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        <title>Weekly photo themes -- keep &#039;em or toss &#039;em? - B.com Photo Blog - PhotoBlogger&apos;s Blog - Bakersfield.com</title>
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        <description>Last week Tom asked about whether to keep the weekly photo themes or let this blog be a free-for-all to post whichever photos you choose to post and have taken yourself. I&#039;m not sure what to do, so let&#039;s all discuss this together.
Without the themes, it might draw more people in because it&#039;ll&amp;nbsp;be less difficult to find a picture to post. But with the themes, it&#039;s just something fun and creative to do for the heck of it. So, bloggers, what say you? Keep &#039;em or toss &#039;em?
What kind of pictures have you taken within this past week? Let&#039;s see them.
Robin</description>
        <itunes:summary>Last week Tom asked about whether to keep the weekly photo themes or let this blog be a free-for-all to post whichever photos you choose to post and have taken yourself. I&#039;m not sure what to do, so let&#039;s all discuss this together.
Without the themes, it might draw more people in because it&#039;ll&amp;nbsp;be less difficult to find a picture to post. But with the themes, it&#039;s just something fun and creative to do for the heck of it. So, bloggers, what say you? Keep &#039;em or toss &#039;em?
What kind of pictures have you taken within this past week? Let&#039;s see them.
Robin</itunes:summary>
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                <title>Apr 15,  2008 at 08:04 AM : Robin, sorry I&#039;ve...</title>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;Robin, sorry I&#039;ve been falling down on the photoblog.  Trying to wrap up a few things here.  I&#039;ll get recommitted very soon.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As for the themes, I&#039;m torn since having a theme is a good way to get motivated to get out and get pictures, but having it open may encouage more participation.  &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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                <itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;Robin, sorry I&#039;ve been falling down on the photoblog.  Trying to wrap up a few things here.  I&#039;ll get recommitted very soon.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As for the themes, I&#039;m torn since having a theme is a good way to get motivated to get out and get pictures, but having it open may encouage more participation.  &lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary>     
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                <title>Apr 15,  2008 at 08:04 AM : &amp;nbsp;Not having a...</title>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Not having a theme is a good idea since I&amp;nbsp;didn&#039;t had one to contribute for the last blog.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;edited..I cannot figure out how to get the date stamp off my pictures.&amp;nbsp; The booklet doesn&#039;t say how to do it.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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                <itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Not having a theme is a good idea since I&amp;nbsp;didn&#039;t had one to contribute for the last blog.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;edited..I cannot figure out how to get the date stamp off my pictures.&amp;nbsp; The booklet doesn&#039;t say how to do it.&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary>     
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                <title>Apr 15,  2008 at 09:04 AM :  Whether there is a...</title>
                <description>&lt;p&gt; Whether there is a theme or not does not matter to me. Here is what I have been up to in the past week.....&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;reflect&quot; height=&quot;333&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2227/2415887835_e2272259f8.jpg?v=0&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; onload=&quot;show_notes_initially();&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Shutter speed 1/4000 with an aperture of 9.0&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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                <itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt; Whether there is a theme or not does not matter to me. Here is what I have been up to in the past week.....&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;reflect&quot; height=&quot;333&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2227/2415887835_e2272259f8.jpg?v=0&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; onload=&quot;show_notes_initially();&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Shutter speed 1/4000 with an aperture of 9.0&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary>     
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                <title>Apr 15,  2008 at 09:04 AM : &amp;nbsp;Hey, great...</title>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Hey, great idea for an ongoing theme.&amp;nbsp; &amp;quot;What Were You Up To Last Week&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By the way, grandson got notified that one of his pictures will be in National Geographic Adventure Magazine in May.&amp;nbsp; He made sure I understood it isn&#039;t in the NG mag itself.&amp;nbsp; lol.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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                <itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Hey, great idea for an ongoing theme.&amp;nbsp; &amp;quot;What Were You Up To Last Week&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By the way, grandson got notified that one of his pictures will be in National Geographic Adventure Magazine in May.&amp;nbsp; He made sure I understood it isn&#039;t in the NG mag itself.&amp;nbsp; lol.&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary>     
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                <title>Apr 15,  2008 at 11:04 AM :  Nancy, click the...</title>
                <description>&lt;p&gt; Nancy, click the Menu button on your camera (assuming it&#039;s a digital camera) and it should give you some options -- one of which is to include or exclude the date on your photos.  Hope that helps.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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                <itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt; Nancy, click the Menu button on your camera (assuming it&#039;s a digital camera) and it should give you some options -- one of which is to include or exclude the date on your photos.  Hope that helps.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary>     
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                <title>Apr 15,  2008 at 12:04 PM : &amp;nbsp;Thanks Rett...</title>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Thanks Rett but I&#039;ve been all over that menu.&amp;nbsp; I must be missing something somewhere.&amp;nbsp; All I can find is how to set the date.&amp;nbsp; It&#039;s probably something simple that I&#039;m just missing.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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                <itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Thanks Rett but I&#039;ve been all over that menu.&amp;nbsp; I must be missing something somewhere.&amp;nbsp; All I can find is how to set the date.&amp;nbsp; It&#039;s probably something simple that I&#039;m just missing.&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary>     
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                <title>Apr 15,  2008 at 04:04 PM :  Joining the photo...</title>
                <description>&lt;p&gt; Joining the photo party late here....yeah, I like the idea of &quot;what did you do this week&quot;...or really whatever strikes us.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here comes a couple pics...these are my girls at Montana de Oro.  We took a day trip Saturday...&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189614469539771458&quot; style=&quot;display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; cursor: hand; text-align: center&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://bp1.blogger.com/_O8AeU2Sz1FM/SAU23UIlNEI/AAAAAAAAAaU/vMsoEXS1-ZI/s320/oro2.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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                <itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt; Joining the photo party late here....yeah, I like the idea of &quot;what did you do this week&quot;...or really whatever strikes us.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here comes a couple pics...these are my girls at Montana de Oro.  We took a day trip Saturday...&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189614469539771458&quot; style=&quot;display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; cursor: hand; text-align: center&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://bp1.blogger.com/_O8AeU2Sz1FM/SAU23UIlNEI/AAAAAAAAAaU/vMsoEXS1-ZI/s320/oro2.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary>     
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                <title>Apr 15,  2008 at 04:04 PM : &amp;nbsp;A couple...</title>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;A couple more...Hwy. 58 Carrizo Plains....just awesomely breathtaking....&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189610050018423810&quot; style=&quot;display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; cursor: hand; text-align: center&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://bp0.blogger.com/_O8AeU2Sz1FM/SAUy2EIlNAI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/RqziJ9pW8q8/s320/58.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189610217522148370&quot; style=&quot;display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; cursor: hand; text-align: center&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://bp3.blogger.com/_O8AeU2Sz1FM/SAUy_0IlNBI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/r7qen_lD8Ng/s320/581.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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                <itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;A couple more...Hwy. 58 Carrizo Plains....just awesomely breathtaking....&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189610050018423810&quot; style=&quot;display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; cursor: hand; text-align: center&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://bp0.blogger.com/_O8AeU2Sz1FM/SAUy2EIlNAI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/RqziJ9pW8q8/s320/58.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189610217522148370&quot; style=&quot;display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; cursor: hand; text-align: center&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://bp3.blogger.com/_O8AeU2Sz1FM/SAUy_0IlNBI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/r7qen_lD8Ng/s320/581.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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                <title>Apr 15,  2008 at 04:04 PM : &amp;nbsp;To complete...</title>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;To complete our trip....&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189615023590552658&quot; style=&quot;display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; cursor: hand; text-align: center&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://bp2.blogger.com/_O8AeU2Sz1FM/SAU3XkIlNFI/AAAAAAAAAac/ooDflNxu1Vw/s320/morro1.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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                <itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;To complete our trip....&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189615023590552658&quot; style=&quot;display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; cursor: hand; text-align: center&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://bp2.blogger.com/_O8AeU2Sz1FM/SAU3XkIlNFI/AAAAAAAAAac/ooDflNxu1Vw/s320/morro1.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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                <title>Apr 15,  2008 at 05:04 PM : &amp;nbsp;I...</title>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;I wouldn&#039;t worry about it, Tom. It&#039;s 5:15 p.m. and I&#039;m just now getting back to the blogs. I&#039;ve been bad about the photo blog, too. I&#039;ll shower at 3 a.m., remember I need to start the blog, go to bed around 4 a.m., play video games until 5 a.m., wake up at 6:30 a.m. and have the final blog posted by 7 a.m. Then, it&#039;s straight back to bed for me. Ack...I&#039;m terrible. I need to change habits.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Anyway, yeah, I know what you mean about the weekly themes. It&#039;s the same thought in my head, but everyone seems to like the idea of having a blog to post whatever they did during the past week. That&#039;s OK with me, I guess, because it would certainly be hard for me to keep up with the topics, too.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Nancy, I wish I could see the camera myself and figure it out for you. Sorry. What kind of camera do you have? I&#039;ll see if I can find the book online and read it for myself. I feel like a jerk for admitting this, but I don&#039;t think I&#039;ll be going to the park for the next meet-up, because I don&#039;t feel like asking my parents. Don&#039;t ask. I&#039;m thinking, though, we ought to do one around summer or something, and I might go to one of those. For now, I just don&#039;t think I should go.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That&#039;s so cool, Tolerance! I love it! The baseball, the action, the way they&#039;re positioned -- it&#039;s all just awesome! I&#039;d like to try shooting some sports at some time, even though I don&#039;t like sports, but I don&#039;t know anyone who does sports anymore. I guess I&#039;ll have to wait and hope I can take John Harte&#039;s photography class in the fall. Are those Little League, Boy Scouts, or what? Or am I crazy and they&#039;re actually men? I can&#039;t tell.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Once again, Woof, your pictures are beautiful! Really, they are! Wish I could get some pictures like that, but I never go anywhere...ha ha.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sigh. The most disappointing part of posting a picture is not being able to see the EXIF data. That is one thing I&#039;d like to be able to see, but I&#039;m figuring it&#039;s probably impossible on B.com. Oh, well.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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                <itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;I wouldn&#039;t worry about it, Tom. It&#039;s 5:15 p.m. and I&#039;m just now getting back to the blogs. I&#039;ve been bad about the photo blog, too. I&#039;ll shower at 3 a.m., remember I need to start the blog, go to bed around 4 a.m., play video games until 5 a.m., wake up at 6:30 a.m. and have the final blog posted by 7 a.m. Then, it&#039;s straight back to bed for me. Ack...I&#039;m terrible. I need to change habits.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Anyway, yeah, I know what you mean about the weekly themes. It&#039;s the same thought in my head, but everyone seems to like the idea of having a blog to post whatever they did during the past week. That&#039;s OK with me, I guess, because it would certainly be hard for me to keep up with the topics, too.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Nancy, I wish I could see the camera myself and figure it out for you. Sorry. What kind of camera do you have? I&#039;ll see if I can find the book online and read it for myself. I feel like a jerk for admitting this, but I don&#039;t think I&#039;ll be going to the park for the next meet-up, because I don&#039;t feel like asking my parents. Don&#039;t ask. I&#039;m thinking, though, we ought to do one around summer or something, and I might go to one of those. For now, I just don&#039;t think I should go.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That&#039;s so cool, Tolerance! I love it! The baseball, the action, the way they&#039;re positioned -- it&#039;s all just awesome! I&#039;d like to try shooting some sports at some time, even though I don&#039;t like sports, but I don&#039;t know anyone who does sports anymore. I guess I&#039;ll have to wait and hope I can take John Harte&#039;s photography class in the fall. Are those Little League, Boy Scouts, or what? Or am I crazy and they&#039;re actually men? I can&#039;t tell.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Once again, Woof, your pictures are beautiful! Really, they are! Wish I could get some pictures like that, but I never go anywhere...ha ha.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sigh. The most disappointing part of posting a picture is not being able to see the EXIF data. That is one thing I&#039;d like to be able to see, but I&#039;m figuring it&#039;s probably impossible on B.com. Oh, well.&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary>     
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