December 13, 2004

• MONDAY BOOK
  Digital Photography – by Steve Bavister, 2000, UK
  

  
  I know nothing. Except that besides writing this comes next in my pantheon of future creativity. I want to record my family in black and white. I want to learn to put them at ease enough to capture their essences for future memories. In my life, I had a few wonderful photographer friends who gave me this gift for myself and my children when they were small and I so treasure these few photographs today. The book is a “no-nonsense, jargon-free guide for beginners.” I have it out from the library. The introduction begins:
  “There has never been a more exciting time to be involved in photography….At its simplest, digital imaging is the process by which photographs are ‘digitized’ so they can be used in a computer. Once there they can be cropped, improved, combined and then used in countless ways that would have been unimaginable before digital imaging came along. Your computer can literally become a digital darkroom…”
  A few years ago I took a darkroom class thinking I would try to build one in my home, but there is simply no space for it in my tiny house. Just recently it dawned on me that with the new photo printers available and the fantastic digital cameras I can begin without an actual darkroom. The photos are from my 2.0 megapixel digicam of the grandson I adore who began to draw with no prodding years ago and still does. My secret wish is that he might become an architect because he can take apart and put together just about anything. But I’m not in charge of that. What I can do is record him in artist mode. Is he not beautiful?
  

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  Deep Thought:“In the first castles, I bet a common mistake was putting the torture room next to the master bedroom. Boy, you’re just not going to get the good sleep that way.”
  Today I am grateful for: Zoom
  Guess the Movie: “Is that what your little note says? It must be hard living your life off a couple of scraps of paper. You mix your laundry list with your grocery list you’ll end up eating your underwear for breakfast.” Answer: Memento, 2000. Winner: thenarrator.
  My Bloody To-Do List
  by Lisa Rowe Fraustino
   As the regular columnist of “Dr. Lisa’s Class” for the quarterly Once Upon a Time Magazine, a journal for authors and illustrators of children’s books, I was surprised when the editor rejected my most recent submission, saying, “No harsh realities of war here, even though I’d probably forward your piece to others if I saw it written elsewhere.” The article follows for Audrey to forward. (Rest of article here.)
  End of Day: 9:15 pm
  + = Started editing Chapter 8.
  - = Sheep in living room chair watching sheep announcing news on TV: “And this just in, the grass really is greener on the other side of the fence.”

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