Instagram Best Nine of 2016

I only just started using Instagram again this fall... I plan on spending a lot more time on it next year!

August Highlights

I spent almost a month away from the blog, but I was keeping myself busy! I decided to participate in a Photo-A-Day challenge started by a friend of a friend on Instagram. I really enjoyed it, as it challenges you to do something everyday, something I really needed since I haven't had a Studio Day in awhile. If all goes well, that will change today, but things are kinda up in the air right now with certain remodeling projects I have going on.

Another thing I liked about the Photo-A-Day challenge was that it got me playing around with the hundreds of apps I've downloaded for my iPod/iPad and never played with before! I'm definitely developing a few favorites... almost everything I do goes through PhotoToaster at some point, and I really love the effects I can get from ScratchCam, ImageBlender, Iris, Wood Camera, Jazz and PictureShow, just to name a few.

Hopefully I will have another Studio Day to share very soon, but until then I'll keep the blog peppered with app recipes and photos. Here's a sampling from August...

Full Moon Madness!

Here's some pictures I took of last weekend's Full Moon... They were calling it a "Super Moon," but this must not be the right part of the world/time of year to see it as huge as other places did. But it was still beautiful!

As EarthSky wrote, the term Super Moon actually comes from astrology, defined as "…a new or full moon which occurs with the moon at or near (within 90% of) its closest approach to Earth in a given orbit (perigee). In short, Earth, moon and sun are all in a line, with moon in its nearest approach to Earth."


For my astro-readers, this Full Moon was in Tropical Scorpio. :)