Friday Foto Fun 17

Break of Dawn, originally uploaded by philputnam.

This was the same trip as my infamous Sand Cave photo. The clouds finally broke after a long weekend of not being able to see beyond 100 feet. At least they broke for 20 minutes, long enough to take this shot and a couple others I'll add soon.

This is also the first shot that I used for my before and after case studies on my photo blog. Go visit to see the "before" status. It's a pretty remarkable transformation.

Have a happy weekend!

Phun with Photoshop

Over at my photoblog, I've begun posting some before and after samples of some of my shots. I'm always amazed at what a difference Photoshop can make to save an image that has good composition and colors, but are hidden by digital interference.

Go check it out if you're interested.

Friday Foto Fun 16

Man's Best Friend, originally uploaded by philputnam.

Well, I haven't posted a Friday Foto in many moons. Here's a shot I took for some friends for their Christmas card. If you weren't lucky enough to be one of the 25 people that received one, you can still enjoy it through the magic of the internet and Flickr.

On another note, I've finally converted Theep Doughts to the new Blogger . I like the ease of editing layouts now, but I'm dumbfounded that they didn't roll out new templates as part of their new service. How do you do that? I think the template choices are identical to when I started this blog 2 years ago. Not one new option.

Google, take note. The snazzy new features are nice under the hood, especially for the user. But people want some new things to look at after a few years, and this is the perfect time to give it to them, when you're unveiling shiny happy additions to your service. A missed opportunity in my humble opinion.

Bad Dog!

Bad Dog!
Originally uploaded by philputnam.

Well, we finally made it through the holiday season. I hope yours was good. Ours was very eventful, and we're very happy to finally be home, and ready to jump into 2007. Bring on the New Year!

To get things kicked off, here's a picture for you from our Christmas trip. And don't forget to visit or subscribe to my photo blog for more frequent photos.

Happy New Year!