e diel, 26 gusht 2007

Trip to Canada

Our trip to Canada
On August 23, we drove to Montreal and visited with Ravi,Deepanjali and their lovely daughter Puja. All 4 of us snuggled on a queen size bed.
Nex morning we came to Whitby after a 5 hour drive. Nanima and Rajat came to the gas station at the exit ramp to receive us.
Yesterday was the special housewarming puja at Rajat Mamu's house. Pandit Damodar Sharma conducted the Havana and the we did Aarati and enjoyed the Prasad.
The party was fun with family, friends and food.
We all slept after midnight.

e hënë, 25 qershor 2007

Cameras we used


We used a variety of cameras. Many SLRs but some Point and shoots. The SLR cameras were all Olympus e410s and e510. One of the very nice point and shoots was the 7.1 megapixel stylus 770 SW. It is shock proof and water proof. We got to test it too. Go up to thirty feet in the water and can be dropped from four to five feet. I know this because the teacher and I both dropped it from approximately five feet in the air. Is very compact too.


the stylus 770

e diel, 24 qershor 2007

Family Storytelling: Maine Media workshop

The first encounter with the Media workshop was awesome. Driving in to Rockport Maine on US route 1 on bright June afternoon was great. You can almost see the blue roof tops as you approach on Route 1.

As we drove up right behind the parking lot a movie was being made, there were people with an artistic touch all around. People are friendly and energetic. The organizers are very organized. After registration we proceeded to have dinner which was quite well done.

Promptly at 8:00 PM the Executive Director of Maine Media welcomed us and introduced us to the faculty. He also gave a brief history of the Maine Workshops.We were in a large barn with lots of equipment with a feeling that you were truly in a workshop.

We met are instructor Anne Day from New York. www.annedayphotography.com She impressed with her personality. We know that we are in for an exciting week. The other reassuring thing we learnt was a no questions asked money back guarantee if we did not think the course was as expected.

Needless to say that we are very excited for tomorrow. We plan to meet our group at 8:00 AM for breakfast.