tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44025904529666972932024-02-07T08:22:48.697-06:00A Prime Year in PicturesA 365-day photo blog.szipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05890743621362053492noreply@blogger.comBlogger367125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402590452966697293.post-17377641239032426302012-01-17T22:37:00.001-06:002012-01-17T22:37:39.223-06:00Moving on...part IIThe Subscribe feature is now active on my new blog, <a href="http://isosnaphappy.com/">ISOsnaphappy.com</a>! If you would like to receive an email when I post to the new blog, please head on over and click the <b>Subscribe</b> link on the left side of the black bar. <br />
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I'm looking forward to seeing you at SnapHappy!szipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05890743621362053492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402590452966697293.post-2621229970494220832012-01-15T22:53:00.000-06:002012-01-15T22:53:42.953-06:00Moving onHello! I'm back from my two weeks hiatus from the blogosphere and would love for you to join me at my new blog, <a href="http://isosnaphappy.com/">ISOsnaphappy</a>! SnapHappy won't be a daily blog like this one has been, but my goal is to publish Monday-Fridays, so there will be plenty more pictures coming your way!<br />
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Thanks again for all of your support of <i>A Prime Year in Pictures</i>; it really meant a lot to me. I hope to see you soon over at SnapHappy!<br />
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<br />szipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05890743621362053492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402590452966697293.post-48485479523300810552012-01-01T00:59:00.001-06:002012-01-01T00:59:31.898-06:0011:59 p.m. 12/31/11So long, farewell...to 2011 and <i>A Prime Year in Pictures</i>! As my husband and parents can attest, I rarely stick with anything for too long, so this was quite an achievement for me. It has been harder and more enjoyable than I thought possible. Thank you to everyone who came along for the ride!<br />
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<i>A Prime Year in Pictures </i>is no more, but I will be launching a new blog in two weeks, so I hope you will join me there. I will post more information here soon about the new blog.<br />
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Here's hoping that 2012 is a year of love, growth, and blessings for you and yours!<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Bounced completely behind the camera</span>szipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05890743621362053492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402590452966697293.post-65427266308180741962011-12-30T22:37:00.000-06:002011-12-30T22:37:11.155-06:00Forks down and walk away!<div style="color: #999999;">
I have been eating Christmas leftovers all week long. Here, the last cinnamon roll falls.</div>
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Well, there are only four posts left in
my 365-day photo blog. It has been a lot of fun, and a lot of work.
Since 2012 isn't a prime year, I can't keep up "A Prime Year in
Pictures." So, I will be launching a new blog on January 1, so please
stay tuned for more information! I would love for you to follow me over
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Nikon D90<br />
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Nikon SB900<br />
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Zoomed to 105mm<br />
Bounced up to ceilingszipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05890743621362053492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402590452966697293.post-13196317839943520652011-12-27T23:24:00.000-06:002011-12-27T23:24:30.302-06:00A rose by any other nameA business associate of my husband's sent him a very nice gift of some wonderful olive oil, which is great, because I was running out! What I really like is that it comes in a quart container! Like...a quart of oil! Ha ha ha!<br />
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Today passed in a holiday haze of travel and shopping, leaving me with only two photos on my camera. This was the best of the two. It looks like I feel - a bit fuzzy around the edges (okay, and everywhere else!) and slightly unfocused. Tomorrow should be an interesting day at work!</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1/25s - f/5</span></div>szipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05890743621362053492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402590452966697293.post-21130992690605907282011-12-26T01:16:00.000-06:002011-12-26T01:16:49.344-06:00Merry Christmas!It is Christmas, so you will have to forgive me a little Photoshopping. I had to give today's pictures some holiday glow!<br />
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<br />szipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05890743621362053492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402590452966697293.post-69587630793318134772011-12-24T23:33:00.000-06:002011-12-24T23:33:09.842-06:00Merry Christmas Eve!<div style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
We enjoyed another wonderful Christmas Eve dinner at my mother's house tonight. It is our tradition to have a big candle-lit meal together, open a present, and then roll ourselves off to bed. We forgot to light our most treasured set of candles - a set of wooden reindeer pulling a sleigh, which are running down the dark spot in the middle of the table. But it is probably good that they got the year off, because one of them is still recovering from having most of his antlers burned off in a "flaming reindeer" mishap a few years back. <i>Do you smell something burning? Oh no, Rudolph!</i></div>
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My sister-in-law sent us the most wonderful set of dipped strawberries for Christmas. I couldn't decide which one looked more delicious, so you get to see them both. And I'm afraid that's all the closer you are going to get to them!</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Bounced back over camera right</span></div>szipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05890743621362053492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402590452966697293.post-58464928420453430932011-12-22T23:55:00.001-06:002011-12-22T23:55:15.588-06:00The smells of the season<div style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
Christmas baking is in full swing today, with some chocolate Andes mint cookies in the works here, with special white chocolate-covered popcorn already finished. The house smells so good!!</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I was going to take a nice Christmas lights photo tonight, but I forgot my tripod. So, I was stuck doing an "interesting" shot instead of a pretty one. This particular light display had us really baffled, until I downloaded it to my computer and studied it further. It is actually an angel blowing a horn, but a lot of the lights are burned out. Cory still thinks it is a turkey, though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Strobist has a good blog <a href="http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/12/how-to-photograph-christmas-lights.html">post</a> about photographing Christmas lights that I recommend checking out.</span></div>
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1/60s - f/5.6szipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05890743621362053492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402590452966697293.post-67964114219563700792011-12-18T19:24:00.002-06:002011-12-18T19:24:34.815-06:00Light it up!Tonight I enjoyed Topeka Bible Church's annual drive-up <a href="http://www.discovertbc.com/">light show</a>. Musicians play in the windows, and thousands of lights are synchronized to the music. It is a really neat experience. I played with different exposure/aperture combinations throughout the show, and was happiest with a large aperture (2.2) and fairly fast shutter.<br />
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<br />szipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05890743621362053492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402590452966697293.post-3598153402194781942011-12-17T22:20:00.000-06:002011-12-17T22:20:46.495-06:00Faith has feetHere are some of over 550 pairs of shoes donated to needy kids by the children of our church last weekend. They were lined up on the sanctuary steps today, and served as a great reminder to us grownups to be generous. I love the ones in the lower right-hand corner - I totally rocked those laces in grade school!<br />
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I left work about 20 minutes early today because the sun was shining after a long day of rain and storms. By five o'clock it had pretty much gone down, but I did get to take a pretty shot south of town. The 60-degree weather made the outdoor shot a pleasure to take. These shades of blues and purples are unusual for this time of year, in my experience.</div>
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1/25s - f/1.8szipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05890743621362053492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402590452966697293.post-46020596375676105002011-12-12T22:30:00.000-06:002011-12-13T12:42:41.029-06:00LOLIt was Ladies Night at <a href="http://www.discovertbc.com/">Topeka Bible Church</a> tonight, with a special Laugh Out Loud Christmas special. We enjoyed snacks and an great performance by comedienne <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/kerripom">Kerry Pomarolli</a>. They are repeating the program Tuesday night, so any ladies with a free evening should definitely check it out!<br />
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1/30s - f/7.1szipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05890743621362053492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402590452966697293.post-72185842618159107562011-12-11T22:45:00.001-06:002011-12-11T22:52:05.873-06:00Spectrum<div style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
Tonight we had a special Advent version of Overflow at <a href="http://fbctopeka.com/">church</a>. Overflow is a evening of praise and worship held once a quarter. It is always a tremendously uplifting experience. This time they brought in some special lighting equipment which really enhanced the evening. I love the gradient effect on the light panels.</div>
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The North Pole is melting! I guess Al Gore was right! </div>
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This gingerbread tree is one of my favorite Christmas decorations, probably because I love gingerbread so much! It is so time-consuming to make, I never realized how much trouble it was for my mom all of those Christmases growing up.</div>
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