One of the best things we bought a long time ago was this..KA..it works for us very hard... KA 2...and has a nice shape after all these years... KA 3...
I'll let you enjoy in silence...
  KA 4
  KA 5
  KA 6

 The master of all mixers, the work horse that gives you these..Yummy treats ...yes, you know it as the ....Kitchen Aid...
 Heres to you my love...A midnight snack.
 I will never forget your beautiful.. Face            

So grab a handful of cookies and enjoy.......remember ..THIS

I finally have a few pictures of where I work.
I have worked for the same company for over 30 years. My company. I currently work at 28 different locations. However, the Monroe store  is my favorite. That is because of here is the best team Debbie,Mindi,  and Mary. This is our department Department. We carry hundrends different kinds of Prescription Medication, and quality Non Prescription Medication a closer look at the products .
So if you are in south east Michigan stop to any KMART and see if I am the Pharmacist .

A mistake on my last post, I labeled the picture of goats as country kitchen.

Well, the lady and I moved from a green dot to a red one, from 450 square feet to 900 square feet.

I'll really miss the old studio, it had a great view, electic neighborhood, an  awesome "old world" charm complete with mohagany trim that you just can't find very easily.  It's a shame they didn't put 1 bedrooms on the view side, I would have stayed in an heartbeat.

The new place is huge .  It has a dishwasher, which is awesome cause the old kitchen did not.  It has a closet that is turning  into my  new office.  Slowly, we are getting unpacked.

I'll miss you old place...

What a fun challenge! Mine seems to center around the making of ourdinner. This has a place in the previous challenge as well. A demon AND motivator for me is mountain dew. We could not find salt and pepper shakers that really went with our eclectic kitchen so we made our own from mini wine bottles which we are perfecting to sell in a craft fair in October.  I even gave a reflection of our dinner.

There is nothing the smell of a well scented candle to help one relax.  A macro in honor of one of our many trips to New Orleans. This guy was easy to pose but not everyone was interested in posing. He was more interested in being pet actually.  And my last submission...is not perfectly clear. But if you have ANY idea of how difficult it is to get these buggers to stay still, you will appreciate the macro of my Suki

Chinese Lanterns:
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Kitchen Reflection:
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My New Camera:
HI-TECH

 I wasn't going to shot today but my daughter was eager to get one in so I'm barrowing a style of shot that I thought she'd like..using a frame ..so to the person ..I forget who..it doesn't compare but it was for us to do togetherframed tomi This is a last year pic..taken with a 2.o dimage..so it's not the clearest but it's the emotion..my sister hugging Tomi after her water baptism.baptism. Now one of my daughter prasing with headset on in the dark. inner light the next two are just filler..this one was at work in the kitchen, with the boys having fun ..but after looking at it I just had to put them into a different background, do to the look on Jame's face. scardie cat .And the last one is another just for fun.anti christ

Okay-so I'll spare all of you the strip malls and commercial shopping to bring you a tiny glimpse of a town that I really don't know that much about-only live here--sad I know, but here I go.

For those of you who know or would appreciate the joke-what's your exit? Well it's exit 105 off the Garden State Pkwy.  The reason why  the map is triangled is because that's where I work-Dorbrook Recreation Area part of the Monmouth County Park System. www.monmouthcountyparks.com for those interested.

So my husband and I drove around and found this little spot.
eatontown has a clock and a brook.  I found this sign-pretty beat up over the years. Wampum Brook.

You can fish here.father and son and his  daughter too.

It's also a romantic spotfor couples.

I also came across this
tree. This  plaque was at the base.

I thought this was interesting....
What is this? It was growing in the brook.

And the gazebo.

Just up the street were these older stores
a barber shop, a nail salon, a
luncheonette, mini market and across the street
a kitchen & bath store.  Zeeks and the nail salon were the newest storefronts-the others were kind of beat up on the outside.

So, that's main street, Eatontown, NJ.

Afterwards, my husband and I went out to eat at our favorite diner-and it's a true diner-open 24 hrs.
I dub it
"Tacky statue diner".  That's my town! Hope you enjoyed the tour!

Stuck at a station again... and the only doors i see are to the kitchen, the pantry, and the bathroom. That is, until its time to go . Hope everyone has a safe night.

Aren't you just thrilled?

While the rest of you were making loud noises with fireworks, peeping in windows and shooting at doors, my wife, dog and I skipped out of town. It is our 4th of July tradition to go hide in the woods and get away from the noise. We would all much rather listen to the sounds of nature than the "normal" sounds of the 4th.

We pack up the motor home with enough goods to last 4 or 5 days and drive about 80 miles and park it in this same spot.

Looking out the kitchen window is a nice view but walking down the river about 100 yards will give you  this view. It is the junction of Roaring River and the South McKenzie.

Now if you are willing to get off your rear and put on the boots you can walk a couple miles up the road and climb down the bank that is covered with wild berries and moss covered rocks to get a better view of Roaring River. It is worth the climb I think.

Just a little further up river you can catch another view at a different rapids. Like the other one, you can see it from the road but really the only way to shoot it is to do the down the bank thing again. It's ok... it's only 50' or so and the stickers from the berry vines will work their way out of your hands in a couple of days. If you put up with it and manage to keep the fuse on your Canon dry (sorry.. had to say that) the view is killer.

There will be a few wildflower and butterfly shots to come later.


Enjoy,
Mike

Who DOESN'T use the refrigerator door as a bulletin board!  Also in the kitchen:  multiple doors on an old stove, and in case you miss the FIRST caution sign there's three more on this door

Two birds flying over Lake Erie.BIG BIRDS WEDDING SHOWER I'VE HAD TO ATTEND KITCHEN CUPBORDS I'VE BEEN REPAINTING MICH YELLOW BUTTERFLY ON YELLOW FLOWER MORE CUPBOARDS MORE CUPBOARDS MORESHOWER
I've been quite busy and have not had time to catch just the right shot but this is what's been occuppying my time. The kitchen needs repainted.I'll show you the results when it's done. The butterfly I could not get the light right although I tried with flash without flash with slow flash, but he is there. Have a Happy 4th 2005!

Although I may not be good at abstract I was eager to try with 2 goals in mind. 1, No photoshop except resizing and cropping. And 2, get 2 examples from each general room of the house.

Now when a guy needs inspiration he usually heads to the garage . I found myself looking at some familiar things in my garage from different angles and adding some creative light. Next, I moved indoors into the livingroom to find some things of interest. When you don't have the garage as inspiration, sometimes just laying on your livingroom 2 floor helps to focus on possibilities.

I then moved on to the kitchen where I played around with kitchen implements (nothing kinky i promise) and looking around for interesting colors. My favorite discovery in the kitchen 2 were some straws anxious to light up my story.

Next, I moved down the hall towards the bathroom to do number 1 and number 2 (thats pictures 1 and 2). I found some stuff laying around in the bathroom 2 that was colorful enough to shoot. But my ADHD mind couldn't stay in this small space long so I moved on down the hall.

I was curious to see what creative things i could find in the bedroom laying around (I know I am giving puro alot of possibilities here) and found a few things hanging around. One thing you should always have in the bedroom 2 is lots and lots of sox. I think we could all use more sox so I took a picture of Mr. and Mrs. Sox.

Finally I stopped at the workout room to capture my last tries at abstract for today. The weight of this project was soon to be lifted by the taking of the last photo in the workout 2 room. Well, thats my first try at abstract... hope you enjoy.

One of my great interests is exploring and photographing what I think of as forgotten places. These are the abandoned homes, the empty factories, and other places that have been left by the wayside.

But beyond the interest in the places themselves what can be found inside is even more fascinating. I've walked down staircases littered with rubble, found condiment and cracker packets next to a Black Sabbath tape, seen kitchen cupboards which seem to have been raided for food, and order windows which now take only the orders of the wind. There have been broken windows and broken doors. Filthy bathroom sinks and missing fire extinguishers.

I have found much beauty in these places, even amomgst the filth and decay. Outside empty and abandoned houses I've found green ivy growing over red brick, inviting warmth and color, and old rusted pick-up trucks resting in scenic landscapes.

Exploring these forgotten places is a reminder that life is impermanent and change is inevitable. As George Harrison once sung, "All things must pass...All things must pass away..."

I have been browsing the forum for quite some time. Finally decided to gather my courage and start sharing. This is a contribution to the shadows theme. This is Grandma at her kitchen table .

First, Iron Jesus a shot I took a few years ago. Olympus OM-G Kodak T-MAX 100. Next two I just got the negs scanned to a CD at Ritz. Last time they did an excellent job, this time they didnt do a good job. Low resolution, full of noise, with patches of color where there shouldnt be any considering the negs were all mono. I called and they said they will correct the mistake. I decided to mess with a few to see what I could do. These shots have been heavily Photoshopped. DOF added, levels adjusted, sharpened, despeckeled, kitchen sink thrown in. The first is my wife at a friends wedding, and a headstone .Both Sigma SA-9, Kodak T-MAX 100. Comments welcome.

Rules are meant to be broken......... This mannekin cannot stand the heat in the kitchen anymore

Time for lunch. It must be time to grease the pole on the bird feeder again. Shot standing in my kitchen through the window.

enjoy,
Mike

Turned the wide angle on our house in New Britain, Connecticut a little yesterday:
Extra Bedroom
Kitchen
Livingroom One
Livingroom Two
Ella and Satchmo

This is a second shot of my wife, the first roll was pretty unsuccesful. shot in a kitchen, dark background, wall as reflector. Overexposed 2 steps. corrected in PS for contrast/shadows.