My LOGR Wannabe

[MonkeyPie]

marcyc, this is such a cute ring! What store did you find it in? That is a great price for a halo!

And LOL your signature cracks me up, maybe one has a ring in it!

 

[marcy]

Thanks Monkey Pie. I got it at Zales (ssh don''t tell on me).

I''ll have to show my signature to my husband. He''ll laugh.

 

[MonkeyPie]

Date: 12/14/2008 11:10:16 PM
Author: marcyc
Thanks Monkey Pie. I got it at Zales (ssh don''t tell on me).

I''ll have to show my signature to my husband. He''ll laugh.

I knew it! I knew I had seen it before. I''ll be perfectly honest, I love me some Zales. I don''t care if they are crap compared to the vendors on here, they have fun stuff for cheap prices that I can actually afford. Lol I''d much rather have camera equipment than a 2 carat diamond so I love that store.

 

[marcy]

Monkey Pie, over the years they have had a lot of fun and inexpensive jewelry.

What kind of camera do you have? I have a Pentax K10d and have been thinking about getting a digital macro lens. I have a macro lens for my old Pentax K1000 SLR but would like a digital macro lens for it as well. I have the standard zoom lens that came with the camera and I bought a telephoto zoom lens for it but it didn''t come with a macro of all things. CRAZY! I can do great close up shots of flowers, etc but it''s difficult to get really closeups of jewelry with my camera.

 

[mochi]

You got it where, Marcy??? I can''t seem to see the small print...I need my glassess.. LOL! I think it''s very precious and pretty, no matter where it''s from.

Now, what I want to know is how you got that signature on the bottom with the pictures and all. All I could do was get my name on there.

 

[marcy]

Thanks Mimi. I''ll buy jewelry from anywhere if it''s something I like. If it''s inexpensive; that is even better.

Here is what you need to copy and paste in your signature - change out the image (after img src and your signature line

Maybe one of these has a new ring in it!

 

[MonkeyPie]

Date: 12/14/2008 11:26:59 PM
Author: marcyc
Monkey Pie, over the years they have had a lot of fun and inexpensive jewelry.

What kind of camera do you have? I have a Pentax K10d and have been thinking about getting a digital macro lens. I have a macro lens for my old Pentax K1000 SLR but would like a digital macro lens for it as well. I have the standard zoom lens that came with the camera and I bought a telephoto zoom lens for it but it didn''t come with a macro of all things. CRAZY! I can do great close up shots of flowers, etc but it''s difficult to get really closeups of jewelry with my camera.

I have a Nikon D60, with a couple lenses. My macro lens is a Sigma 50mm F2.8 Macro and I LOVE it. I just loathe how my ring looks up close, hah. I really want to find a new setting for my e-ring (maybe the dreaded Z-storehehe).

I have a 70-300mm which claims to be macro. It can get pretty closeup, but I have to stand like 5 feet from my subject so it isn''t terribly easy to use, which is why I opted for an actual macro lens. It''s worth the extra pennies if you use it a lot, and I do - my favorite thing to photograph is macro water droplets and flowers

 

[marcy]

Date: 12/15/2008 12:00:14 AM
Author: MonkeyPie

Date: 12/14/2008 11:26:59 PM
Author: marcyc
Monkey Pie, over the years they have had a lot of fun and inexpensive jewelry.

What kind of camera do you have? I have a Pentax K10d and have been thinking about getting a digital macro lens. I have a macro lens for my old Pentax K1000 SLR but would like a digital macro lens for it as well. I have the standard zoom lens that came with the camera and I bought a telephoto zoom lens for it but it didn''t come with a macro of all things. CRAZY! I can do great close up shots of flowers, etc but it''s difficult to get really closeups of jewelry with my camera.

I have a Nikon D60, with a couple lenses. My macro lens is a Sigma 50mm F2.8 Macro and I LOVE it. I just loathe how my ring looks up close, hah. I really want to find a new setting for my e-ring (maybe the dreaded Z-storehehe).

I have a 70-300mm which claims to be macro. It can get pretty closeup, but I have to stand like 5 feet from my subject so it isn''t terribly easy to use, which is why I opted for an actual macro lens. It''s worth the extra pennies if you use it a lot, and I do - my favorite thing to photograph is macro water droplets and flowers

I used to work at a photo shop and take photos for friends. I love taking photos and one of my favorite things to photograph are flowers. I was trying to find one I took ot a dahlia last summer with a bee on it but it must have been on my old laptop because I can''t find any of my flower shots. Rats. Sigma are good lenses; I was just looking yesterday at macros for my camera. My standard zoom lens at 55mm can get within about 12 inches and if I use aperture priority I can get pretty good shots of jewelry using a tripod. I have one of those killer Bogen tripods which is so funny to put a lightweight digital camera on.

If my garnet ring hadn''t cost so much for Christmas I might have asked for a macro lens for Christmas but I''ll wait till next year to look in to getting one.

So what kind of setting do you want for your e-ring?

 

[marcy]

Monkey Pie, I found ONE of my flower shots on DH''s computer.

 

[MonkeyPie]

Date: 12/15/2008 12:10:24 AM
Author: marcyc

I used to work at a photo shop and take photos for friends. I love taking photos and one of my favorite things to photograph are flowers. I was trying to find one I took ot a dahlia last summer with a bee on it but it must have been on my old laptop because I can''t find any of my flower shots. Rats. Sigma are good lenses; I was just looking yesterday at macros for my camera. My standard zoom lens at 55mm can get within about 12 inches and if I use aperture priority I can get pretty good shots of jewelry using a tripod. I have one of those killer Bogen tripods which is so funny to put a lightweight digital camera on.

If my garnet ring hadn''t cost so much for Christmas I might have asked for a macro lens for Christmas but I''ll wait till next year to look in to getting one.


So what kind of setting do you want for your e-ring?

I really wish I could link you to my photostream but the site is forbidden :/ Oh well.
I am currently saving up to buy a D700 come the new year. I want to eventually get into photography professionally so I want to have all the equipment I need to learn. My husband bought me an SB-600 flash for our anniversary today and I have been playing with it. SO much fun! Eeee I want a Bogen tripod now too! LOL my poor cheap one can barely hold up my camera at this stage, so once I get a BIGGER camera it will just fall down and die.

I want something really delicate and dainty when I get a new setting. The ring I have now is all thick and wide, and if my hands swell at all it''s very uncomfortable. I wanted an emerald cut for my center stone too but I have really been leaning towards a cushion lately. I think I like something like this.

 

[MonkeyPie]

Date: 12/15/2008 12:17:19 AM
Author: marcyc
Monkey Pie, I found ONE of my flower shots on DH''s computer.

oohh so pretty! Wow the red is really vibrant. What kind of flower is that?

 

[marcy]

Date: 12/15/2008 12:21:32 AM
Author: MonkeyPie

Date: 12/15/2008 12:17:19 AM
Author: marcyc
Monkey Pie, I found ONE of my flower shots on DH''s computer.

oohh so pretty! Wow the red is really vibrant. What kind of flower is that?

Thanks. It is a petunia.

 

[marcy]

Date: 12/15/2008 12:21:02 AM
Author: MonkeyPie

I really wish I could link you to my photostream but the site is forbidden :/ Oh well.
I am currently saving up to buy a D700 come the new year. I want to eventually get into photography professionally so I want to have all the equipment I need to learn. My husband bought me an SB-600 flash for our anniversary today and I have been playing with it. SO much fun! Eeee I want a Bogen tripod now too! LOL my poor cheap one can barely hold up my camera at this stage, so once I get a BIGGER camera it will just fall down and die.

I want something really delicate and dainty when I get a new setting. The ring I have now is all thick and wide, and if my hands swell at all it''s very uncomfortable. I wanted an emerald cut for my center stone too but I have really been leaning towards a cushion lately. I think I like something like this.

I took weddings, kids and graduation photos for awhile. It is fun but since it was always for friends or family it made me nervous that I would mess something up. The reason I went with the Pentax digital SLR is because all of my old K1000 lenses will work with it. Some of those lenses need the Bogen tripod. I would sell jewelry before I''d sell that tripod.

Happy anniversary today. How many years? The true test for a flash is can you feel heat on your hand. Ha Ha! We do star gazing and when it''s cloudy we''ll have photon wars - we shot a flash off down the tube of a telescope and it sends out this big flash of light that you can blind people with. it''s light giant headlights in your face. It''s FUN!

This ring is lovely; one of my friends at work has something like that with a PC stone. It is really nice. I''ve been starting to get away from RB to EC or cushion cut. I was an oval girl for years, then went round and now I am venturing off in other directions. We go to a watch shop that DH likes to look at and everytime I am there I try on their 3 stone EC 6.5 ct diamond ring. It is GORGEOUS. I don''t know what it costs but they told me one time if I buy the ring my husband can have any watch he wants - I quickly returned it before I broke it.

 

[MonkeyPie]

Date: 12/15/2008 12:43:29 AM
Author: marcyc
I took weddings, kids and graduation photos for awhile. It is fun but since it was always for friends or family it made me nervous that I would mess something up. The reason I went with the Pentax digital SLR is because all of my old K1000 lenses will work with it. Some of those lenses need the Bogen tripod. I would sell jewelry before I''d sell that tripod.

Happy anniversary today. How many years? The true test for a flash is can you feel heat on your hand. Ha Ha! We do star gazing and when it''s cloudy we''ll have photon wars - we shot a flash off down the tube of a telescope and it sends out this big flash of light that you can blind people with. it''s light giant headlights in your face. It''s FUN!

This ring is lovely; one of my friends at work has something like that with a PC stone. It is really nice. I''ve been starting to get away from RB to EC or cushion cut. I was an oval girl for years, then went round and now I am venturing off in other directions. We go to a watch shop that DH likes to look at and everytime I am there I try on their 3 stone EC 6.5 ct diamond ring. It is GORGEOUS. I don''t know what it costs but they told me one time if I buy the ring my husband can have any watch he wants - I quickly returned it before I broke it.

Oooh I totally have to try the telescope thing. I have a flickr group I meet up with often and they would probably love playing with that.

Yesterday was our first anniversary! He asked me what I wanted and when I asked for the flash he laughed at me and said I was not the typical girl cause I didn''t ask for jewelry. I told him I can buy jewelery later when I am a world-famous photographer, hah. I really want to get into strictly model and portrait photography, though I wouldn''t mind doing weddings, too. I figure if I eventually build myself up maybe I can be the next Markus Klinko. (Omg!) Right now I am a part of Model Mayhem and I work with models for free to build my portfolio. It''s the most fun part of my week, and I usually have at least one scheduled in every month. Next weekend I have a paid shoot for a "punk" family portait and then a model shoot the following day. I''m stoked!

Before I got engaged all I liked were princess cuts, I have never liked rounds. And what did I end up with? A round lol. And now I really like emerald, asscher and square cushions. So I still prefer more square shapes, but I no longer like princess''. It''s funny how taste changes.

 

[marcy]

Monkey Pie. Happy First Anniversary! That is awesome. Taking model shots for practice sounds like great fun. The worst photo shoots I ever did was my nephew and his friends HS pictures and a wedding. The wedding was at high noon in the mountains with nothing for shade - ewww to bad shadows. The HS photos I told them to get there before 7:30 so we''d have good light but the girls got around so late they didn''t show up until you guessed it about noon. Again we were in a place with very little shade and the sun was blaring. Rats. Most of my photo shoots turned out pretty good but I only did it for fun. I hope you do become a world famous photographer; that would be cool.

When I first was going to upgrade my ering I wanted a heart shape but it just didn''t sparkle enough and ended up keeping that one for a RHR. I started doing research and found you get the most bang for your buck in a round so that is what I ended up getting and love it. Then I went on a round binge for awhile but now I am venturing off in other directions. I like trillions, radiants, emerald cuts and cushion cuts. It is funny how tastes change. I was bored this morning as I am home sick and was waiting for a garage door repairman so I took some photos of my rings. I will post them in a while and start a new thread. They didn''t turn out too bad.

 

[MonkeyPie]

Date: 12/15/2008 11:59:20 AM
Author: marcyc
Monkey Pie. Happy First Anniversary! That is awesome. Taking model shots for practice sounds like great fun. The worst photo shoots I ever did was my nephew and his friends HS pictures and a wedding. The wedding was at high noon in the mountains with nothing for shade - ewww to bad shadows. The HS photos I told them to get there before 7:30 so we''d have good light but the girls got around so late they didn''t show up until you guessed it about noon. Again we were in a place with very little shade and the sun was blaring. Rats. Most of my photo shoots turned out pretty good but I only did it for fun. I hope you do become a world famous photographer; that would be cool.


When I first was going to upgrade my ering I wanted a heart shape but it just didn''t sparkle enough and ended up keeping that one for a RHR. I started doing research and found you get the most bang for your buck in a round so that is what I ended up getting and love it. Then I went on a round binge for awhile but now I am venturing off in other directions. I like trillions, radiants, emerald cuts and cushion cuts. It is funny how tastes change. I was bored this morning as I am home sick and was waiting for a garage door repairman so I took some photos of my rings. I will post them in a while and start a new thread. They didn''t turn out too bad.

Thanks!

Oohh I had a shoot like that a couple weeks ago. It was a real estate agent that wanted a headshot for his cards and website. So I took him out and he said he wanted something more unique, which I was happy with since headshots tend to be boring. I went crazy and got tons of shots, only to have him reject every single one because he thought he was squinting or the shadows were too harsh. Well...I redid them, in his garage, under some blah halogens. Oh well. He got what he wanted at least. I am hoping that once I get my new camera and equipment to work with a professional that will show me the ropes a bit. He''s strictly a wedding photographer and he said it''s the most stressful job he has ever had, but also the most rewarding. He offered to let me shadow him at a few weddings once I get my stuff next year - I''m really excited I hear you about being worried about messing up anything for someone you know, so this will teach me without having to stress that I may ruin every shot.

I''ll be watching for your new ring thread, since we have totally thread-jacked this one hehe. I am such a geek, I can talk about photography all day.

 

[marcy]

Monkey Pie, people think sun is good for pictures but that depends on what you want. Our photo shop / lab did professional photography as well. I took a few weddings for them when they were overbooked but it is a hobby not something I really want to do because I worry about being good enough. That is great that professional photographer will let you follow him around for awhile. One of our friends in our astronomy club had me take their wedding photos and the bride kept getting pulled away while I was doing the formal shots because of a rude and demanding family. I completely forgot to get any of her alone but we waited for her time and again to get the photos. It was a very bad deal. I had a brand new camera and the flash was too strong so some of the photos were overexposed. They wanted to have the wedding at our local botanic gardens where we have our meetings so my husband and I had to sponser the event. We helped her set up food, cakes, drinks, tables, etc. but then her family thought we were the hired help and treated us like dirt. Some of the kids got to running around in the greenhouse and broke things and knocked over trees so I finally yelled at them and made her relatives mad that the hired help would treat their precious children that way. They split up anyway but it wasn''t a fun time. No worries about discussing photos here - it''s another passion of mine as well.