My camera and computer are tools I use daily. I am still learning how to use my camera. It is not easy - the book that came with it is only written in French. My previous camera died while we were on vacation last spring. I could not have a vacation in France with no pictures so I bought this little Panasonic. D may now know enough French that he can translate the book for me. I would like to know more about the light settings. Maybe then it would be easier to take pictures of yarn and fiber items and have the colors be true.
I used to take pictures of things that I made with the idea that I would have a notebook of photos with some writing about why I made a particular thing, who it was for etc. That never happened. I have a lot of pictures but it always took too long to finish a roll of film and have it developed that I would forget what I wanted to write. Or the pictures would sit in a pile until I found the notebook. Things are soooo much easier now with a digital camera, computer, flickr, and a blog.
My laptop gets a lot of use. It is where I organize our family photos, photos of my creations, write my blog, and keep in touch with family and friends via email. I also enjoy sharing things on flickr and visiting other blogs.
This is also where the boys write their papers for school. They email them to themselves and print them out at school. It is also how we watch videos as the computer is our only DVD player. We can hook it up to the television but we have noticed that we end up watching the computer screen because the picture is so much better. Now, we just put the computer on the coffee table and all get very cozy on the couch. Last night, B and I were watching a movie so D had to type up his English assignment on the back up equipment you can see there on the right.
Now, all I need is a faster internet connection. It is painfully slow to upload pictures to flickr, keep an etsy shop, and blog with our #@* dial up connection.
