You Know You are a Photographer When

You keep moving the ornaments to get the lighting "just right."

Merry Christmas.

Scavenger Hunt

Our competition committee came up with some really interesting (and challenging) topics for this year's hunt. If you would like to give us some ideas for next year, please leave a comment to this post.

Also if you want to tell us about your winning photo from this year's hunt, please post it and tell us who, what, when, where, why, and web.

My photo above was taken as I was printing my other photos and found that I did not have a photo for the tool category. I was opening ink cartridges with my knife because my scissors were in another room on Christmas wrapping duty. The knife was a gift that I received because I really like knives and this one, although inexpensive, has beautiful wood in the handle. It was made in Pakistan. The scribbles on the pad of paper were left from a visit from my grandson. The glass is an insulated mug that I use occassionally. (I was being good and drinking water that evening.) The monitor with the photo I just printed is on the right and the stack on the left are my photos. The photo was hand held using a fisheye lens and lit by my desk light. I put the camera on my desk to steady it. The rest is in the photo.

The scavenger hunt is a lot of work but equally a lot of fun. I love to go back and look at my year's photos and find little treasures, thus the name scavenger hunt is so very fitting.

Places for Info

Here's some links that I think you will enjoy.
For camera reviews and breaking news go to www.dpreview.com
To identify zoo or exotic animals go to http://www.durrellwildlife.org/index.cfm?a=22
For info on Nature Photography go to http://www.naturephotographers.net/index.html
For used camera equipment and good photography articles visit http://charlottecamera.com/default.asp
For info on the NC Zoo go to http://www.nczoo.org/
To learn more about the Photographic Society of America go to http://www.psa-photo.org/
To see some really great photography (caution some are "R" rated) go to http://www.pbase.com/galleries?view=popular
For photo viewing and reviews visit Photosig. This site also has "R" rated photos but it has a blocking feature to hide these photos. http://www.photosig.com/go/main;jsessionid=MJIFJNEIJHHD
And lastly, for everything else go to www.photography.com