My GPS Camera Phone

I almost used the word “fetish” instead of “obsession,” but then I thought that might attract seekers of adult entertainment. But who in the heck would have a fence fetish? Well, there’s that guy who literally loves his car and that other guy who likes sleeping with his motorcycle. But a fence lover? Nah. Impossible. (I’d run a Google search, but I’m afraid of what I might find.)

2 minutes later…

OK, so I ran a search and it turns out that most results have to do with horses, fence-spotting, or violating the purpose of a fence. So it wasn’t that bad after all. If you have Google Earth (follow the link below if you don’t), check out this KML file of different snow fences. It’s actually nice photography.

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Photo credit: My awesome wife, Nancy

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This camera phone photo was captured on the same evening I visited the local caffeine dealer. The coffee shop in question shares a space with a bookstore, but not in the traditional big box retailer sense. It’s a cozy little place with a few cushy sofas and really good ice cream. The bookstore sells everything you won’t find at Wal-Mart or Barnes and Noble, a rare occurrence in any town.

The photo is nothing special, but the character of it is something else. The glowing light effect was NOT made by a photo editing tool. It was made by a good ol’ lens smudge. That’s one of the disadvantages of a camera phone. The lens is continually exposed to pocket lint, grubby fingers and loose change. This is usually to a photo’s detriment, but in this case, I thought it worked out pretty good.

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In spite of it being February, you would think Spring is here. I don’t think anybody told the plants what month it was, but then again, what do we know. This fern – and anything around it that blooms – say otherwise.

On a side note, Diane at Much of a Muchness celebrated her first year of blogging. Go by and congratulate her on a job well done. It’s totally worth the visit because you can hear what an accent from Dorset sounds like. She left a voice post using Utterz. Congrats, Diane!

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Your GPS Camera Phone: guest post by Diane

I went out this afternoon on a very unseasonally beautiful sunny day to one of my favourite beaches in Dorset – Hive Beach at Burton Bradstock. I went out armed with my little Panasonic Lumix pocket camera but I forgot to put the memory card in it before I left home! I used my camera phone and I was surprised at the quality of these images I took with it.

Hive Beach forms part of Chesil Beach which is 18 miles long and in places it is separated from the mainland by a lagoon called the Fleet. The whole of the Dorset coastline has been designated a World Heritage site by UNESCO and is known as the Jurassic Coast. It stretches for 95 miles along Dorset and East Devon and is an area of outstanding natural beauty with amazing rock formations and areas of interest to geologists and fossil collectors alike. Read more at www.jurassiccoast.com.

Camera phone info: Nokia 6280 which has a 2 megapixel camera.
You can visit Diane at www.dianealdred.com.

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Digital imaging is clean and crisp, but sometimes too much for its own good. With the magic of a few simple filters, we can make a crisp image look old and worn out. Here’s an easy method on how to add an aged look to your photos using Picasa2.

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