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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)
Aunt Owwee's favorite photos from other Flickr members (5,594)
Contacts (111)
Groups (50)
- Nikon D3100 108,525 photos, 7,462 members
- me and my ipod(or any other mobile upload) 23 photos, 9 members
- 2012: A Year in Pictures 3,891 photos, 228 members
- Lansing First Fridays 12 photos, 10 members
- REO Town 1 photo, 1 member
- HEARTS all HEARTS 38,722 photos, 10,836 members
- People Portraits 1,664,398 photos, 81,448 members
- Engagement Shots 29,076 photos, 3,695 members
- E-sessions (engagement sessions) 29,438 photos, 3,862 members
- Wedding Photography 185,074 photos, 38,080 members
- Wedding Photography Business 11,622 photos, 2,110 members
- East Lansing 2,128 photos, 227 members
- Pro Corner: Semi-Pro and Professional Photography / Photographer 241,442 photos, 17,999 members
- through a glass, darkly 40,967 photos, 5,923 members
- Guess Where? Lansing, MI 656 photos, 32 members
- Montana’s Official Group 5,856 photos, 1,114 members
- Strobist.com 521,408 photos, 103,146 members
- Michigan Water 164 photos, 92 members
- Night Lights 382,857 photos, 35,945 members
- Interesting Portraits ☺ [people] 348,723 photos, 18,972 members
- That’s Getting Up Close! 73,187 photos, 4,793 members
- Fenner Nature Center 335 photos, 12 members
- Double Exposure 82,765 photos, 13,521 members
- Studio Shots 68,473 photos, 6,916 members
- The New Senior Portrait 17,605 photos, 2,900 members
- Senior Pictures 28,567 photos, 3,144 members
- I Saw The Light! (post 1, comment or award 1) 110,065 photos, 6,771 members
- The Flickr Portrait Gallery 273,496 photos, 20,857 members
- The Portrait Group 1,678,147 photos, 116,409 members
- Old And Beautiful (buildings ,barns, shacks, and abandoned homes 90,211 photos, 8,403 members
- What a Lucky Shot! 8,966 photos, 732 members
- Creative Edge Senior Portraits 26,350 photos, 4,277 members
- Studio Portraits (Critiques) 31,987 photos, 4,904 members
- converse n.w.o. 11,592 photos, 2,391 members
- Potter Park Zoo 1,767 photos, 146 members
- Smiles/Sorrisi/Sonrisas [34° Contest: VOTE NOW!] 92,420 photos, 17,150 members
- Faces of Portraits 84,223 photos, 5,392 members
- I Love Grain Elevators. 8,830 photos, 686 members
- 30 Days, One Object 5,317 photos, 233 members
- The Whitetail Deer 10,872 photos, 1,173 members
- Nikon D80 Users 556,539 photos, 23,372 members
- The Moon [*current* photos only] 24,354 photos, 9,150 members
- Gardening 29,164 photos, 2,654 members
- My Garden 52,674 photos, 2,818 members
- Canon / Nikon Amateur Gallery 43,122 photos, 1,339 members
- Old Photographs 82,105 photos, 3,359 members
- Eaton County, Michigan 519 photos, 16 members
- 1930's and 1940's 9,112 photos, 761 members
- Abandoned Michigan 5,062 photos, 417 members
- photos pour l'école / photos for school 14,148 photos, 680 members
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