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Word of the Day

I've seen, and been inspired by, many "photo a day" projects, so I thought I'd try one myself, with my own little grammarian spin: create a photo using a Word of the Day gadget on my Google homepage for guidance and inspiration. And what better day than January 27, my thirtieth birthday, to begin such an undertaking? (Okay, maybe new year's day, but I was too lazy to bother then.) This project is also to help keep me thinking and creating images the way DGrin's Last Photographer Standing contest has challenged me to do--a challenge I've found really enjoyable and creatively stimulating. Wish me luck (and perseverance) in this endeavor!
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    October 4, 2008 (Day 252) Volte-face: an about-face I know this image may make no sense with this word, but trust me, it represents the word—and my day—quite well.I went in to my fav camera store today to see about trading in my still-pretty-new P&S for one that wouldn't piss me off quite so much. (I currently have a Nikon Coolpix P5100; believe everything you read about the slow focus. It's irritating.) Unfortunately, they didn't have any Canon G9s, or the new G10, in stock. Yes, I'm a Nikon girl, but none of the Nikon P&S cameras shoot RAW. WTH?So I went in to buy a camera that worked better...and I left buying two cameras that didn't work at all: this Brownie and another Kodak with a bellows. I love old cameras, and I've long been in love with the Brownie and the way it looks. I may not have a better P&S to take with me to Moab for back-up, but I'm a happy camper nonetheless.
    October 1, 2008 (Day 249) Slugabed: one who stays in bed until a late hour How I wish I could spend this week with the covers pulled over my head. Work is simply horrendous right now. Anybody want to hire an editor?"Wake Me Some Other Day" is what I titled this in my head and aptly fits my current mood. Blargh.
    September 28, 2008 (Day 246) Panache: dash or flamboyance in manner or style An excerpt from my shoot today for DSS9. How I wish I could actually process my entry. This matches my vision for the concept more closely: that of the goddess Aurora right before she wakens. I have another set of eyelashes for Hespera, the Goddess of Dusk, for the counterpart to this, but it took me five hours just to get one shot I could enter SOOC. One of those spent just trying to get the cursed eyelashes on.Fake eyelashes make wonderful photo props. But OMG, they are a $%@!*& pain in the %$!# to glue on. I was so blasted annoyed by the time I finished applying these for Aurora, I just didn't want to go through the headache all over again for Hespera. Another day, perhaps.To cheer myself up, I ordered a Holga and some film for the upcoming Moab trip. Want to try something just fun and different while out capturing breath-taking landscapes. I can't wait to have it in my eager little hands. Plastic fantastic, baby!