What an adventure! Machu Picchu was worth the trouble to get to it. 11,000 feet hotel in Cusco...winding bus rides and a 100 year old train going through the dense jungle on rails clinging to a cliffside...not to mention just trying to breathe!
I should have some great pictures up on the website soon. Now we are heading for the Panama Canal and soon the jungles of Costa Rica to search for monkeys.
My best to all of you!
Renee L. Theuer
http://www.rltphotoartist.com/
Click on the link below to see what I bought for Cookie.
See Cookie in his Harley Davidson Hat on Amazon.com
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Ever heard of Etsy?
Etsy is the new eBay for people who make crafts to sell on the internet. I know this because a friend of mine who makes gorgeous jewelry raves about it. I have to admit, I have not been hanging out there much but it looks wonderful.
For those of you who are interested in making your own crafts and marketing them, here are two helpful web pages for you....
Tammy Powley offers a lot of help to those interested in making jewelry (including helping design a kit with a jewelry making book for "Dummies" that taught me how to make nice stuff for myself out of the rocks I bought in Tucson recently.)
The second link is to a neet gal who does an informative podcast through her site that is very interesting. The third is to good old etsy itself.
If you are in that rare space and time in your life that you want to create something and you have time to do it, you are fortunate. Enjoy!!
http://jewelrymaking.about.com
http://www.craftypod.com/?p=397
http://www.etsy.com
Best Regards,
Renee :-)
For those of you who are interested in making your own crafts and marketing them, here are two helpful web pages for you....
Tammy Powley offers a lot of help to those interested in making jewelry (including helping design a kit with a jewelry making book for "Dummies" that taught me how to make nice stuff for myself out of the rocks I bought in Tucson recently.)
The second link is to a neet gal who does an informative podcast through her site that is very interesting. The third is to good old etsy itself.
If you are in that rare space and time in your life that you want to create something and you have time to do it, you are fortunate. Enjoy!!
http://jewelrymaking.about.com
http://www.craftypod.com/?p=397
http://www.etsy.com
Best Regards,
Renee :-)
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Digital Frame - Simplicity Redefined.
I bought a 14.1 inch Westinghouse digital frame at Best Buy the other day. Supposedly you can put your camera memory card right into the slot on the side and you will have an instant slide show. This is a pretty nice thing to have if you like to change your pictures in your home frequently and get to see the ones that you don't think are worth printing. You will need a spare camera card and then you can have a nice slideshow running in a picture frame that will impress your friends until they get bored watching your vacation pictures and wander off....
So, I decide to get a card and load up my own pictures on it. I put it in the viewer and it ran for a while until it got to the picture of my cat dressed in a kimono. Then it stopped.
I checked to make sure my software drivers were up to date. I reformatted the compact flash card and reinstalled the pictures. Quite by accident, I decided to go and look the product up on the Best Buy site so I could put it into the blog. And guess what--other people are having the same problem. The product has a 2 1/2 star rating and lots of negative comments. Moral to the story? Don't get into a hurry. Check out technology goodies on the internet using Amazon.com (they don't edit any comments) or Best Buy (they probably don't edit either) and then see if you want to buy the new gizmo. This is the best advice I can offer today. As for me, I am taking this baby back tomorrow and doing a lot more research before I get another one. With a name like Westinghouse, it has to be good, or is that another slogan?
Remember when it was good enough to glue your pictures into an album? If you do remember that, you sure aren't reading this blog.
Renee :-)
http://www.rltphotoartist.com/
http://www.bestbuy.com/
http://www.amazon.com/
I have a history of insulting cats. Check out the image of Cookie ( 7 of 54 images at this writing. ) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-images/0761136193/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_all/102-3650340-4053734#gallery
So, I decide to get a card and load up my own pictures on it. I put it in the viewer and it ran for a while until it got to the picture of my cat dressed in a kimono. Then it stopped.
I checked to make sure my software drivers were up to date. I reformatted the compact flash card and reinstalled the pictures. Quite by accident, I decided to go and look the product up on the Best Buy site so I could put it into the blog. And guess what--other people are having the same problem. The product has a 2 1/2 star rating and lots of negative comments. Moral to the story? Don't get into a hurry. Check out technology goodies on the internet using Amazon.com (they don't edit any comments) or Best Buy (they probably don't edit either) and then see if you want to buy the new gizmo. This is the best advice I can offer today. As for me, I am taking this baby back tomorrow and doing a lot more research before I get another one. With a name like Westinghouse, it has to be good, or is that another slogan?
Remember when it was good enough to glue your pictures into an album? If you do remember that, you sure aren't reading this blog.
Renee :-)
http://www.rltphotoartist.com/
http://www.bestbuy.com/
http://www.amazon.com/
I have a history of insulting cats. Check out the image of Cookie ( 7 of 54 images at this writing. ) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-images/0761136193/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_all/102-3650340-4053734#gallery
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Back From Rainy Tucson and Saguaro Cacti
Well, Tucson was great for the Gem and Mineral show. In fact, the entire town turns into the Gem and Mineral show. Every gas station window has geodes in it...every empty shop (and there are quite a few of them downtown) has rocks in it. Every hotel...every motel...it is absolutely amazing.
Last year was our first visit to this amazing rock transformation. I thought the show was only in the few hotels my sister had us visit last year. Was I ever wrong.
Take a look at their website and see if they are going to be at a town near you. If you aren't hooked on rocks, they have dinosaur fossils, petrified dinosaur poop and lots and lots of jewelry.
If you like to bead, you can get everything you need there...except findings.
Beautiful boulder opals, tourmaline, jasper, cat's eye, jade, rose quartz, lapis, rhodocrosite--just to name a few. Last year I didn't know all these different names and more. After just one show I am making my own rock jewelry out of the beautiful beads and accent items at the show. If you are already a beader, you can get some great inspiration at this show. Otherwise, if you don't have time for another hobby and you want to save some money, "stay away". If you don't usually take advice well, their website is: http://www.tgms.org/2007show.htm
Oh, and one more thing. Unless you are a pretty devout religious person, I would skip the Mission San Xavier Del Bac. One website I visited prior to leaving said that it was called the Eiffel Tower of Tucson. (http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2809760-mission_san_xavier_del_bac_tucson-i ) Uh...well...I think that may be a teeny bit off. It's nice when half of it isn't covered for restoration I guess...but I think Saguaro National Park and passing by the airplane boneyards on the way was more fun. Visit their website to learn fascinating facts about this nice ecosphere and how it was started 75 years ago. http://www.nps.gov/sagu/
Have some fun today.
Renee :-)
http://www.rltphotoartist.com/
Last year was our first visit to this amazing rock transformation. I thought the show was only in the few hotels my sister had us visit last year. Was I ever wrong.
Take a look at their website and see if they are going to be at a town near you. If you aren't hooked on rocks, they have dinosaur fossils, petrified dinosaur poop and lots and lots of jewelry.
If you like to bead, you can get everything you need there...except findings.
Beautiful boulder opals, tourmaline, jasper, cat's eye, jade, rose quartz, lapis, rhodocrosite--just to name a few. Last year I didn't know all these different names and more. After just one show I am making my own rock jewelry out of the beautiful beads and accent items at the show. If you are already a beader, you can get some great inspiration at this show. Otherwise, if you don't have time for another hobby and you want to save some money, "stay away". If you don't usually take advice well, their website is: http://www.tgms.org/2007show.htm
Oh, and one more thing. Unless you are a pretty devout religious person, I would skip the Mission San Xavier Del Bac. One website I visited prior to leaving said that it was called the Eiffel Tower of Tucson. (http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2809760-mission_san_xavier_del_bac_tucson-i ) Uh...well...I think that may be a teeny bit off. It's nice when half of it isn't covered for restoration I guess...but I think Saguaro National Park and passing by the airplane boneyards on the way was more fun. Visit their website to learn fascinating facts about this nice ecosphere and how it was started 75 years ago. http://www.nps.gov/sagu/
Have some fun today.
Renee :-)
http://www.rltphotoartist.com/
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Helpful Seminar for Webmasters
I attended a very helpful seminar sponsored by Premier Service Bank in the Inland Empire. The presenter from a company called Red Fusion spoke about how to get more hits on your website by becoming more visible on Google and the other search engines.
Google and the other web search engines still use 'bots to analyze pages on the internet to test their relevance and whether or not they have a story to tell. The single most important thing a webmaster can do is to keep adding fresh text content to their pages. They can do this best by attaching a blog with backlinks to their pages. They stressed that text is the most important element and that static pages don't get the attention that constantly updated pages do.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the big thing. When you download the Google toolbar, you can see a site's ranking numbers from 1-10. The rankings have to do with many things but the more pages you have pointing back to you the better. They also emphasized that keyword ads (the ads on the right hand side of the search engine results) are the best deal on the internet in advertising. Evidently people bid for those positions on the results page and they can be very effective in driving business to your site.
I came away from the seminar with a commitment to keeping content on my page fresh by publishing a blog and adding the pictures that are becoming more popular as I go forward. This blog is offered as helpful information for webmasters looking for the way to up their rankings in the mysterious world of search engines! You can see some of the sites that Red Fusion Media has put up by visiting their site: http://www.redfusionmedia.com/ They have been kind enough to go into search engine optimization for those interested. Also, check out Premier Service Bank's site for additional information on their seminar series at their site : http://www.premierservicebank.com/
Good luck to anyone working to produce a good website that continues to improve in order to reach more people in need of good products and services.
Happy Valentines Day too.
Renee Theuer
http://www.rltphotoartist.com/
Google and the other web search engines still use 'bots to analyze pages on the internet to test their relevance and whether or not they have a story to tell. The single most important thing a webmaster can do is to keep adding fresh text content to their pages. They can do this best by attaching a blog with backlinks to their pages. They stressed that text is the most important element and that static pages don't get the attention that constantly updated pages do.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the big thing. When you download the Google toolbar, you can see a site's ranking numbers from 1-10. The rankings have to do with many things but the more pages you have pointing back to you the better. They also emphasized that keyword ads (the ads on the right hand side of the search engine results) are the best deal on the internet in advertising. Evidently people bid for those positions on the results page and they can be very effective in driving business to your site.
I came away from the seminar with a commitment to keeping content on my page fresh by publishing a blog and adding the pictures that are becoming more popular as I go forward. This blog is offered as helpful information for webmasters looking for the way to up their rankings in the mysterious world of search engines! You can see some of the sites that Red Fusion Media has put up by visiting their site: http://www.redfusionmedia.com/ They have been kind enough to go into search engine optimization for those interested. Also, check out Premier Service Bank's site for additional information on their seminar series at their site : http://www.premierservicebank.com/
Good luck to anyone working to produce a good website that continues to improve in order to reach more people in need of good products and services.
Happy Valentines Day too.
Renee Theuer
http://www.rltphotoartist.com/
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Saguaro Cactus
Well, we are planning a great trip to Tucson to capture the Saguaro Cactus at sunset...or sunrise if I can get up that early. There is also a beautiful mission that is still an active place of worship called Mission San Xavier del Bac and it is known as the Eiffel Tower of Tucson if you can believe what you read on Yahoo...:-) Finally, Rose Canyon Lake looks like a pretty site. I just got a new larger format camera so I should be able to capture even more detail of the beauty we will see on the trip.
There a lot of beautiful things around to take pictures of...but I think I would just like to remind anyone who happens upon this blog to remember to take pictures of your family today. Take some pictures for no reason at all. Then, if they are digital, please back them up to a cd. I know that you have heard this before....but, speaking from experience, it is a real bummer to lose any memory at all of your happy times in life.
We are only here a very short while. I am realizing this more and more every day. I remember a survey that is well known now of people over 95 who were asked if they had to do it all over again, what would they do different in their life? Do you know that most of them said they would have taken more risks. That includes looking like a geek taking pictures of your family for no special reason. Go get the camera and make some memories.
Renee :-)
http://www.rltphotoartist.com/
There a lot of beautiful things around to take pictures of...but I think I would just like to remind anyone who happens upon this blog to remember to take pictures of your family today. Take some pictures for no reason at all. Then, if they are digital, please back them up to a cd. I know that you have heard this before....but, speaking from experience, it is a real bummer to lose any memory at all of your happy times in life.
We are only here a very short while. I am realizing this more and more every day. I remember a survey that is well known now of people over 95 who were asked if they had to do it all over again, what would they do different in their life? Do you know that most of them said they would have taken more risks. That includes looking like a geek taking pictures of your family for no special reason. Go get the camera and make some memories.
Renee :-)
http://www.rltphotoartist.com/
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Favorite Spots in Riverside for Photographs
I'm looking for some new places in Riverside to photograph and I am looking for suggestions. I have really enjoyed the Mission Inn and Mt. Rubidoux as subjects. In the spring, I think there are parts of Victoria Avenue that are just splendid as well as the Gage Canal area. I have had suggestions to do a few of the Parent Navel Orange Tree and Orange Groves in general. I guess that would be a great idea since the orange groves around here are going away.
Any suggestions? Please visit my webpage rltphotoartist.com and email me.
http://www.rltphotoartist.com
email: webgoddess@hotmail.com
Thanks,
Renee L. Theuer
Photographic Artist
Any suggestions? Please visit my webpage rltphotoartist.com and email me.
http://www.rltphotoartist.com
email: webgoddess@hotmail.com
Thanks,
Renee L. Theuer
Photographic Artist
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