Tuesday, October 16, 2007

New Camera!

I got a new camera a couple days ago! It's very awesome, I like it! It's not very attractive which is why I think the price was lower than the other cameras. But I checked out all the info, in comparison to the other cameras Best Buy was selling, and this camera was better overall. It may not look attractive or sleek but, unlike the other cameras available for at least $50 more, this camera has the MANUAL mode(which is more like taking pics with a nice camera that isn't digital). So I got it with no regrets. I've been learning some of its features, my favorite being it's ability to take pics really close. Either way, I've been playing with it a bit! Kai, of course, enjoyed being a model.

To create the picture of my eye with my name on it was a bit more work than Kai modeling in behind flowers. Originally I had my glasses on and wrote my name normally on the computer. However, I realized there were two reflections(from my eyes and the glasses) as well as the characters being backwards(since it's a mirror image). I don't have a program on my computer to flip the picture. Therefore, I had to write the characters backwards on the computer(aka using a mouse which is not the same as writing it by hand) and hope for the best. Luckily, it turns out that my chinese handwriting backwards on the computer isn't TOO bad.

In other news, Kai still loves his bunny, Kiki. And, I will admit, Kiki is a really cute bunny, even though she's very naughty. I just needed to add this picture because I'm sure Kai might actually want it as well as to prove that even though Kai has shown pics of Kiki looking evil, she is not infact evil. Just has redeye sometimes.

7 comments:

Kiat said...

That's a really cool concept. One trick to write the word in a mirror image is to capture the screen shot of the letter you just wrote, paste it on an image editor, and do a mirror image of it. That should work too!

Leah said...

That was the problem, I don't have something that can do that *tear* or at least that I know of yet

ka48309 said...

Dorkus porkus!!

JenminC said...

Hi Leah,
i wanna see the camera even though it's not attractive like kai. hahah

btw, i was wondering, did you win or the customer win for the argument over black or white rice?

geo said...

Nice photos. I think you've got talent there... and in drawing too. I think your optimus prime's definitely better ;)

Leah said...

with the white rice is black argument, i got the boss of the restaurant to come in and he gave her the fried rice(which she thought was our version of steamed rice apparently) and told her, "steam rice is white..."
YAH!

Kiat said...

Hey Coz, you can try:
http://www.gimp.org/macintosh/
that's similar to PhotoShop but it's free, and Mac version available too!