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LeesaB
6th of August 2008 (Wed), 11:20
well begging is nice :-) Hey we will do this again...not sure when, but I'd like to keep doing these and getting a nice group involved to visit and do cool things

I guess we will forgive them

drivelikeyastoleit
6th of August 2008 (Wed), 15:31
Well we are going to have fun...I can't wait!! I thought of DirecTV but at home, if it rains too much or snows our DirectTV goes out...does that happen here?


When I was living with my ex, we had DirecTV and the only time I can remember losing the signal was when we lost power. Back home in Louisiana I had it and only lost signal during bad storms. Not sure how it would be for you. I guess each experience is different.

LeesaB
6th of August 2008 (Wed), 15:42
Thanks...

Well, I think we will go with Direct TV, but we will see...

Guess we will wait till we get there, we get the keys on the 14th..

drivelikeyastoleit
6th of August 2008 (Wed), 22:37
Hey Lisa, I was thinking. (it's a scary thought I know) but maybe we all should exchange cell numbers in case anyone happens to get lost or separated from the group at any time.

LeesaB
6th of August 2008 (Wed), 22:52
Good Point, got your PM and responded, added you also!

drivelikeyastoleit
6th of August 2008 (Wed), 22:57
see my mind works correctly sometimes LOL

LeesaB
6th of August 2008 (Wed), 22:59
Is that a warning LOL

drivelikeyastoleit
6th of August 2008 (Wed), 23:07
It just might be.. LOL Nah I'm pretty sane 99% of the time.. I can act a lil goofy if the situation calls for it but most of the time I'm more serious than anything LOL

So I know we are meeting at Grants farm. What else is on the agenda for the day?

drivelikeyastoleit
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 08:55
25 hours and 5 minutes left until we meet up....

LeesaB
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 09:22
You know the kid on ESPN that wears that live countdown clock

WELL.... :-)

drivelikeyastoleit
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 10:26
hahahaha yep...

What can I say.. I'm interested in meeting others into another hobby that I'm into.

I need to stop getting into these expensive hobbies.. Cars, Model Trains, and Photography are going to be the death of me yet... LOL

I've probably got wish lists for each one of my hobbies that range up into at least $30K-$40K at probably a minimum. LOL I need to win the Powerball something fierce LOL

canonnoob
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 16:51
Where is everyone from in St. Louis? Id be interested in getting together...

LeesaB
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 17:44
Hi canon noob :-)

Well, we are meeting tomorrow at 10 at Grants Farm in St. Louis.

I'll be from Troy once I get my key to my house...

can't remember the others but I am sure they will chime in.

We do plan on doing a few more of these I think!

You guys better hope I am up in time, we've been getting pretty lazy around here.

DigitalSpecialist
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 17:59
I won't be attending, sorry to say. But I do wish you all the best time, and know that your in my thoughts all day long. Tomorrow night I will be having dinner with my older sister so tomorrow night is a bust also.

Ya, all have a great time with out me!

LeesaB
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 18:03
Oh that sucks!!!

Everything ok?

Looks like that leaves james and me, unless we want to postpone for another day?

LeesaB
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 18:06
and dave!! How could I forget that our count down man!!!

canonnoob
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 18:14
Hi canon noob :-)

Well, we are meeting tomorrow at 10 at Grants Farm in St. Louis.

I'll be from Troy once I get my key to my house...

can't remember the others but I am sure they will chime in.

We do plan on doing a few more of these I think!

You guys better hope I am up in time, we've been getting pretty lazy around here.

OH man that stinks... Im down in branson this weekend... Im from west county..

sidx001
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 18:22
Woohooo!!!! I am way excited! I'm leaving my house for Grants Farm in 12 1/2 hours from right now! :D Sorry for the absence over the last 2 days, it's been way hectic. Looking forward to tomorrow!

LeesaB
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 18:32
wow, you have to leave that early? It's only 30 minutes from us! yeah!

I'm excited i want to see eagles and horses :-)

sidx001
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 18:38
<<<is cleaning lenses, wiping optics, and forbidding dust particles to enter! Oh, and getting pictures together from yesterdays trip.

LeesaB
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 18:39
I have to charge my batteries!!!

sidx001
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 18:43
Oh Crap!! Batteries! Thanks Lisa!

LeesaB
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 18:46
Batteries.... my first thing to think of....I've charged twice since I've been here...

drivelikeyastoleit
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 19:03
and dave!! How could I forget that our count down man!!!
unh huh... almost forgot about me huh.. I see how it is Lisa.. :P

drivelikeyastoleit
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 19:06
oh yea.. and 14 hours 55 minutes.. hahahaha

LeesaB
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 19:07
no I could never forget about you!!! :-)

*Hides behind keyboard*

sidx001
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 19:10
11 hours and 35 minutes!! :D

LeesaB
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 19:16
you guys are too funny.....

drivelikeyastoleit
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 19:19
lol ya ya ya.. and we have Lisa with the save.. hehehe

Well, Since I just woke up, I'll end up having to take some kind of a nap tonight/in the morning. Working graveyards sucks! LOL but it pays the bills.

Damn James, Can't believe it's going to take you 3 hours to get there.. It may be quite busy out there this weekend. From what my father told me, Once Inbev bought it out they cut the days that Grants Farm is open to only weekends. I don't know if that's happened quite yet but I remember how busy it was when I went last summer with my family from Louisiana.

LeesaB
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 19:25
lol ya ya ya.. and we have Lisa with the save.. hehehe

Well, Since I just woke up, I'll end up having to take some kind of a nap tonight/in the morning. Working graveyards sucks! LOL but it pays the bills.

Damn James, Can't believe it's going to take you 3 hours to get there.. It may be quite busy out there this weekend. From what my father told me, Once Inbev bought it out they cut the days that Grants Farm is open to only weekends. I don't know if that's happened quite yet but I remember how busy it was when I went last summer with my family from Louisiana.


this is the last week, after this weekend weekends only...

I guess they did it for fall? that is what they are saying...

drivelikeyastoleit
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 19:27
could be I guess. I don't know for sure. I don't keep up on current events very well LOL.

sidx001
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 19:45
Oh well, if it's a full crowd at Grants Farm, all the more for us to shoot! There's bound to be some goofy people there besides us!

LeesaB
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 19:54
My husband informed me if we get all crazy about photography (LIKE WHAT?) he and Luke would move on instead of waiting for us to get that right angle shooting a blade of grass. NICE HUH LOL

sidx001
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 19:59
My husband informed me if we get all crazy about photography (LIKE WHAT?) he and Luke would move on instead of waiting for us to get that right angle shooting a blade of grass. NICE HUH LOL

Nah, just tell him we will need both of their help manning the lights and the reflector while we shoot the blade of grass!

LeesaB
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 20:10
I'll tell him that in the morning

he's at work right now....

but that is real good!

sidx001
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 22:14
Just over 7 hours to go!!! :D I'm headed to get my beauty rest...c ya tomorrow!

LeesaB
8th of August 2008 (Fri), 22:50
C you guys in the morning Yeah!!

Just got home, son wanted to watch some of the league games at the park!

drivelikeyastoleit
9th of August 2008 (Sat), 00:14
Nah, just tell him we will need both of their help manning the lights and the reflector while we shoot the blade of grass!
hahaha that's hillarious...

drivelikeyastoleit
9th of August 2008 (Sat), 00:15
C you guys in the morning Yeah!!

Just got home, son wanted to watch some of the league games at the park!
I'll be there.. but no bells on.. they don't go good with my shoes.. lol

drivelikeyastoleit
9th of August 2008 (Sat), 05:55
4 hours and 5 minutes left... only 1 hour 5 minutes till James heads out...

drivelikeyastoleit
9th of August 2008 (Sat), 18:15
ahhh so after just looking through my pictures after I got them on my computer, I found that out of 132 pictures taken by me, 66 are going to post processing.. They might not make it past there but that's what I'm starting with.. Damn I need to get better at this camera stuff...

LeesaB
9th of August 2008 (Sat), 18:26
Hey Dave

1st, it was way cool to meet you and james today...

I'm just now uploading my pics. You like most photographers are probably too hard on yourself..what was wrong with the images you did not like?

ANd it does take practice and honestly a new lens will really make a TON of difference. I hate to admit that...Some of the stuff we did today, that butterfly place was hard shooting, I'm not sure many of mine will make that cut either...

I'll let you know

can't wait to see what James gets tonight

LeesaB
9th of August 2008 (Sat), 18:52
Dave, I deleted 86, most of which were from the butterfly place...

But I got a couple good ones there...I'm throwing them into lightroom now...just a quick touch up, can't do much else here

OH Luke did a great job on that pic of all of us :-)

drivelikeyastoleit
9th of August 2008 (Sat), 19:58
It was great meeting you, your family, and James too. Today was definitely a fun day. We will have to make this a regular thing!! hehehe

ahh cool.. I got motion blur on quite a few pictures.. Others the focus was off.. I have my auto-focus set for center focus and I recompose after the focus and finish depressing the shutter. The ones that I did a few touches on in CS3 are going to be uploaded to my server here in a bit.. I'll link you to them when I get them up. I only ended up with 1 from the Butterfly House that made the cut.. Should have taken in the 55-250 instead of the kit lens.... But hey.. I'm a noob.. We all gotta start somewhere right? :) I did most of my shooting in aperture priority. I also didn't realize that I hadn't changed my ISO from when I was last shooting in the van on vacation and it was at 1600 almost the whole time.. :(

drivelikeyastoleit
9th of August 2008 (Sat), 20:02
Dave, I deleted 86, most of which were from the butterfly place...

But I got a couple good ones there...I'm throwing them into lightroom now...just a quick touch up, can't do much else here

OH Luke did a great job on that pic of all of us :-)
out of the 66 that I kept, I only found 16 that I felt worth uploading. I didn't have too good of a keeper rate today LOL

drivelikeyastoleit
9th of August 2008 (Sat), 20:14
My shots can be found at http://www.drivelikeyastoleit.com/ and clicking on the one labeled POTN Day at Grants Farm

LeesaB
9th of August 2008 (Sat), 21:23
Hey guys

here are mine

www.pbase.com/leesabee (http://www.pbase.com/leesabee)

and I'll later blog about it here

www.movin2missouri.blogspot.com (http://www.movin2missouri.blogspot.com)

ENJOY I left this one for everyone to see :-)

Send me your emails and I'll send you the HR file for it

LeesaB
9th of August 2008 (Sat), 22:56
My shots can be found at http://www.drivelikeyastoleit.com/ and clicking on the one labeled POTN Day at Grants Farm


Dave, you got some good shots!

You see I got you back for the shots of me! HAHAHAHA!

We had fun...can't wait to do it again...

psycorpse
9th of August 2008 (Sat), 23:32
I wish I didn't have to work today or else I would have met up with all of you. It was a beautiful day for shooting though. I was at grants farm about 2 weeks ago and I got some of the same shots as you guys did. Good job everyone. Sorry to hear about the keeper rate.

Mike

canonnoob
9th of August 2008 (Sat), 23:35
How was it guys? I hope yall had fun...

DigitalSpecialist
10th of August 2008 (Sun), 00:40
I too am sorry I missed the fun. The four of you look wonderful. Ya all keep in touch and we will get together someday soon!

drivelikeyastoleit
10th of August 2008 (Sun), 05:19
Dave, you got some good shots!

You see I got you back for the shots of me! HAHAHAHA!

We had fun...can't wait to do it again...
Thanks Lisa. Your pics are great! I put the one of me shooting and the one of the group for my myspace. I hope you don't mind :)
I guess with my shots, I am very particular and picky. I definitely can't wait until next time!!! I'm anxious to see James' pics..

LeesaB
10th of August 2008 (Sun), 08:43
It's always fun meeting POTN people...

I had a blast, we had fun! Ok, I had fun I'll let them speak for themselves.

I could tell you family secrets but I'll keep those to myself LOLOL

We are going to do this again!!!

drivelikeyastoleit
10th of August 2008 (Sun), 14:17
I could tell you family secrets but I'll keep those to myself LOLOL

We are going to do this again!!!

Family secrets? oooh could be interesting LOL

I concur on your second line in the quote above!!!

LeesaB
10th of August 2008 (Sun), 15:16
Thanks Lisa. Your pics are great! I put the one of me shooting and the one of the group for my myspace. I hope you don't mind :)
I guess with my shots, I am very particular and picky. I definitely can't wait until next time!!! I'm anxious to see James' pics..


Yeah were is James?

James? ohhh James....


and I don't mind at all....fine by me!

LeesaB
10th of August 2008 (Sun), 15:17
Family secrets? oooh could be interesting LOL

I concur on your second line in the quote above!!!


Let's just keep this thread bookmarked and when something comes up, we will come back here to post it..

It looks like I'll be back for labor day BUT will have all my family with me. Not sure I will be able to do anything...

drivelikeyastoleit
10th of August 2008 (Sun), 22:31
oh yes... I'll be keeping this one in my subscribed list..

sidx001
11th of August 2008 (Mon), 08:11
Hey everyone! I just now am able to get online! What a weekend :) As I told Lisa, Eads bridge is closed for some reason and I searched for a while on th Illinois side for somewhere to get a good picture and you just can't. So, I left for home around 730pm and arrived around 10. Then Sunday was off to another esession that I am busy processing and now real life has set in!

I sure enjoyed meeting everyone on Saturday, it was a lot of fun. I'll post some pics later today when I've had a chance to look at them! :D

Cya later!

sidx001
11th of August 2008 (Mon), 08:18
Dave and Lisa...great pictures!!

drivelikeyastoleit
11th of August 2008 (Mon), 08:41
Hey everyone! I just now am able to get online! What a weekend :) As I told Lisa, Eads bridge is closed for some reason and I searched for a while on th Illinois side for somewhere to get a good picture and you just can't. So, I left for home around 730pm and arrived around 10. Then Sunday was off to another esession that I am busy processing and now real life has set in!

I sure enjoyed meeting everyone on Saturday, it was a lot of fun. I'll post some pics later today when I've had a chance to look at them! :D

Cya later!

That sucks about the bridge. I'll have to see if I can poke around up here and try to get wind of any other spots that are possible to do it. Hurry up on the pics!!! LOL

Dave and Lisa...great pictures!!

Thanks James.. I appreciate it.

LeesaB
11th of August 2008 (Mon), 08:47
Hey Dave,

we wondered what happened to you

Can't wait to see what you got!

drivelikeyastoleit
11th of August 2008 (Mon), 08:59
Hey Dave,

we wondered what happened to you

Can't wait to see what you got!
Psst.. Lisa, That's James not Dave :P LOL

LeesaB
11th of August 2008 (Mon), 09:05
You know what...

I know which one is DAVE and which one is James. I mean you two are not twins!

It's a mental block

I'll get it down!

drivelikeyastoleit
11th of August 2008 (Mon), 09:07
hahahahahaha :P I know.. I just had to point that out.. At least you aren't forgetting me now like you were a few pages back LOL

LeesaB
11th of August 2008 (Mon), 09:18
It's just me multi tasking (texting) and NOT thinking..

Not a good thing to do!

Nope won't forget you now...

In fact we went back to the Galleria after church and when we went up in the parking garage we joked about...somethings missing, where is that sound of a car brrrrrr brrrrrrr lol

drivelikeyastoleit
11th of August 2008 (Mon), 09:51
hahaha yep I bet it was quiet in there.. I love the sound of my exhaust in Parking Garages :)

LeesaB
11th of August 2008 (Mon), 10:56
So now we know what to get you for Christmas.... ;-)

drivelikeyastoleit
11th of August 2008 (Mon), 14:38
my own parking garage?

LeesaB
11th of August 2008 (Mon), 14:41
I was thinking more on the lines of a CD of sounds LOL

drivelikeyastoleit
11th of August 2008 (Mon), 22:23
oh darn... lol

LeesaB
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 00:13
Thought I'd throw this in here while we wait for James to get his images up LOL

www.movin2missouri.blogspot.com (http://www.movin2missouri.blogspot.com/)

and the rest of the images are here

www.pbase.com/leesabee (http://www.pbase.com/leesabee)

Off to bed..tomorrow a BIG day, Luke is 15 and he gets his permit!

sidx001
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 07:52
I'm seriously peeved right now! Thursday last week I bought a Sunpak CPL from BestBuy in desperation as my Hoya one had been stepped on by one of my kids. I shot with it all day Saturday on my 70-200, chimping every now and then and everything looked great. Well, when I looked at the pictures, less than a quarter of them are actually any good! There is a lot of fuzziness in the images and the majority of them are OOF.

I did some testing last night and low and behold, the CPL is at fault. There is a slight aberation in the center of the filter causing everything in the center of the frame to be OOF. What a waste! I do have some that I'll post here shortly, but no where near what I thought I had!! Sigh.

drivelikeyastoleit
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 08:32
That sucks James.. Hurry up and get those things up!! LOL

canonnoob
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 09:15
Hey james where do you live in SW mo? Im moving to springfield from St. Louis and might need someone to help me shoot sometimes...

LeesaB
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 09:44
I'm seriously peeved right now! Thursday last week I bought a Sunpak CPL from BestBuy in desperation as my Hoya one had been stepped on by one of my kids. I shot with it all day Saturday on my 70-200, chimping every now and then and everything looked great. Well, when I looked at the pictures, less than a quarter of them are actually any good! There is a lot of fuzziness in the images and the majority of them are OOF.

I did some testing last night and low and behold, the CPL is at fault. There is a slight aberation in the center of the filter causing everything in the center of the frame to be OOF. What a waste! I do have some that I'll post here shortly, but no where near what I thought I had!! Sigh.


OMGOSH!!!

That is awful, but a lesson for everyone! We even joked about that, chimping nad it looks great, you get home and it's not!

I still can't wait to see what you got!

LeesaB
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 09:45
Hey james where do you live in SW mo? Im moving to springfield from St. Louis and might need someone to help me shoot sometimes...

NOPE, you can't have him, he's mine! (I'm JOKING, I'm JOKING!) :-)

annietex
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 09:57
Leesa,

I just checked out your blog and I think the cord you took a pic of is from one of those indoor/outdoor thermometers (apparently the outdoor sensor).

Ann

canonnoob
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 09:58
NOPE, you can't have him, he's mine! (I'm JOKING, I'm JOKING!) :-)

cant we share? lol

LeesaB
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 10:06
Leesa,

I just checked out your blog and I think the cord you took a pic of is from one of those indoor/outdoor thermometers (apparently the outdoor sensor).

Ann


Cool, and thank you! I saw it and thought what the heck is that thing! LOL

LeesaB
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 10:08
cant we share? lol


Okay, sure we can share!

What half do you want?

canonnoob
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 10:10
the side that has the eye that he uses to look through the camera... i can help him focus the camera and such and i can push the button.... lol i just need the creativity... :)

BTW where are you moving to in MO?

LeesaB
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 10:22
Troy! We get our keys today...

Yeah!

canonnoob
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 10:23
i see.. thats not super far from springfield... you should come down and shoot down there... its beautiful.

sidx001
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 10:27
:D Hello Canonnoob! I live in Springfield on the east side of town on Sunshine St. I'd be happy to help you in any way that you need!

Lisa, I'm working on pictures this afternoon...It's a frustrating thing!

sidx001
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 10:28
Troy! We get our keys today...

Yeah!

We need pictures!! Remember, I'll make something up!

canonnoob
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 10:30
:D Hello Canonnoob! I live in Springfield on the east side of town on Sunshine St. I'd be happy to help you in any way that you need!

Lisa, I'm working on pictures this afternoon...It's a frustrating thing!
sweet! Ill be down at MSU/ SMS... for the next few years so im looking forward to seeing the citys architechture and such. I love some of the buildings down there.

sidx001
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 10:37
That's great Canonnoob. We'll have to get together once you're down here. It's a great little town!

LeesaB
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 10:46
:D Hello Canonnoob! I live in Springfield on the east side of town on Sunshine St. I'd be happy to help you in any way that you need!

Lisa, I'm working on pictures this afternoon...It's a frustrating thing!

I can only imagine how you feel. I once did a wedding (film days) and I had a hair somewhere and it showed up in EVERY picture I can't tell you how much it cost me!

We need pictures!! Remember, I'll make something up!

UGH...

canonnoob
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 10:47
That's great Canonnoob. We'll have to get together once you're down here. It's a great little town!

will do. I move down next week.

sidx001
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 11:09
Lisa's new house??

http://aboutmoments.smugmug.com/photos/351123377_MGE5e-L.jpg

LeesaB
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 11:12
OKay I woke up the entire hotel with laughter

THAT is so funny....

LeesaB
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 11:12
I'm stealing that and showing people that is my new home LOL

sidx001
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 11:14
lol!! I have some pictures of the inside as well.....

LeesaB
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 11:23
It has an inside?

Jim says he put 200k insurance on that baby too! :-)

sidx001
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 11:38
Should be enough to at least cover the startup costs!

LeesaB
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 12:12
Hey james we did really just get insurance and WOW it is a ton cheaper here then in Ohio. Wow! I mean it's a sizeable amount.

sidx001
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 13:03
When we first moved here, I was astounded at how cheap everything was compared to where we came from in Northern Kentucky (Just south of Cincinnati). It is a lot nicer here for financing etc....

canonnoob
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 13:03
thats the troof

LeesaB
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 15:18
Yes, we are finding that out!

Well, Luke did not pass, but he learned a lot, like He DOES need to study :-)

He'll try again tomorrow in st. Charles

canonnoob
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 15:21
i live 20 minutes from st charles!!!

LeesaB
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 15:41
I'll be in St. charles tomorrow for that test...8am too.

I have to tell you, read my blog tonight....It's hilarious how they do things in Troy. Parents were all over the lawn sitting down, on curbs, standing it was SO funny. So NOT city! I took a picture it just made me chuckle..

Oh and we got pulled over and I am VERY sure we were targeted because of the OHIO plates, and we were lost and finally my husband went down a road and did not use his signal and she FINALLY pulled us over, she asks us "are you lost" and we are like YES, actually we are. She was very nice and got a map and showed us where we were supposed to be. Told my son "good Luck"

but still we knew we were followed because of the plate.

sidx001
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 15:44
roflbo!! That is too funny! Luke will have to sit down and read the book tonight, he'll pass no problem tomorrow!

LeesaB
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 17:54
He did study SOME of the book then went on to the test in the back...thought he had it all cuz he did pretty good on that, I kept saying...it's not that simple buddy...

He learned he is actually studying now...it's cute ahahhaha

So I think he'll be fine tomorrow

Naturalist
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 18:06
Hey james where do you live in SW mo? Im moving to springfield from St. Louis and might need someone to help me shoot sometimes...


Canonnoob, you get down here to Springfield area give me a shout. I live in Marionville, a small town located 35 miles west of Springfield.

The Southwest Missouri Camera Club meets in Springfield 2x per month. Perhaps I'll bump into you there, too.

drivelikeyastoleit
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 22:46
Lisa's new house??

http://aboutmoments.smugmug.com/photos/351123377_MGE5e-L.jpg
omg James that is hilarious..

sidx001
14th of August 2008 (Thu), 07:44
Canonnoob, you get down here to Springfield area give me a shout. I live in Marionville, a small town located 35 miles west of Springfield.

The Southwest Missouri Camera Club meets in Springfield 2x per month. Perhaps I'll bump into you there, too.

Hey Doug! Thanks for the heads up about the SWMCC, I had no idea they even existed :o. I won't be able to make the meeting tonight, however I'll be at the next one. If you ever need help on anything, please feel free to get a hold of me!

LeesaB
14th of August 2008 (Thu), 09:50
Hey James...

when you get a chance go find the current St. Louis Best Bridal Magazine..

go to page 112

I think you'll find the marketing of a certain place interesting...

sidx001
14th of August 2008 (Thu), 13:04
I'm headed to a bridal shot to get one first thing this afternoon!!

canonnoob
14th of August 2008 (Thu), 13:11
Canonnoob, you get down here to Springfield area give me a shout. I live in Marionville, a small town located 35 miles west of Springfield.

The Southwest Missouri Camera Club meets in Springfield 2x per month. Perhaps I'll bump into you there, too.

where do they meet in springfield... Thanks for the heads up!

sidx001
14th of August 2008 (Thu), 13:37
where do they meet in springfield... Thanks for the heads up!

They meet at either the Brentwood Library on Seminole St, or down at the Library Center just south of Rt 60 on Campbell depending on which thursday of the month it is. Tonights meeting, I believe, is at Brentwood.

LeesaB
14th of August 2008 (Thu), 14:39
I'm headed to a bridal shot to get one first thing this afternoon!!


It will make you laugh! I had to do a double, triple take

drivelikeyastoleit
15th of August 2008 (Fri), 08:11
I got bored and did some editing on a few shots from my vacation back in June to Ohio. It's a couple train shots and I threw them in the Transportation forum.. I actually got a couple good comments on one of them hehehe...

Naturalist
19th of August 2008 (Tue), 21:02
Sorry it took me a while to respond back - busy shooting!

The SWMOCC meets at one of 2 libraries. Check their site out to see which they are meeting at here: http://www.swmocameraclub.org/

Its a VERY active club with lots of various speakers, competitions, working with other groups, field trips, etc. and at $20 per year membership you simply cannot beat the price!!!

drivelikeyastoleit
19th of August 2008 (Tue), 23:10
Hey James, I was doing some reading on the Eads bridge online and it seems as though they shut it down quite a bit on weekends. From what I have read you should still be able to walk across it as long as they don't have some festival or something that requires you to pay or something..

LeesaB
29th of August 2008 (Fri), 21:47
JAMES>>> where ya be?

I'm back in Missouri for the LONG weekend....

TONS to get done and for the kids the see not sure we can do it all

Pics to follow later on

I hope LOL

drivelikeyastoleit
29th of August 2008 (Fri), 22:01
hahaha.. Lisa, I know you will have pics..

I PM'ed James last weekend and he said he's been busy with shoots and stuff. I keep hoping he'll get on and post up his pics from this day....

LeesaB
29th of August 2008 (Fri), 22:08
Hi Dave,

It's good to be busy, I Hope to get THAT busy here also!!!

drivelikeyastoleit
29th of August 2008 (Fri), 22:19
I understand that. Busy = $$$ for you :)

LeesaB
29th of August 2008 (Fri), 22:20
Yep and dollars for others too

drivelikeyastoleit
29th of August 2008 (Fri), 22:27
heheh Busy for me = a bad night at the office.. LOL

sidx001
2nd of September 2008 (Tue), 16:46
alright, I have finally had time to sit down and get some pictures posted from our little jaunt in St Louis! Due to the fact that I had a bad CPL on my lens, there aren't all that many that came out worth a darn, so I apologize for that in advance. Here are a couple that I liked, the rest can be seen on my site under the Photography\POTN St Louis gallery.

http://aboutmoments.smugmug.com/photos/364325518_QJYfy-L.jpg

http://aboutmoments.smugmug.com/photos/364325714_dfFzM-L.jpg

http://aboutmoments.smugmug.com/photos/364326321_jM2yA-M.jpg

http://aboutmoments.smugmug.com/photos/364327071_kKRYt-L.jpg

http://aboutmoments.smugmug.com/photos/364328204_6TaQ9-L.jpg

LeesaB
2nd of September 2008 (Tue), 18:46
Hey those are good, except that 2nd one...Gosh, warn a girl will ya! :-)

I had fun, actually we took Ami there this past Saturday and the animals were more awake and alive and several were right by the trolly as we went by. I have an Awesome Bison shot! and those birds awww...let me see if I can post a few here

LeesaB
2nd of September 2008 (Tue), 18:47
and two more...

sidx001
2nd of September 2008 (Tue), 21:42
that one of Jim & Ami is great! I Love the elephants too!

LeesaB
2nd of September 2008 (Tue), 21:45
that one of Jim & Ami is great! I Love the elephants too!

My other son was there and right after that Ami took the bottle off the goat and almost got it to his mouth....everyone was screaming Noooooo... He got it on video but someone (jim) removed memory card and he could not store it.

sidx001
2nd of September 2008 (Tue), 21:48
LOL! that is too funny!

LeesaB
2nd of September 2008 (Tue), 21:51
The elephants were so sad, it's like all they wanted was to be together...

drivelikeyastoleit
2nd of September 2008 (Tue), 22:00
ugh.. ya got me.. boooooo.... hehehe How are you two doin?

drivelikeyastoleit
2nd of September 2008 (Tue), 22:42
James, Nice shots on your gallery...

Lisa, Cute pics there.. :)