Category Archives: Photography

T-Rex On Holiday

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For many years, we have been designing and outfitting our plastic T-Rex dinosaur with holiday costumes. Often coming up with a design set as well.

Why do we do it? Good question. I suppose that we are living out our inner desires to have been costume and set designers for film, television, or stage. At least that is my thought.

But really, today, we do it just for fun! Each holiday we brainstorm an idea, and then get to work. Once we have an idea, we just do a search on the web and look for images. Most often, we download some graphics and size them to fit the dino.

Set designs are either in the yard, or we print something out from the web, and mount it on cardboard.

Once completed, we take photos and when the holiday arrives, we send the ‘selected’ photo to family and friends. It’s always a lot of fun.

Here is a selection of dino photos from holidays past

I hope you enjoyed the photos!

Perhaps you will come up with a similar tradition to share with your family and friends too.

Free Stock Photos and Videos

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About eight months ago, a good friend of mine told me about a free stock photography site. He’s a really good photographer and encouraged me to add some of my photos.

The name of the site is Pexels. Their home page can be accessed by clicking on this link: https://www.pexels.com/

As an amateur photographer I was reluctant at first, but then thought why not. It’s a way to get some of my work out into the world, and who knows where or how it might be used. I like to think that a bit of my creativity might be around long after I am not.

You don’t get paid for your work, but can request donations. You do get to see the number of views and downloads, and occasionally one of the Pexels curators will also feature your work, which is an added bonus.

Well, to date, I am nearing almost 500 thousand views!

So if you want your work to be seen, and have fun too, this is a good place to start. I am amazed by the quality of work that people contribute.

Here is a link to my Pexels site: https://www.pexels.com/@cee-gee-2151446898/

If you are looking for free, amazing photos or videos to add to your creations, or just to browse, Pexels is a wonderful site.