Fridays Finds~

This past week has been about organizing and making my workflow easier both professionally and personally.

I have mentioned the ipad before and I am really trying to make it work more and less "Angry Birds".

I discovered an app Keynote...yes, I know many already have it but I am a little behind on the apps.  I love it! 

I am working on a power point presentation for photography clients that showcases different options for wall displays of thier images.

For real estate clients, my go to when needed listing book- which has been a large leather covered binder that has info on everything from my marketing samples to our company history -200+pgs- is now also going into a power point presentation.  
Power Point presentations easily file share through Keynote over to the ipad!  (I tried it with a couple of slides already).

Talk about lightening my load and moving into the "tech age".

Keynote app

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Also, I know late to the game but Google Calendar - where have you been & why didn't I use you before?  My calendar - business & personal, my daughters calendar - school & sports, my husbands travel calendar all uploaded to same spot and synced to phone, ipad, laptop without me hooking them up and syncing! 

What a timesaver for me~

Google Calendar

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And lastly not straying far from the Angry Birds but adding to "family time" I added a scrabble game.  (if you add it let me know & we can play in between working:)  I can consider it family time because my teen daughter has the same app on her Android phone.  We have been playing scrabble lately - kind of an interesting take on family game night. 

Wordfeud scrabble

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The Keynote app was $9.99, Google Calendar is free and Wordfeud is free

Quiche

This post is for me to take a moment to talk about Quiche, not quiche you eat but Quiche aka Kiwachinina and to remember her side kick Milton aka Milton Burro.  Quiche is the little bay mare that I have had since 1985 when she was 6 months old.  Yes, that makes her 26 going on 27 yrs old!  Milton was a year when I got him and he was with us 22 years. 

Georgia winters - they were so wooly & little!

After the move to Arizona - Great buddies!

Over the years Quiche has given experienced riders, kids & friends  fun & memorable rides!

She always knows when it is time to "babysit" and when she can "play & test your attention". 

She has carried me, my husband, my brother, my sisters & their kids, my daughter, neighbor kids, friends and now kids of some of those kids, heck, I think my mom even rode her once.

Nowadays she eats alot of carrots & apples and hasn't had a saddle on her in over 2yrs thanks to a bum knee.  But, two weeks ago she took Brody - my neices son - for a ride around the property.  She loved it as much as he did!

Here is hoping for many more years to enjoy carrots & apples.  Maybe even a few more special rides!

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Friday Finds~

I have always said that even though we live in the desert we are truly water babies at heart!  Below are a few sites I have found with stunning images from surfing to diving~

Silas Hansen photography

Ocean-Photo

National Geographic photo galleries

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This next link goes to a photographer that made a decision in her business that really stands out~read her blog post for details.

I admire her and hope that if I ever come across something similiar I too say "no"  as I also believe "mean is ugly"

Jen Mcken photo

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HAPPY FRIDAY!!

Silhouettes

This is one of my favorite silhouettes.

Taken just after sunrise at the Imperial Sand Dunes outside Yuma Arizona.  It was a little windy and our last day there but my husband indulged me in a morning shoot, we rode out past the camps and found this perfect spot. 

Post processing was in Lightroom & Photoshop - mainly just

conversion to black/white, brought up the blacks and softened the footprints across the dunes.

Rock the Shot August Photo challenge

http://www.rocktheshotforum.com/

Friday Finds~

This week I haven't been as active on the web, but, I did run across two posts that gave me thought.

We are all on our way somewhere

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Its ok to root for the other guy

It seems that we forget to realize & appreciate where we are and all  we have done to get there. 

And I firmly believe that it is always good to root for the other guy ~ there is plenty to go around.

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last post for today is a site that raises money each week for a different cause.  I like that principal and love to see thier "check pictures"  I have one of the tees from a couple of weeks ago - if you order they run a tad small but are good quality/fitted and heck a great way to donate to something important to you.

Sevenly

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Fridays Finds~

I have been using my ipad more & more.  I know I don't even get close to using it to its full potential!  If you have one you may be interested in subscribing to receive this  email with helpful & useful ipad tips (free subscription).  Do you use an ipad?  Any must have apps you can share?

ipad tips

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I shoot a Canon (love saying that :) and have for many years.  I don't know about the others but Canon has a tremendous amount of information on thier website.

Canon site

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I listened to a couple of speakers this past week lined up by Sarah Petty's Joy of Marketing regarding building your business, marketing, branding, posing & lighting.  Really alot of great information!  Perfect time for me as I am working on re-organizing, new logo and a few other ideas.  Check out her site for valuable marketing info.

Joy of Marketing