Big Win at Maryland Sheep & Wool

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My photos "cleaned up" at the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival on May 1 & 2, 2010.

I won 9 ribbons total, including "Best of Show", "Reserve Champion", and "Best of Maryland", 4 First Place ribbons, one Third Place and one Fourth Place.

Thanks to Donna, I have photos of some of the ribbons. Thanks, Hon!
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New Feederbrook Farm Photos

Please look at my new photos from Feederbrook Farm.
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Emily Chamelin from Chamelin Shearing came to Feederbrook farm last week. Lisa Westra, shepherdess extraordinaire and the force behind the fiber, was kind enough to invite me and many other friends of the farm, so there were a lot of fascinated onlookers eager to see the shearing. A reporter and a photographer from North County News were there to "get the story". I don't know when the article will appear.

Emily demonstrated both hand shearing and electric shearing for us. She is very good at working while answering questions. She has an obvious talent for shearing and has a comprehensive knowledge of sheep and how to care for them.

Emily will be participating in the shearing competition at Maryland Sheep & Wool this year. There has not been a shearing competition in the U.S. for about 100 years, so it should be very exciting.

More info about Feederbrook Farm is on my personal blog, Totally Random Fiesta.

List Universal Themes for Photographers

Central Maryland Photographers Guild - April 2010 Critique Assignment

Skills: Composition, Illustrating a Universal Theme

Select or invent the title of a magazine article. Design and create an image to illustrate this article, using at least one universal theme. Use your understanding of good composition to make the photograph interesting.

You are encouraged to make the theme something that is relative to your own life.

You may use digital manipulation to enhance your theme if you wish.

Remember to simplify. Leave out things that do not support your theme.

April's critique will be based on your ideas and creativity, not your technical skill.

To help you with your assignment here is a list of Universal Themes

Abandonment
Acceptance
Accomplishment
Adventure
Ambition
Anger
Anxiety
Appreciation
Appreciation of Nature
Attitude
Balance
Beauty
Belonging
Belonging
Betrayal
Bondage
Bravery
Brotherhood
Cause and Effect
Censorship
Challenge
Challenges
Change
Choices
Collaboration
Coming of Age
Commitment
Communication
Community
Community Culture
Compassion
Compromise
Concern
Conflict
Conflict Resolution
Conformity
Connections
Consequences
Consideration
Cooperation
Courage
Courage and Honor
Cycles
Death
Denial
Determination
Devotion
Differences
Dignity
Discovery
Discrimination
Diversity
Dreams
Duty (filial piety)
Empathy
Enthusiasm
Environment
Escape
Excellence
Exploration
Facing Fear
Fairness
Faith
Fame
Family
Fear
Forgiveness
Freedom
Friendship
Generations
Goals
Good vs. Evil
Gratitude
Grief
Guilt
Happiness
Heroism
Heroism
Honesty
Honor
Hope
Humility
Humor
Identity
Imagination
Individuality
Influence
Ingenuity
Initiation
Injustice
Innocence
Innovation
Inspiration
Integrity
Interdependence
Isolation
Jealousy
Justice
Kindness
Leadership
Loneliness
Loss
Love
Loyalty
Magnitude
Memory
Nature
New Experiences
Opportunity
Optimism
Order vs. Chaos
Origins
Parallelism
Patience
Patriotism
Patterns
Peace
Peer Pressure
Perseverance
Perspectives
Point of View
Possibilities
Power
Prejudice
Pride
Problem Solving
Reciprocity
Reflection
Relationships
Relativity
Resourcefulness
Respect
Responsibility
Self Awareness
Self Discipline
Self Esteem
Self Respect
Self Sacrifice
Sensitivity
Social Change
Structure
Success
Suffering
Survival
Sympathy
Systems
Teamwork
Tolerance
Tradition
Tragedy
Transformation
Trust
Truth
Uncertainty
Virtue
Wisdom
Work

July 15 - "National Pet Fire Safety Day"

July 15 has been declared "National Pet Fire Safety Day" to help protect pets from fires in the home. See the AKC article here.
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New Computer - Horray!

When DH and I went out of town recently, I came back to find that my office computer had been terminated by a power surge. Possibly a thunderstorm.

The new computer was finally delivered on Saturday. My tech adviser got the new computer installed and running over the weekend. I'm still working on getting all of the software online and functioning.

I should be able to get my backlog of client work finished and posted soon. Thank you for waiting so patiently.
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Yappy Hour this Friday, June 17th from 6-9pm

The Wine Bin is hosting another Yappy Hour this Friday, June 17th from 6-9pm. Live music, beer and wine will be provided. Hot dogs will be sold to benefit Baltimore Cares About Pets. The Gentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue will be offering pony rides. Join us with your well mannered dog (no dog required) for another fun night to benefit pet rescue efforts in Baltimore.

The Wine Bin is housed in the historic firehouse built in 1930 at:
8390 Main Street
Historic Ellicott City, Maryland 21043
410-465-7802
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Fairfax Pets on Wheels and PawPrints Photography

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On Sunday, May 17th, I did second shooter work for Robin Burkett of PawPrints Photography.
We were doing pet portraits for Fairfax Pets on Wheels, an organization of volunteers who take their pets to provide joy to nursing home residents.

You can see the portraits on Robin's blog here.
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