New Week….

March26

It is a another Monday, first day of a New WEEK…. Sunny 80 degree’s for the High today, in FLORIDA with 87% humidity (smoking hot day). What a way to start a week sunshine all the way… Getting ready to start work. Dan had a Wedding on Friday and a beach beach wedding today. Going to try to have a yard sale this weekend and then start packing for the move to Atlanta. Megan is really trying to stay here to keep her little family together.. Time will tell with her hopefully, Megan and Travis can pull it together before we move…. Time is going by so fast June will be here before I know it…..Now that moving is completely real I am a little sad to leave my friends. We move to Florida in October 1999. Bought our house in February 2001, we have been here for awhile…..But life is full of changes….. I have 2 choices to fight or embrace the change… I choose to embrace (already was fighting and the out come didn’t change) change and open myself up to a new adventure. Like we have been told over and over“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results”. The road has been tough for a lot of people for many years now. So Here’s to not doing the same thing.. And getting a “DIFFERENT OUTCOME” Complete Happiness that’s the road I am down for…..

Double Rainbow

Photoshop CS6 Beta

March23

Richard Bernabe, I am following on Twitter has a great video on Photoshop CS5 Beta, if you have a few minutes of free time check it out…..

It’s Friday

March23

Ever been on a road trip and trying to figure how long it takes you to get from point A to point B. A friend posted this video on facebook  and I just had to share….. Dan and I have had funny conversations like this when we where in Costar Rica but it was Kilometers and not MPH LOL!!!!! Yes, and he is the one laughing the whole time!!!!!

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“LIFE” Goes thru many changes.

March21

It has been about a week since I have posted and A LOT has gone on. With the new curve ball, (moving to Atlanta GA) Life has given my family a new chapter to start a new  journey. We are going to pack up and move, a new door just opened up when I thought they were all close. How Life gives us the little ‘SURPRISES’ when we least expect them….. There is of course a “BUT” to the move; “MEGAN & HUNTER” are going to stay in Florida. Megan does not want to leave Travis her boyfriend and Hunters dad. I can understand that but the MOM in me screams, “MOVE with US”… Life, you never know exactly where it is going to lead you. I hope that when it does we accept the change and move forward…. It is hard when your kids are grown up and start their own lives even through the TEARS we support them and stand aside so they can spread their own wings and hopefully FLY…..

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Spammers

March11

In the last 2 days I have had a lot of comments on my blog. Have to admit when my email alert popped up was excited.

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Then was completely bummed and then ticked when I read the posts.

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So if your visiting my blog to spam it PLEASE just leave and do not leave a comment.  Amazing how much time some people spend posting with really bad grammar.  I will admit I love spell check and grammar check myself. For those of you visiting my site because your interested and enjoy what you have been reading, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

Another Fro Knows Photo Aperture and F Stops Explained Video

March10

Here’s another video From FRO KNOWS PHOTO

Fro Knows Photo Auto vs Manual part 2

March10

Hope you enjoy, I did

Fro Knows Photo Auto VS Manual camera settings Part 1

March10

I found this site, it has really been good for learning photography. Here is a video part 1 I really LIKE Getting out of Auto and shoot it Manual. Fro Knows Photo.

Suprise Company

March9

Had a great time with David & Jeanie… But the celebration has come to a close and they are on the road again… Had a great visit….

Have a safe trip home and call when you get there…..

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Chaos Clean Up

March8

Happy Thursday!!! Having a great visit from David and his Girlfriend Jeanie… Really glad they came it has been fun… I did manage to get my chaos under control. I guess I needed the push to get the ball rolling faster LOL…

Thanks David!!!!!!

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Suprise Company

March7

Have you ever had a surprise visit from friends which is a really nice thing but your home is in complete chaos? This is my day. Been going through the house and trying to get it reorganized but I have made a bigger mess and now I really have to move it along faster cause we are having company today. Super excited they are coming but tired  already with the amount of things I have to have done today…. Need to get back to cleaning out my chaos….. Organize Organize Organize that is today’s motto…….

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Organization

March6

Well I have to say this is not the funnest thing I want to be doing!!!! Gonna have a yard sale and get ride of a lot of stuff. Trying to do it like the pro’s, ” Ask yourself do you love it and can you live with out it”. If your answer is “YES” it goes. LOL I keep trying to say,”NO”. I really need that even though the item might have already been boxed up since 2006!!! LOL. Laughing at myself….. This is how I feel!!!!!

Goal # 1 Update…

March2
  1. Returned Key to shop ( took an extra day to get it all cleaned out 12 years a lot of stuff)
  2. Now the fun part starts Reorganizing the House…

Just wanted to update check off one thing LOL…

Goal # 1

March1

“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.”
By Alexander Graham Bell

This quote is so true, not closing with regret but looking forward to the future. Even though things did not end on the best note, I am glad I went through the experience with a great couple….
• Closing Doors –  Lease is over, cleaning out shop now moving forward.
• March 1, 2012 – return keys… END
• March 2 – March 4, 2012 – reorganize my Home…New Beginning…..
• March 5 – March 9, 2012 – Get started on organizing Help-Portrait for Melbourne FL area this year. December 8, 2012 is the national date…
• March 10, 2012 – Practice on my Photography… SHOOT, SHOOT, SHOOT…..
There is my next weeks goals…..

Check back will be posting my “PHOTOGRAPHERS CHALLENGES” will be a weekly assignment and I will be posting pictures and everything. I will be the best PHOTOGRAPHER I possibly can be……. Practice is all I can do…

WHAT WILL YOU DO WHEN IT’S OVER

February27

When WPPI is, over what will you do? After your back home and getting, back to your normal life. After the hype and excitement from all the Inspirational speakers is not right in your face, when you review your notes will that be the same? What will you do? Will their words still move you to make a change whatever it was that took you there. This is what Life is all about, we have been given, all the information, given all the tools but what will you do with it…? I say let us challenge ourselves to be the few that really makes the changes… Is it scary, hard and difficult, YES? Life is difficult but we learned to crawl and then we learned to walk.  Remember there are three types of people. Really, the big question is who are you?

  • Are you the one that makes things happen?
  • Are you the one that watches things happen?
  • Are you the one that says what happened?

Figure it out and then act on it. Change will not come to you without you taking action. We need to take one-step at a time, “Rome was not built in a day”, (Author unknown) we have heard that so many times in our life. Everyone needs to make a living but remember to “LIVE”, as you go…
Remember what brought you to the WPPI convention in the first place. Write it down, go over your notes, make a plan then put it into action…

I got so much information and Inspirations from every speaker I heard speak. Let their insight move you and take action for yourself. You would not have been there if you did not think you needed some type of change, alteration or improvement  at this given second in life, you would not have needed to go their if you thought you had all the answers already. You would have been speaking to all of us.

Whether, you are starting all over or just tweaking what you already have “DO IT”!

I realized that Dan and I, where still at the starting stage but we did not realize it totally before the convention. I thought build it and they will come, who is laughing now? Ok I am laughing at us, to think it would have been truly that easy. I thought we had covered the basics. We were on the right track but not right enough. Just because we built the Website (SHOWIT), made business card, built the blog, set up twitter and a facebook fan page, POOF instant bookings were supposed to start happening or at lets some inquiries. OK we did get one email but it seems fishy… So we will see. Now with my bubble deflated, and then with the speakers blowing it back up, we need to put the pedal to the metal and do it right.  For us it is back to the drawing board. However, I am setting goals and timeframes for everything.  I liked how Sue Brice put it,” AT SOME POINT THE THINKING MUST STOP AND ACTION MUST BE TAKEN”.  This was one of the points most of the speakers did touch on I just liked the way she worded it.

I am going to challenge myself and have a weekly blog update on what the plan is and what I did to take action on that plan. I challenge you to do the same and let me know how it is going for you.

WPPI 2012 Las Vegas NV

February22

Here is the class line up we have gone to so far:
Can I just say WOW!! I thought I would learn a bunch of stuff… we did see Amazing speakers. Our schedule:
19FEB12:
• Zach & Jody Gray (AMAZING)
• Cliff Mautner (AMAZING +)

20FEB12:
• Jasmine star (AMAZING)

21FEB12
• Colleen Wainwright (AMAZING +)
• Bambi Cantrell (AMAZING +)
• David Beckstead (AMAZING ++)

22FEB12
• Jeremy Cowart (HOLD THE FLIPPING BUS)
• Justin & Mary Martinez (HOLD THE FLIPPING BUS)

23FEB12

• Sue Bryce  (FLIP THE BUS)
• Damon Tucci (FLIP THE BUS)

• Meet up with my friend Michelle I went to school with @ Circus Circus (that’s where I got married). WAY COOL seeing Michelle ,her Dad, her Husband and her Youngest son. Had a Super great blast visit….

24FEB12
We are checking out of the hotel and renting a car going to just take photos not sure where or of what but just taking pictures…

25FEB12
1:00 am catch our flight home…….

Getting Ready for the WPPI

February17

Will be leaving early tomorrow for the WPPI event. I will be tweeting and posting from the WPPI event.  Remember to check back and see what I have to share with you….

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

February14

Just wanting to send a Valentines wish to Everyone

 


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Welcome to my Blog you will share my experience on this journey into my LIFE and Photography. Wedding Photography to be a little more specific. I am learning to be the Best second shoot for my Husbands (Dan’s)
Wedding Photography Business (our business LOL guess I need to really get on the ball).
(www.danstarrphotography.com). I will challenge myself, I really have been thinking of setting up a
“30 Day Photo Contest”
(of course it will help to have followers) lol. I may start the challenge for myself for now, we will see. I hope you enjoy this journey we are about to voyage on. Thanks for stopping by and hope to hear from you soon…..


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