Pam and I are spending Thanksgiving with the Sacramento Edgars. We are staying with my cousin Larry and his family. Last night we had Aunt Judy, Uncle Bill, Aunt Karen, and cousin Debbie over, in addition to Stacey's parents, and Karen's mom. It was a houseful.

Everybody helped with dinner. ...

The big project was taking pictures for the Edgar and Associates website. The website is simple, elegant and very professional. The pictures needed to look like professional portraits, with proper lighting, a plain background, and no shadows. Really the lighting, the photos, and the edit/ retouch took most of the day. We also took a great family shot that was a lot more casual.

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In Britain, I shot a huge number of photos. It took a long time to edit all those pictures, the album and the slide show, are delayed. What tools do I use? I do I cope with 5000 pictures? How does the transition to Apple Aperture help? And are there other technologies I can use for my website?
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On Memorial day weekend, as usual, the SCA (society for creative anachronism) went to war. I like to join them for the whole weekend, but with our England trip upon us, I could only afford one day and one night. But the really great thing was that Pam came too. And the dogs. What fun. Anyway, there are pictures. See Events:May War.

We leave for England on Sunday! It's coming up real fast. Am I ready? No. Will I be? Sure. Besides, I really need the break. I am really looking forward to the trip, but it won't be real until I am on the plane.

There is now an itinerary for the tour part of the trip on the England page on the website. There is not a lot about the OSL conference, so maybe I will write something up before I go. There are two itineraries. One is detailed, with color illustrations. The other is briefer and up to date. They are both PDF, so you have to download them.

During the last update, I broke Arwen's puppy pictures. I had to rebuild completely, including picture selection. So, although I re-selected most of the original ones, I added some new pictures of when Arwen was just a little older. Oh, they are all still puppy picts, but now they run from 2 to 6 months of age instead of 8 to 14 weeks. Anyway, have a look: Arwen:Puppy Pictures.

Well adding a counter turned out to be harder than I thought. Well, maybe not harder, but I got distracted a lot. Here is the story. If I get encouraged by lots of comments, I will post more of a tutorial of how to do it. So encourage me already! Read More...

So I have been working for about a month on a complete make-over of our website. I think we are ready to go live. First off, you will notice a new look. ... You will also notice new organization. The main page is now this new blog. ... On this page, you can make comments.

There is also a lot of new content. This page is new. About is new. There is a new Main Menu page. Britta's page is new, but don't get too excited as it is more a placeholder than much else. Israel 2004 has been reorganized, and the pictures are bigger. It has some fun effects, and hopefully, it is easier to get around. ... Kitchen 2004 has been updated and completed. ... Landscape 2006 has been updated with photos of the final results.

Well I hope you enjoy it. Please send me an email or make a comment if you like the new site. Of course websites are always under development, so please let me know if there is something you want me to change. Thanks for visiting! Read More...