I recently bought myself to an iPhone -if you know me at all, you'd know that I'm a pretty frugal person, so this was truly a treat to myself!  My point here on my photography blog?  Don't discount a tool as simple as a camera phone!   I've been playing with mine, and getting some really fun, cool and surprising results!  There are plenty of photography related apps to help you make your simple photos better, hipper & way more fun!  So get playing!  

How *not* to pick up a cat:
1) wrap arms around cat's belly
2) yank upwards
3) repeat step 2
4) repeat step 2 a few more times, laughing so hard you can no longer hold on to said cat
5) follow cat as she loses patience and tries to walk away (notice paw braced against the couch?

I must add a disclaimer not to try this with just *any* cat; Sam is an unusually tolerant and patient little thing.  Btw, he never was successful in picking her up.

I've been meaning to post over the past couple of days, but we've been having such lovely weather, I've been out and about, and trying to clean up the front garden.  We actually have a few crocus up, and daffodils on the way.  I have a lavendar bush right outside my office window that I just can't wait to bloom -I've always wanted my own lavendar bush & this will be the first season I'll see it in bloom!  The snow mountain is almost melted in the middle of the courtyard, and it makes me happy everytime I see the streams of water running from it into the sewers.

Anyways, a brand new category here at When Choo Choo Blogs..., Choo Choo Tells You How To.  I'm going to try to post some useful tips on photography for the masses -really, with today's cameras & all their built in functions, there are no excuses for your snapshots not to look great.  I came across this very funny, and surprisingly instructional video on how to look good in photographs.  I agree on most of the points; although, a bit overdone in some cases, for comic effect, I'm sure (I particularly do not agree with the "neutral" sweater colour choice -blech!).  It's really very well put together.