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Aunt Owwee's photostream
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Hi! I'm from the great beautiful state of Michigan. I'm in my sixth decade. It's a pretty good place to be.
The only camera we had when I was young was a Brownie that Grandma Bea loaned us for vacations. It went on all the "big" vacations and went to camp with me in 6th grade.
My friend trykemom threw me a surprise going-away party when I went away to college. The group got me a Kodak Instamatic that I absolutely loved! It was my camera of the next twelve years.
I switched to SLR when I was 30. My mom wanted me to use my dad's camera to take some family pictures. I was hooked. Olympus was the name of the game, and I had a pretty complete kit, plus a little point-and-shoot that went everywhere with me.
Now, the digital. I'm on my second. My first was a Sony f-75: the one where you could put floppy disks into it. Boy, I loved that camera, all 1.6M of it.
Now I have a Fuji, and I love that also. (Except in low light. Grrr.)
It's been two years with this one and now I'm getting the DSLR urge. Hmmmm.
Finally I gave into the DSLR urge, purchasing a Nikon D80 in May of 2008. Two zooms are what I have in play now, an 18-135 and a 70-300, both Nikon. Life is good.
In May of 2006 I moved to a 98-year-old farmhouse in the country that has been in the family for . . . 98-years. I love playing with my camera there.
About the name Aunt Owwee: It's not that I'm a strict person and made the kids say "Ow". Nope. One day they were burying me beneath a pile of toys. I kept saying ow and ouch, especially when they balanced the toy piano on my head. Hence the name.
Great Nephew was born in January, 2007.
Great Niece was born in October, 2007.
Yay!
You can find my blog here
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Photos of Aunt Owwee (5)
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Contacts (111)
Groups (50)
- Nikon D3100 108,814 photos, 7,486 members
- me and my ipod(or any other mobile upload) 23 photos, 9 members
- 2012: A Year in Pictures 4,041 photos, 228 members
- Lansing First Fridays 12 photos, 10 members
- REO Town 1 photo, 1 member
- HEARTS all HEARTS 38,700 photos, 10,840 members
- People Portraits 1,665,427 photos, 81,494 members
- Engagement Shots 29,080 photos, 3,699 members
- E-sessions (engagement sessions) 29,449 photos, 3,866 members
- Wedding Photography 185,139 photos, 38,100 members
- Wedding Photography Business 11,639 photos, 2,116 members
- East Lansing 2,128 photos, 228 members
- Pro Corner: Semi-Pro and Professional Photography / Photographer 241,378 photos, 18,009 members
- through a glass, darkly 41,021 photos, 5,925 members
- Guess Where? Lansing, MI 656 photos, 32 members
- Montana’s Official Group 5,861 photos, 1,116 members
- Strobist.com 521,503 photos, 103,198 members
- Michigan Water 164 photos, 92 members
- Night Lights 383,213 photos, 35,954 members
- Interesting Portraits ☺ [people] 348,951 photos, 18,978 members
- That’s Getting Up Close! 73,232 photos, 4,793 members
- Fenner Nature Center 335 photos, 12 members
- Double Exposure 82,833 photos, 13,525 members
- Studio Shots 68,534 photos, 6,918 members
- The New Senior Portrait 17,604 photos, 2,900 members
- Senior Pictures 28,578 photos, 3,145 members
- I Saw The Light! (post 1, comment or award 1) 110,155 photos, 6,774 members
- The Flickr Portrait Gallery 273,616 photos, 20,855 members
- The Portrait Group 1,679,105 photos, 116,471 members
- Old And Beautiful (buildings ,barns, shacks, and abandoned homes 90,281 photos, 8,404 members
- What a Lucky Shot! 8,977 photos, 733 members
- Creative Edge Senior Portraits 26,356 photos, 4,278 members
- Studio Portraits (Critiques) 32,010 photos, 4,905 members
- converse n.w.o. 11,597 photos, 2,391 members
- Potter Park Zoo 1,767 photos, 146 members
- Smiles/Sorrisi/Sonrisas [34° Contest: VOTE NOW!] 92,464 photos, 17,151 members
- Faces of Portraits 84,290 photos, 5,395 members
- I Love Grain Elevators. 8,833 photos, 686 members
- 30 Days, One Object 5,331 photos, 234 members
- The Whitetail Deer 10,872 photos, 1,173 members
- Nikon D80 Users 556,074 photos, 23,378 members
- The Moon [*current* photos only] 24,386 photos, 9,151 members
- Gardening 29,161 photos, 2,654 members
- My Garden 52,680 photos, 2,819 members
- Canon / Nikon Amateur Gallery 43,142 photos, 1,339 members
- Old Photographs 82,179 photos, 3,360 members
- Eaton County, Michigan 519 photos, 16 members
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Galleries (27)
- Sunsets 3 photos
- Christmas 2011 14 photos
- Winter 2011 2012 1 photo
- Autumn 2011 10 photos
- Bees 1 photo
Testimonials (6)
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sujaco says:
"What can I say? Shirl is my friend whom I met online in 2002. We are the same age and more importantly, I like to think of her as the heart and the glue that keeps many of us centered in our ever extending blogging family."
26th September, 2008
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wash52121 says:
"Sister...
Thank you for staying on me to get into flickr...
You know....you just know....
thank you for being the positive role model that you have been to me for all these years....including Flickr and photography in general...
I can aspire all I want, but will not match your creativity, style or photographic prowess...
Every DAY, I see something in your work, you shot that is just so nice, so real, so right...I try to achieve the same in mine...
I could babble on and on about ya, I'll stop now, but thank you"22nd September, 2008
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jsarcadia says:
"Shirl the Pearl. My flickr mentor. I appreciate the encouragement, Shirl, thank you. Love your photos too. The 'goose' is a masterpiece!"
30th April, 2007
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threed says:
"my friend shirl!
she's a pearl!
her flickr pics
make me a happy girl!
;)"31st August, 2006
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neovictorian says:
"Looking at her photos always makes me feel better. "A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, in a most delightful way.""
12th June, 2006
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trykemom says:
"Shirl is my longest running friend. And I have admired her photos almost as long as I've known her. When I moved to Florida almost 18 years ago, a wonderful photo of my daughter Shirl took went with me.
Fast forward to recent history. I rediscovered photography as I began to like Florida. But I have been spending much too much time with people who tell me all that is wrong with my pictures. Shirl decided I needed Flickr and sponsored me. What a great gift, I love it.
I also love seeing her photos of home. Love the farm Shirl. She is also very supportive of my photos."12th December, 2005
- Name:
- Shirl
- Joined:
- March 2005
- I am:
- Female
- Occupation:
- Amanuensis