What did the French Chef give to his girlfriend on Valentine's Day?

A hug and a quiche!

Happy Valentine's day!

Field trip

"We went to the animal fair.  The birds and the beasts were there!"

We took the new camera, of course.  Such the learning curve!  This baby has all the bells and whistles: an automatic touch screen; a dial telling the camera what kind of light you need; automatic focus, to name a few. Taking pictures is easy peasy.  I will be able to remain a generic photographer, taking pictures similar to the use of the phone camera, like so, reflected in this midway shot:

But I want more.  Not more corn dogs, funnel cakes, philly cheese steaks or a purple cow.  I want to project more depth in my pictures allowing the viewer to be able to grasp the sensitivity of the subject.  In other words, I want to take cool pictures that say "wow".

My first study going forward is where I will try my hand using aperture.  For the amateur, like me, this is basically what adds dimension to your pictures by controlling the depth of field.  Depth of field is photography language, so I will refer to it often along with the F stop, more photographer lingo.  The F stop is the size of the opening of the lens.  No quiz coming, no worry!

A larger aperture is a smaller F stop number which yields a smaller depth of field making the foreground or background out of focus or fuzzy.

A smaller aperture means a larger F stop number is used to yield a larger depth of field.  This equals less foreground or background being fuzzy.

It helps a great deal if you have different lenses.  I got 'um, I just have to work to remember what is what.  A true photographer does not write on his or her lenses to assist their memory, darn it.

So here is an example of what using an aperture (remember that is the opening size of the lens) and the correct F stop (the number that depicts the size of the aperture) and how it effects a background:

Before adding the appropriate lens, F stop reflecting the aperture:

Pardon my mess looking out from my Krazy in the Kitchen home.

After adding all the right touches:

Cool huh?  And my house looks so much cleaner!

I did not play with this before going to the Florida State Fair (fair), and I am somewhat sad, because I could have really taken some cool "wow" pictures.  Wouldn't these have been so very cool with a fuzzy background?

Now, let me show you our field trip?  

We called this 'Sea World lite'.  I do not recall seals at the fair before, but they sure enough were there this year, along with other exotics:

Note:  picture is too dark and could have had some aperture applied!  This guy was cute as a newt.

Is he not darling?!  Check out his overbite!  (The cow, not Jon!)

Sometimes, I too feel the bad hair day.

We then got caught up in the 'moo maze'.  What respectable 4-H mother would not have?

Throwback Thursday.  Jennifer and Jackson (our steer she raised) at the fair, 1999.  

There is always an adorable little pumpkin to spy, isn't there?:

Every year, yes, every year after year, a fair isn't a fair without the carousel:

Throwback Thursday.  Kelsie's first carousel ride at the fair, 1995.

Next time, let's discuss glare!

Krazy in the Kitchen: Update

Welcome back me!  

Today, I will begin with "I got a Niiiikon Camera.  Love to take a photograph"; The Hobby.

You might want to get popcorn as you peruse through the latest little tipsters for a photography neophyte, such as me:

1.  Always download the user manual and DO NOT fear the use of it.
2.  Obtaining the hard copy manual is always nice for a late night look through once the reruns of SUV Law and Order turn off at 2:00 a.m., and you are still wide eyed and bushy tailed.
3.  Practice turning it on and off.  It is a two step process.  Caution:  do not do this at 2:00 a.m.  It tends to make your partner grumpy and the animals wanting to play (or vise versa)!

To be continued.

Head over heels...not too Krazy

2012.  Ready.
1.  live well.  Eat sleep and play like the simplicity of youth, within the capacity of an adult
2.  laugh often.  My idiosyncrasy toward the confrontation of every day
3.  love much.  Sugar Daddies, trysts, stalkers, those who are obsessed with the thought of my presence in their life; out the door.  Ready to have that head over heels, do what you do all over again, you snore ok, turn over and let me spoon you, wake up, love me anyway despite the bad hair and tell me I am irreplaceable, time in my life.
Kudos who have kept this, encouragment who want this, but finding, I will have this.  As God is my witness.

Krazy epiphany...... krazy

Blogging for bucks.  Not going to happen.  Inspirational speaker.  Not enough inspiration. Motivational speaker.  I am hardly motivated to get out of bed.  Sex Therapist.  Not enough experience. Match maker.  Can't light my own.  Diva.  No monetary return but fun to be.  Juggler.  One slip and you lose your balls.  Life coach.  Life coach.  hmmmm....life coach.
I have a life.
I can coach a vegan to eat meat with a blink of both eyes, a smile and some damn good barbeque sauce.
Life coach.
Watch me go.....

DOUBLE KRAZY

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KRAZY...HALLOWEEN...KRAZY

OMG... I am so there!
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wishing you all were here....tripping the light fantastic with the mellows!