Category: Photography and Other Stuff

Way back in November, a friend suggested we go to a “Paint Your Pet Night” hosted by Cassie Young Dog Training (Facebook) and Erin Stagg. (Facebook) I’m not an artist!  I have a hard time painting a wall!  However, the event did interest  me and I signed up.

We sent a photo to Erin, and she prepared the canvas for us.  The image was traced out and numbers were in the various areas of the image.  The numbers indicated the shade of the colour for that section with 1 being lightest and 5 being the darkest of the colour.  For my image, I sent a picture of Able.  One of my favorite pictures of Able, I love the lighting and how bright his face is.

When the evening came, we created our masterpieces.  I did need some help with some of the details, but I did complete the painting.  I was quite happy with the result.

A few months later, there was a second party.  This time it was Luka’s turn.  Wondering how to paint a white dog on a white background, Erin suggested I do the painting as an abstract.  I loved the idea and away I went.  By the end of the night I had an awesome painting.  At least in my opinion!

For the third party, it was Roxi’s turn.  For this image, I used an old picture where she had her “serious” look.  Like Luka, the painting was an abstract.  I was also pleased with the final result.

Well it’s been 6 months since I updated this blog!  Yikes!  My bad.

Summer was pretty busy with agility and work so the camera didn’t get a lot of use.  Now it’s winter and we approach a new year.  But before 2013, there’s Christmas 2012!

That’s what this post is about.  I’ve started decorating and getting the house ready for the holiday season and I’ll be taking pictures along the way.  As usual, pictures will be posted to my SmugMug site.  Make sure to stop by often and see how things are coming along!

 

Hopefully, this will get me back into the swing of photography and blogging.  I like this site, I just hope to use it more often!

Hello again!  It’s been a while since I’ve updated this blog.  So, what have I been up to……

Other then putting up with winter, the big event was a return trip to Vegas!  After a great time there in October, I wanted to go back and see a few more places I didn’t have time to see the first time.  First was the UFC training center.  Now finding the center is a bit of a chore since its address is not public.  However, there is a Munzee there so once the cords were in my GPS, it took me right to the
place.

Other places included the Neon Museum Boneyard, the Clark County Museum, the Atomic Testing Museum and, the Pinball Hall of Fame.

Many pictures were taken at the boneyard and Clark County Museum.  I’ve uploaded these to my Smugmug site in a set called “Vegas 2012“.

One other place I visited was Discount Firearms and Ammo.  Originally, I wanted to visit another popular gun store to try some machine guns, however after reading some less than favorable reviews, I looked elsewhere and found Discount which had rave reviews.  Discount also had one other great feature.  It was only a 3 minute drive from my hotel!

My package of choice was the “SWAT” Package which gave me a chance to shoot a M4, a MP5 and a Beretta 92.  What a blast! (Literally!) I highly recommend a trip to Discount if you’re in Vegas and avoid the other popular “Gun Store”.

While shooting, the Range Master, shot some video.  Have a look:

So that’s the big update since my last post, however, as I type this, I’m getting ready for my next adventure.  Stay tuned to this blog for more information.