Disney – Virginia Allain

Theme Park Fun and Other Travel Notes

March 3, 2009June 9, 2011Virginia AllainLeave a comment

Here are my articles about getting the most from theme parks:

The following ones are not exactly theme park articles but ones related to Disney or to a Florida vacation.

For good measure, I’ll throw in my other articles about interesting places to visit around the United States.

Photo Scavenger Hunt

February 22, 2009March 22, 2009Virginia Allain1 Comment

Our camera club at Solivita has an annual scavenger hunt. We all get the same list and try to take photos to match the assigned topics. It gets us to looking at subjects outside our comfort range. I’ll share thumbnail pictures of what I choose to submit for this scavenger hunt. Here are the topics: water, leaves, repeating patterns, glass or mirror, looking up, insects, golf course landscape, machinery, rocks, signs, and sports in Solivita.

I still need to find an insect to photograph. All the signs I’ve seen are pretty boring. I can’t figure out how to get an interesting photo of signs or rocks.
Update on this activity: I received very favorable comments on the leaves, repeating patterns (tire tracks), golf course landscape (foggy day), machinery, and signs (stop sign) photos.

Working on the Challenge

January 11, 2009January 16, 2009Virginia AllainLeave a comment

The eHow site posted a challenge to write ten articles in seven days. The deadline is midnight, January 17. I’m starting with 292 articles, so my goal is to reach 302. I’ll add updates as I get the articles written.

I’m finished with the ten articles. Yah! I met the deadline (actually I’m two days early).

My Photography Articles

December 16, 2008July 25, 2009Virginia Allain3 Comments

: Capturing the Sun

I’ve written a number of articles for the eHow site about photography.

How to Take Photos at Colonial Williamsburg

How to Photograph Spring Flowers

How to Have a Photo Scavenger Hunt

How to Take an Alphabet of Photos

How to Take a Photo a Day for a Year

How to Take Food Photos to Go with Recipes

How to Take Photos at Magic Kingdom

How to Take Photos at Epcot

How to Take Animal Kingdom Photos That You’ll Love

How to Photograph Alligators on a Florida Vacation

How to Find Flowers to Photograph

How to Take Photos From a Car

How to Photograph Mushrooms

How to Add Photos That Enhance an eHow Article

How to Take Spider Web Photos

Here’s a few more:

How to Look Better in Snapshots

How to Make Cards from Photos

How to Write Family Memories Triggered by Photos

How to Save Wedding Photos to a Group Website

How to Make a Family Memory Book using Photoworks or Other Print-On-Demand Sites

Writing Challenge

November 18, 2008November 23, 2008Virginia AllainLeave a comment

This week I’m participating in a writing challenge at the eHow website. A number of the regulars there signed up to write 20 articles each. We have a week to write the 20 articles. I’ll post links to mine here, so you can see how I’m progressing.

Sunday, November 16

How to Make an Outdoor Party Room …How to Find Flowers to Photograph …How to Cook a Pot Roast as Good as Mom’s

Monday, November 17

How to Cope with Reading Addiction …How to Find Support Groups for Children Taking Care of Elderly Parents …How to Replace an RV Mattresses (these last two were requested topics at eHow)

Tuesday, November 18

How to Photograph Alligators on a Florida Vacation …How to Avoid Problems with Teeth Whitening Products …How to Make American Chop Suey the New England Way

Wednesday, November 19

How to Pick Blueberries at a Pick-Your-Own Farm …How to Sign a Dog up for READing Paws …How to Make a Craft Work Area in a Small Space

Thursday, November 20

How to Take Animal Kingdom Photos That You’ll Love Only had time for one article after spending the afternoon at Disney. Now I’ll have to squeeze out 2 extra articles over the next 2 days.

Friday, November 21

How to Start a Holiday Ornament Tradition …How to Take a Day Trip on the Casco Bay Ferry

Saturday, November 22 (last day of the challenge and I need to write six articles to meet the goal)

How to Change Your Thinking about Spending …How to Have a “Little House on the Prairie” Christmas …How to Decorate for Fall or Thanksgiving …How to Take Photos at Epcot

That’s it folks, I’m one article short of my goal, but eHow is going through a shakedown period after rolling out new features on the site. Trying to get the articles posted without losing parts of them is too frustrating. Hopefully they will have all the bugs worked out soon.