Under the Jacaranda Tree

I saw this on Scott Kelby's blog* and man oh man - how true it is: "This week’s “Quote of the Week” is from my buddy Matt Kloskowski, who was interviewed in Dave Cross’s “Finish the Sentence” segment. When asked the question, “If I could give one piece of advice it would be…” Matt replied, “…forget about the technical stuff sometimes. Don’t concentrate so much on histograms, 8-bit, 16-bit, JPEG/Raw, Adobe RGB vs. sRGB etc… Concentrate on what you’re seeing, take better photos and that stuff won’t be as crucial.“

I have so many books on learning how to use my new Nikon D60*, that I don't take that many pictures. I don't know about you, but as I am getting older, the book learning just isn't sticking in my head. I do better watching the videos. In fact, I have learned a bunch from two places: Scrapgirls digital scrapbook site*, and You Suck at Photoshop (poor Donnie Hoyle)*. You have to check these places out.

So anyway, I decided a couple of things that I need to do - it starts with making a task list of WHAT I NEED TO DO. I can not stay on track. It is to easy to sit and create, then to do the things that I am no longer interested in doing, so I will make a list & do it. Just between now & Xmas - no further. Also, I need to teach my two puppies (well they are 2½, but puppies in our house) to ride in a car correctly and get decent harnesses so I can walk them in public. After having several of my dogs either slip out of the cheap harnesses & collars made these days I am so afraid to walk the dogs.

But MayZie & KieChi are horrible and they need to be exercised, as Caesar Milan would say. MayZie chews up everything, I just believe if we exercised her it would stop. Plus they are both very aggressive with each other.





OK, now I am off to make my list...

*Links mentioned above:

Scott Kelby's blog

Scrapgirls

You Suck at Photoshop
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