Daily Art - Foto Friday

So that you can all see what I've been up to with my Project 365 photography adventure, I'm going to try and start doing "my week in photos" each Friday.  That will be a picture from every day each week...I hope you enjoy it and would love to hear which are you favorites!

Daily Ramblings - A little retro fun

The most recent update of the Camera 360 app on my phone came with a fancy "retro" setting.  What better to test it with than take a picture of something truly retro?

Remember these?  This photo wasn't taken in the 70s but in my living room about 10 minutes ago!

Turns out you can buy a new version, although this is one of those were you just can't beat the original.  Apparently the new one has batteries, but I remember one of my favorite things was turning the crank.  Sometimes I wouldn't turn it enough and the song would stop playing too soon, but I loved winding it up all over again.  I had the British version of this, so the songs are probably different from the one that was available in the U.S. those many years ago - London Bridge, Camptown Races, Edelweiss...

Such a lovely piece of nostalgia and I'm very thankful to my mother for storing it away all these years.  When I  bought it home from England in my carry on luggage, I watched the guy at the x-ray machine stare at it for a while and tap his co-worker to ask an opinion on what it was, before passing it through.  Glad I tend to pack light because it was totally worth it to bring this home.

Daily Ramblings - Too much fun!

I finally became upgrade eligible and got my new phone today.  I decided to go with the Droid X, and a little birdie told me that Staples generally sells the phones cheaper than Verizon would.  I managed to get the phone, with a case and car charger, for $75 out the door.  Not bad considering the phone alone would have been $100 from the Verizon website, plus they charge tax on the full amount (i.e. $600) rather than what you actually pay.

Of course, the first app that I had to download was Camera 360 - there is a free version, or the pro version for $3.99.  I'm hoping to do a full review at some point once I have figured out all the settings.  In the meantime, here's a couple of photos I snapped in the courtyard at home.  Deuce escaped the confines of the house while I was going outside, so figured I'd grab a quick picture before shooing him back in!

 Using the tilt-shift function.  I'm really going to enjoy this I think!

Deuce in Lomo mode.  

I've created lomo style photos using Photoshop before, but having it built in might be a little too easy.

I'm not usually one for a technology geek out, but I'm definitely having one.  I also love bargains, which I feel like I just got.  Overall, a good Sunday I think.