Did you know that a roach can live up to 9 days without its head -  Are your 2 year old and your 120 pound dog watching TV together? That’s hysterical and cute. Keep an eye out for contrasting size, shapes, and unlikely pairings; they all lead to very funny, very ironic photos!

When it comes down to it, funny pictures are about laughing and having fun. There are the unexpected pictures that you flip to and make you burst out laughing, and there are the pictures that every time you see them you can’t help but smile. Some are sweet, some are slightly crass, but the mark of a truly funny picture is one that is funny to take, gives you a chuckle to remember, and lets you laugh every time you share it.

Have a great day yall – catch ya on the dark side!

It isnt like I havent had things to talk about.. weve been unusually busy at work lately which is a spectacular thing!!!  I hope all is well with my loyal and faithful readers lol – I have been spring cleaning – and well.. getting ready for spring.. the flowers are of course already blooming bc this winter has been so so nice and warm.. but im sure  that will all come to an end soon – remember blizzard of 93?  Well… I have been going through boxes of stuff.. pictures.. tons of pictures.. if you can imagine – my parents owning a business like this for over 25 years.. you would know that I have a ton + more.  I always got all my stuff done for free so I of course.. had a lot more than the average bear.My goal now is to organize them and get them ready for scanning – I just dont know what else to do with them,.. nothing is in an album.. its all boxes.. ALL of it!!! ridiculous.  Therefore.. im a fixin to get scanning – you ought to start gathering yourself.. we will be running specials on some stuff through out the year… to archive your memories… even video transfer specials!!!!

Heres some food for thought…

What’s wrong with leaving your photos on the memory card?

Memory cards are not intended for long term storage. A static discharge – easy in cold weather – can erase or corrupt all the files in one spark.

What’s wrong with copying photos to hard drive?

Hard drives can crash, you can switch computers without copying things, you can lose track of where the important things – like baby pictures – are located. And did we mention that hard drives can, and do, crash?

How about copying all my photos to an external hard drive?

That’s a good addition to having your photos on the computer’s hard drive. Be sure to unplug the external drive when you’re not actually using it. Yes, it’s a hard drive and it could crash – but chances are it won’t crash at exactly the same time as the computer’s internal drive.

And those online services that give you free storage of your pictures?

Again, its a good addition to having your photos on the computer’s hard drive. Just don’t rely upon them as your only storage. Plenty have gone out of business, plenty more will in the future. Face it – would you hold onto a stranger’s photos indefinitely if they didn’t pay you? Plus most store a compressed (lower quality) copy of your original file.

To date, no online services have formal arrangements for leaving custody of your photos to your survivors.

How about burning CDs of all my photos?

That’s a good addition to having your photos on the computer’s hard drive. In fact, this is what I do myself. But I’ve noticed it’s often hard to find a particular photo that I want. And I’m paranoid about writing any meaningful descriptions on the CDs. Ink from many types of marker can migrate though the label side and cause delaminating of the CD strata, greatly shortening the life of my “permanent copy.”

I <3 my new camera!  It is so neat – Sony cyber shot – 16 mp.  Fits in my back jean pocket and takes fabulous pictures!!!  I took my daughter to a birthday party this weekend and it was at a bounce house place called pump it up… the kids were running wild.. as usual.. but they had actual things to play with.  They were up and down those big boy slides so quickly that you couldnt see them… my camera… takes pictures at a rate of 7 frames per second .. how sweet is that.. so I didnt miss a shot at all!!  The new Sony cameras that we are selling are absolutely phenomenal!!!  Check this out -the lighting is kinda yukky.. but this pan shot is absoilutely cool.. u just hold the button down and it runs it all together – i mean HOW cool is that!!! No paying to get 4 pictures stitched together.. its done for you!!!!  Anyway.. i hope yall have a FAB monday and hopefully will see you tomorrow!!!

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First Year Milestones well worth documenting

Sleeping like an angel – During its first month of life your baby will sleep close to 12 hours a day and only wake for feedings. Take advantage of what may be the quietest time of their life (and yours) to capture some of these times. Write down what you think they’re dreaming and include that with the photos in their scrapbook.

Color, sounds and smiles – As they grow, babies connect their moods and preferences with smiles and start to recognize you. Colored objects get their attention and make for interesting photos. You can also stir up a smile with your voice or funny sounds.

Movements, big and small – After a few months in this world, babies begin to roll themselves over, some sit up, they begin to laugh and turn their heads when they hear voices.

Feeding frenzy – Funny full mouths and “fed” clothes will surely capture baby’s first bite of solid food six months into their life.

First words – Here’s where you can include photographs of your baby chatting away as well as writing down the words, scrapbook-style, so they can both see and read their first “speech.”

Mobility! – In months eight and nine, infants start to move around quite a lot, get more adventurous, grabbing toys or anything in their crawling path. Snap pictures of where their crawl starts and where in the room they end up, in your own version of the baby “decathlon.”

Independence and story time – At close to a year, your child’s curiosity truly kicks in. They begin to feed themselves, respond to shapes, colors, sounds, and listen as you read storybooks.

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The Picture Element or pixel is the smallest unit of information on a digital picture file.

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These pixels are lined up in rows and columns. When your picture has enough pixels that you can no longer distinguish them as individual dots, they seem to blend together to make a continuous-tone photograph.

The photo at the upper left has 12 columns of pixels and 16 rows of pixels. Obviously that’s not enough for a good photograph – in fact you probably couldn’t tell what the subject was!

Multiply the number of columns times the number of rows to get the number of pixels in your photo. A megapixel is one million pixels – a square picture 1,000 pixels by 1,000 pixels would be a true megapixel.

12 columns times 16 rows equals 192 pixels. That’s about 1/5000th of a megapixel. And obviously it’s not good enough.

1200 columns time 1600 rows would equal 1,920,000 pixels. That’s about 2 megapixels.

A photo file 2 megapixels or larger will make very good 8″x10″ prints, if no cropping is necessary and the print is made by a professional lab. Printed on an inkjet printer, it probably won’t look as good.

For use on a computer monitor set to 600 x 800 resolution, any file bigger than one-half megapixel will more than fill the screen. You don’t need anything bigger for e-mail or web use.

Once you’ve got enough image details – that is, enough pixels – to fill up the screen of your computer, anything else will spill off the edges.

For big prints – 11″x14″ and beyond – you’ll get better results with a 6 megapixel or larger image size. More megapixels give finer detail and give you more freedom to crop.

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Isnt this weather divine!!!  I love everyone!!! And.. its SUPER BOWL TIME!!!  WOOOO HOOOOOOOOO My uncle Nino think the pats are going to win… little does he know… it aint a happening!!!  Are you ready – all your hors d’oeuvres and house cleaned?  Ready for your company???  Im going to my girl Heather’s house… they always have good food good company… love it!  One thing that we miss out on during these events are great pictures of people watching the game!! -  We sell a sony party shot.. that actually holds your camera – and takes pictures of people through out the night – candids.. most fun!!!  Not only is it a cute idea.. its a cute piece of equipment!!  Hurry and come get yours.. dont let this pass you by!!! Memories.. thats what it is all about!  Have a great weekend!! GO ELI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GIANTS GIANTS GIANTS!

…even though you may not want it today

• Tomorrow you might want to send a copy to her grandmother

• In 2025 you may want it for her Sweet Sixteen party

• In 2030 it could be part of the slide show for her wedding

• In 2086 you’ll need it to put together the 80th Birthday presentation

• Will you be able to find that photo?—–
  

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I hope everyone is having a wonderful hump day – i know i am.. Lots of stuff going on around here.. we just started a video special .. bring in 12 videos and get them transferred to dvd for 12 bucks each!

On a different note – we are also offering a free photo book – !!! If youre interested.. just comment and ask me to send you the link – and Ill be glad to do so!!

Well.. its been a stressful morning thus far… just found a dog on top of bearden hill and she was about to run right out into traffic.. I coaxed her into my car and took pictures of her then drove her to young williams intake.  poor thing.. scared to death.. had ap ink collar on her and I imagine she was close to home but she was too close to kingston pike for her safety…I love animals and I dont think I could have lived with myself if I had not picked her up… i would have wondered what happened.. if she was dead.. and if she were.. it would have been my fault.  So i took pictures – because i always have a camera handy (not a cell phone camera – a REAL camera)  I uploaded to my media sites and hopefully someone will find her.. i did ask about her demise there.. the lady at young williams said they hadnt put down a healthy dog in along time…she said if the dogs had good temperament and healthy.. they were adopted out .. to some yankee states or close to home.. hopefully her mommy will find her but if not I feel good knowing she will go somewhere safe.  Always having your camera with you is imperative – this being a prime example!!  You wont miss anything.. kids parents.. or emergencies!!! 

Some things are being put into perspective for me this week.  My best friend when I was a little girl was a girl named Jane – her dad just died.  I havent spoken to Jane but on and off on for many years.. but hearing this made me want to envelop her into a big hug and tell her everything was ok… but its just not the same – I of course called – and offered my heartfelt condolences.. but jeez.. can u imagine?  Now – about an hour ago – a lady walked into our store.. maybe 40-45 years old – she was not in great shape.. and what she said was – I just lost my daughter – she was here to get prints of her beautiful dead daughter.. for the funeral home.. and to later enjoy as sort of a remembrance.  She had also mentioned that her daughter hadnt even seen some of the images she had… they were all on her computer or her on CDs – never printed.  My friend Janes dad – well.. they had to get pictures of him for the funeral home as well… and they had some old ones touched up and restored and they looked so much better.  She cried when I handed her the pictures.  Pictures are what makes our world go around – even if its OLD SCHOOL to print stuff.. it needs to be done.. get it off your computer people – preserve your memories, your LOVED ones (dead and alive)  in a tangible, physical and lasting way….not in cyberspace.  A printed picture is the only way of archiving your family. Have a great weekend!  Think about it…

Well have we got a solution for you!  Sometimes people will hit the wrong button – and poof… there goes CJ’s first birthday party – or Jill’s 2nd wedding – or David’s crazy crazy bachelor party(well maybe david is happy those have been lost forever teehee)!!!!  OMG what will you do without those pictures.. your wife or husband is going to KILL you!!!  Like D E A D.  So.. what happens when you lose your images?  You bring your card to us… be careful.. dont turn your camera on and take out the card… just rush right over here and we will recover all of your images (or most) for you!!!  If you havent been doing what ive been telling you all along – BACK UP YOUR STUFF!!!!!  Then you will be doing the previous scenario.. running in here like a crazed psycho path.

One more reason you should back up and print your pictures… check this out.. I didnt know this til the grumpy one told me to look… very interesting.. had no idea… if you have kids.. you will WANT to read this!!!

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