Daily Archive for April 11th, 2008

Digital Photography 2 - Assignment #1

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Karen
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I just started a "Digital Photography 2" course at the Photographic Center Northwest.  I’ve had two classes so far and am liking it a lot (though having 10+ hours of homework a week is both LOTS Of fun… and a bit tricky).

The first assignment was to photograph 15 letters - but not real letters.  :)

Here are the results of my first assignment - can you guess which letter is which?  (You can click through to my flickr site to see if you’re right.)

A Penny for your Thoughts

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Karen
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Random:  I just finished last week’s New Yorker on the bus. 

Did you know that…

  • A penny costs 1.7 cents to make?
  • A nickel costs ~10 cents to make?
  • A lobby funded by Jarden Zinc Products (major supplier of penny cores for the U.S. Mint) prevented the last "get rid of pennies" legislature?
  • Coinstar is now one of the biggest pro-penny lobbies?

Just crazy. 

Ah, the way the world works.  :)