Kari’s Musings About Photography

Instragram recently became available for Android so I’ve joined the masses in utilizing this photo editing / sharing application.  My first image was taken the day before Facebook bought them for a whopping $1 Billion.  Wow.  It is a shame that in the same breath, one can say that Kodak, the world’s original leader in photography, is going bankrupt.  My how the times have changed.

So far, I’ve taken a whopping three photos with it.  It really is a neat concept in that you can take the most simple, everyday item, and with a few clicks, make it worthy of taking note.  I must admit that one of my photography goals is to capture these day to day things and moments without the glamor.  But, if an app is what it takes to get people excited about making images and sharing them with the world, that’s fine by me.

My images thus far:

URL: http://instagr.am/p/JKwliOrS4x/

URL: http://instagr.am/p/Jlcq0TLSyf/

URL: http://instagr.am/p/JlduD6LSy9/

Lastly, I recently joined Pinterest.  I held out on this one as long as I could.  I love social media, but I don’t like things that take too much time.  Read: waste too much time.  So far, I find it visually stunning, and incredibly powerful in terms of sharing one’s likes, and have them shared by one’s followers, and so on, and so on.   So, if you too are a “Pinner,” follow me.  And, by all means, feel free to pin my blog.

I joked that I was the “calendar girl” on my Facebook page, but what that really means, is that my image of crocuses, was selected as a 2012 Calendar Contest winner for Whatcom Education Credit Union - WECU.  I was thrilled when I found out I was one of the winners, and I’ve been even more thrilled to hear of Bellingham locals noticing my name on their calendars when they switched them to April a few days ago.  So much fun.

Here’s what it looks like in the calendar:

And, here’s the original file:

I hope you’re enjoying spring, folks!  Now is the time to look around you to see all of the colorful glories popping up after a long winter’s nap.