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I don't know about you but this year has gone by
incredibly fast. It seems like only yesterday I was
marveling at all the new leaves on the trees as
springtime claimed its yearly place in time. Now over
the past weeks I've been marveling at the fall colors
and carpets of yellows, oranges, browns and reds left
behind by the fallen leaves for us to enjoy.
It's been one of Utah's most beautiful falls in a long
time. The canyon behind our house had been especially
colorful so a couple of weekends ago I grabbed the
camera and off I went to garner some shots.
Unbeknownst to me I knelt in some poison
ivy. So, as I'm writing this newsletter I'm squirming
around in my chair trying to alleviate the itching from
the rashes all over my body. I hope you REALLY
appreciate the fall images I recently added to the
gallery because I certainly paid the price getting
them. :-)
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| digital versus film | | |
 There's much debate nowadays about which is better,
digital or film cameras. On the one side you have the
diehard 35mm camera users who think that digital
images will never match the quality of a film camera.On the other side you have digital camera users who
say that high-resolution digital images are every bit as
good as their 35mm counterparts. So who's right?
Read on... | | |
| sceneramic places - corfe castle england | | |
 In this section of each newsletter I'll review one of the
many favorite places Linda and I have had an
opportunity to visit in our travels.Last month we visited Airlie Beach, Australia; a bustling
town by the sea and the gateway to the Great Barrier
Reef. This month we're going to travel half way around
the world to a quaint English village called Corfe Castle.
Full Story... | | |
| fall and winter scenes | | |
 Just in time for the holidays and Christmas we've added
plenty of fall and winter photographs to the gallery.
Many of these are on sale and can be found on the
Sceneramic Photography gallery home page.Four of the winter pictures are from a small village
named Bourton on the Water in the Cotwolds, England.
Nothing exudes Christmas like an old English wintry
village scene. To the gallery... | | |
| photo tips - panoramic shots | | |
 Today's digital cameras come with all kinds of buttons,
bells and whistles. Some even let you to take in-
camera panoramic shots. You simply take consecutive,
overlapping shots and the camera "stitches" them
together for you to form a single panoramic image.
Pretty cool!If your camera won't let you do panoramics, no worries.
You can still do it by using software like MGI PhotoSuite
that allow you to stitch images together after the fact.
Just follow these steps: 1) Set the camera on a tripod
making sure the tripod is level; 2) Manually set the
exposure so you have even exposures for each image;
3) After each shot, pan the camera so the next
shot overlaps the last by about 1/3; 4) Download the
images to your computer; 5) Open them in PhotoSuite
and stitch them together. And there you have it. | | |
| movie - muriel's wedding | | |
 If you're into good comedies you'll love Muriel's
Wedding. This Australian made movie was somewhat of
a sleeper when it came out in 1995. It's based on the
story of a girl in search of a husband. Always being told
by her friends she'd never find herself a mate, its now
become an obsession.As somewhat of an overweight, ugly duckling -- and
part of a dysfunctional family -- Muriel consoles herself
with the music of ABBA. If you're an ABBA fan AND you
like comedies you'll especially like this one. ABBA's
music is wonderfully intertwined with the twists and
turns of the movie. I definitely give 5 stars to this one.
In fact, I'm going to watch it again tonight! Buy now... | | |
| until next issue... | | | I hope you've enjoyed the articles. If you know of
someone who might also enjoy our newsletters, please
feel free to forward it to them. Until next issue, it's bye for now from John and Linda... Send article ideas to... | | |
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