This is my Christmas present. I have wanted a DSLR for years, and found a good deal on this package. I got a camera - Canon EOS Rebel T5, 2 lenses and a camera bag; and the store even threw in a 16GB memory card.
Here is the inside of the bag.
The front of the Canon.
The back of the Canon.
I am still familiarizing myself with the camera. It is fun to practice by taking Pictures of Mara Jade and MadCat. Once the weather warms up a little, I can take Mara out for a walk and take some outdoor pictures.
Well, I better go, I hear my little one asking for me :-). Happy Imagining!
It has been a long time since I have posted on my blog. I was pregnant, then had my baby girl on October 17th. It is awesome, I love her very much! It can also be exhausting, which is to be expected since this is my first child.
I will be back with projects, I am starting to get back to normal and am getting use to toting a little one along with me. And, maybe someday, she will be my little helper.
My husband and I are Star Wars fans and named our daughter Mara Jade. He has read a lot of the expanded universe books, and that is how we came up with our daughters name. For anyone who has read the Star Wars books, they know Mara Jade is Luke Skywalker's wife. I won't go into her whole story, you can Google it.
Happy New Year to everyone. Happy Imagining!
I decided to do a little self promoting today. Check out my Facebook page facebook.com/caliradan. You can also follow me on Twitter twitter.com/caliradan, and on Instagram instagram.com/caliradan. I am getting back my energy, so there will be more posts. Of course, I have to warn you, there may be more posts about baby stuff.
Stay tuned. Happy Imagining!
This is another test, I need to see if I have linked everything properly. But, please do enjoy this picture of a rose bush that's in the backyard of a place I use to live.
Please stay tuned. Happy Imagining!
This is a test, I'm trying to fix all of my connections to different social media sites.
But, enjoy this picture. Happy Imagining!
I took pictures of the lunar eclipse on April 15; they didn't come out that great, but someday, I hope to have a good camera to take great pictures. This was one of the best pictures that I took.
I've been busy lately, sorry I haven't been posting as much as I usually do. I will be more active with this blog. Happy Imagining!
I have been busy lately, but, I will be back soon with projects. Here is a picture of one of my favorite trees. I live in Colorado and, obviously, palm trees don't grow here. This is a picture from Mexico, they would climb the trees to harvest the rip coconuts, it was really cool to watch.
Well, I must go. I do want to say to all of the people that read my blog, thank you. Happy Imagining!
This is a picture from Downtown Denver, from when I would take walks to Downtown from our old apartment. I am standing right next to The Brown Palace and looking across the street at several buildings. I like this shot because is has buildings from different eras.
I have been busy with different things and will be back very soon with the concrete countertop tutorial. Happy Imagining!
I like sunset pictures, this is one I took a few years ago in my old neighborhood, Five Points. I have, unfortunately, been sick with a cold for the past few days. So, I feel like I have got nothing done, except for general household chores. I will be back soon, I need to get together my tutorial for the concrete countertops. I hate being sick, but, I guess that's part of life. I wanted to let everyone who reads my blog know that I'm still here, I am almost back to my old self.
Until then, stayed tuned. Happy Imagining!
I will be back with projects soon, I've just been working on different things. I was thinking that spring is just right around the corner, so, I decided to post a picture of flowers. OK... I know they are not real flowers, but they're pretty. These are the glass flowers on the ceiling in the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
I promise I will be back soon with projects. Happy Imagining!
This picture was take on February 25, 2013, which will be a year ago tomorrow. It was taken at the resort that my husband and I stayed at for our honeymoon. Obviously, it is a picture of two iguanas, the smaller one I am assuming is a female because the big one was walking after her and bobbing his head... and, obviously, the big dude is a dude. I think the big guy was trying to get the little female's number.
I was looking through my Mexico pictures and noticed the only pictures I took on February 24, 2013 were pictures of the fancy folded towel "animals" (pictured above). I think because on the 23rd, we went to Chichen Itza and the day after we were so tired, we didn't do anything but hangout on the beach. Man... I wish I was on the beach right now, that would be nice.
Well, hope everyone has a great one, whether you're on a beach or not. Happy Imagining!
I know that a majority of Americans are sick of winter right now, but, you do have to admit, it can be pretty sometimes. This is actually a picture from our old apartment back in 2009. In the courtyard there were little trees, they looked nice when it snowed because the snow landed so perfect on these trees and the buildings surrounded the courtyard, so wind wouldn't disturb the snow on the branches.
Just about 4 weeks left til spring, hang in there! Happy Imagining!
It is freezing outside! WOW! I hate shoveling snow! OK, I got that out of my system. Almost a year ago, my husband and I flew down to Playa del Carmen for out (late) honeymoon. I wish that we were down there today. So, what I'm doing is sitting over my heater vent and looking at this picture, I feel a little warmer, I suggest you try it.
Have a great one, hopefully, everyone is staying warm out there. Happy Imagining!
It is impossible to escape all of the hype of the Denver Broncos going to the Super Bowl here in the Denver-Metro Area, so, my Mom and me decided to go to the team store at Mile High Stadium (Denver area people will understand why I just call it Mile High; though, no disrespect to Sports Authority, they are a Denver based company). I was thinking since the Broncos are going to the Super Bowl, I would look for an Orange Crush t-shirt and an old school Denver "D" (with the horse coming out of the center) t-shirt. Apparently, those are the popular shirts. Well... I didn't find the shirts I wanted, but, I did get some pictures of the horse statues in front of the south stands (until my camera died, I need a new one). Also, it is the Chinese New Year, and, it is the year of the horse... wouldn't you know?!
Well, I guess it would be appropriate for me to say this, Go Broncos! Happy Chinese New year. And, Happy Imagining!
I like this picture, this was taken with my HTC One X when I first got it. I like playing with different filters on the camera, it's fun. I could only imagine what it would be like to have a digital SLR, I can't wait til I save enough money to buy one, that will be so awesome!
Lately, I've been a little busy with the kitchen and my belt test is coming up so I've been concentrating on that lately, plus everyday mundane stuff. February is going to be better when it comes to creativity, I have so many ideas running around in my head, it will be great!
Please stay tuned, I will be back with more projects. Happy Imagining!
We've been busy with the kitchen project and I haven't done any new projects lately, sorry about that, but they will resume soon. Meanwhile, enjoy this photo of a sunset I took in November a few years ago.
I will be back soon with other projects, hopefully the kitchen is done soon, too. Happy Imagining!
I was thinking about how cold it has been here in Denver... then, thinking I am definitely glad that I am not in Minneapolis! I thought about last winter, and we had a mild winter up until James and I left for our honeymoon at the end of February 2013, it was snowing when we left for Mexico... perfect timing! Here is a picture from Chichen Itza last February, I think it was in the 80's. I wish we were back there now... oh well...
Please visit me on the interwebs, I promise I will be posting more projects soon: facebook.com/caliradan, twitter.com/caliradan, instagram.com/caliradan. Happy Imagining!
I think these clouds look like they're straight out of a painting. This was looking out my living room window tonight, as the sun was setting. I really want to get a digital SLR, I think that would be awesome. I love taking pictures! If anyone has a digital SLR or knows of a good one, I would like to know.
I hope everyone is having a happy new year, so far. Happy Imagining!
I like the macro setting on my camera, though, I rarely have the opportunity to use it. My goal is to take macro shots of snow flakes, that will definitely be a challenge. This is one of my favorite macro shots, a tiny cherry blossom.
Well, everyone have a happy Friday. Happy Imagining!
So, I decided to post a picture of my car.... I WISH!!! No, I'm posting this because I've been busy lately, with vehicle problems, actually. That is one thing I wish I knew how to work on, vehicles.
My husband and myself went to a car show awhile back. As I was walking down the line of cars, I saw my car; at least, one of the cars I have always wanted. I can't remember the year of it, but, it is a Chevrolet Chevelle, a very cool car.
So, take a moment to enjoy this beautiful picture of a nice car. Happy Imagining!
