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Just tell the truth to all the girls you will have in your life, if it's not a match then it's not a match. If she doesn't understand that, then she should not be dating anyone... let alone you.You can NEVER go wrong with the TRUTH!

Here?s my two cents.Marriage has become disposable. It saddens me deeply to see marriages dissolve. But before I get on that subject let me make a comment.Men, have been deeply wronged by society today. And I blame the bra burning women?s lib group. They managed to make men feel like slime. You see these t-shirts that girls are wearing ?Boys stink? or ?boys lie? or ?Boys Suck?. My daughter will never have one of those shirts, and I hope I can teach her to look at such things as demeaning to men. I think that those maggot infested women that feel they have to put men down, so that they (the women) can feel ?equal? to them are just sick sick people.I?m a woman, and I do believe in treating all people with equal rights. That said women and men will never and never have been equal. Men are stronger physically, they are the providers, and Women are more emotional and for the most part more nurturing. Men are one half and women the other. But they are not equal. The two put together make up the strong unit, family.So guys, on behalf of other women who think like I do? I?m sorry for what has happened to you. I for one look up to you. I appreciate my husband. He is the finest man I have ever known. And I never want to be his ?equal? I just want to stand next to him. I don?t ever want to put him down so that I feel bigger. He is my rock; I go to him when ever I need problems fixed. I rely on him to provide for our family. He is awesome and I thank God everyday for him.Now on to the Sex.Yes sex is fun, but after 9 years of marriage you know what I have found? Sex is 100% better with someone you love and completely trust. Sure you might think oh I Love her/him and I trust her/him, you?ve known them for say a year even. Trust me? your not there yet.Sex is a holy gift. And having sex with as many people as you can, takes a key ingredient out of it when you finally do meet that other half, RESPECT for your self. Ladies, your body has the power to bring forth LIFE. Face it, like it or not, your body is a baby making machine, you were made that way. Look at it this way. Which would you rather live in? A house that was rented by 50, 60, 200 men? They didn?t take care of it, they trashed it, and it?s become dirty and broken down. Or a house that was bought by one man that treats it with respect and keeps it clean and fixes things with they need it? It?s the same with your body, do you want your unborn baby in a rental house, or do you want your unborn baby in one that was bought and cared for by your husband? By the way, the house is your uterus, and being bought means getting married. Guys: You got to learn to control your self, keep it in your pants. You don?t need to experience every girl that will open her legs for you. Just the Right one. Face it. You wouldn?t want to marry a girl, who slept with a lot of guys, would you? I haven?t met a man yet that said yes to that question. So why do you think a girl would want to marry a guy who slept around? I sure as hell wouldn?t. Well maybe that was more then two cents. Any rate, it?s my point of view. I know some of you will disagree with me and that?s okay. I still respect your point of view too.

I have albums full of candid shots and they are my favorite, because they capture the moment. You can use the above tut. To take candid shots of your baby, play with baby in the light by a window and have someone take the pictures, while you and baby are being yourself. The goal of this tutorial was not how to take candid shots of your baby; it was how to take Pro-Quality pictures. I'm glad many of you find it helpful. Many of my clients ask me, “how do you do it?" so I made this tutorial to show them how I did it. And they all are very excited that they can take nice pictures of baby, at home and don't have pack up the baby and come to the studio to get great pictures, they still come to me for studio work, but they are having fun taking pictures at home too.What ever camera you use, film or digital, makes no difference to me, as long as you realize that digital pictures are every bit as good as film. I can't help but be offended when someone tells me that because I shoot digital, then I'm not a real photographer. I'm sorry but that is sooooooo archaic. I've shot both and I prefer digital, it’s much less expensive and the quality is every bit as good at film. Sometimes even better!Okay I did it again, I’ll stop now... sorry. Take care all.

Thank you thank you thank you!!! I'm a fast learner, so I'll figure it all out in time. So far I've gotten several Pages done (about 7). So I'm doing fine, I just want my portfolio to look better. Thanks again for your help, if you have any more sugestions let me know.

I want my page to look something like this http://www.cindybracken.com/ Not like THIS I don't want the thumb nails to show and I want it to play automatially. Does anyone know how to do this or at least point me in the right direction? I don't know html code very well so please talk to me like I'm a newbie. Thanks

Do you use a mouse for your art? If not what kind of equipment do you use?Your art is very good. 20 years ago, I never would have thought people would be drawing on their computer, now your kinda a old timmer if you don't. Great job.

Do you use your camera a lot? Do you prefer Digital to Film? What camera do you own? I shoot with the Olympus E500, (digital) I have several lenses and I love it. Before that I had a Nikon F3 (film) I love the pictures I get from both of them, and I find that I have no need for programs like photoshop. I just send my image files to my printer (mpix.com) and they print them for me and send them a few days later I have beautiful photographs that look every bit as good as my 35mm prints. Everyone has a preference and that's great. I would like to encourage you to do a little research about digital photography, I think you might find that it isn't all fake.

Perhaps there is a misunderstanding, Not every person with a digital camera automatically buys Photoshop or some other editing software. I for one do not own the program. The above pictures are as they came from my camera.The same technique can be used with a film camera as well. I have been a photographer for 18 years and I used this natural light technique so many times I can't even begin to count. I love the way natural light looks on people and I hope who ever is out there saying that you have to edit your digital pictures, will stop because they are simply mistaken.Now, I?m not saying that editing your pictures is wrong, because it?s not. And to those people who think film is superior, when you have your film developed, they adjust (i.e. edit) the exposure, saturation, sharpness, color. Just like someone who uses editing software for digital pictures. The only difference is, the digital pictures are easier to manipulate and take to an entirely different artistic level. Wow, I didn?t know that hit a nerve with me, Sorry if I?m preachy. I?ll get off my soap box now.I hope I cleared that up a little.Good luck and happy picture taking.P.S. For those of you who want to use this for adults as well, go for it, I think you will be very happy with what you get, and thank you all very much for the compliments, This was my very first Tutorial. I'm thrilled with all the positive responses. Thanks again.

How to take Pro-Quality Pictures of your baby If you have a new baby and your like I was with my daughter, your taking snapshots every time the baby has a new expression on its cute little face. If you would like to learn how to improve your pictures and get the kind of pictures your friends and family will ooooh and ahhhh over you've come to the right place. Here's what you need to get started. A camera, film or digital is fine A large sunny window. North facing is best A solid colored blanket A boppie type pillow A baby or child. For the sake of this tutorial I'll be using one of my daughters baby dolls. If your baby is now grown and you still want some nice pictures of your child, you can still use this technique, and you will have great results (just keep taking pictures until you get what you like) Step One: Simple is better. When dressing baby for her photo shoot you need to keep it simple, avoid clothes with patterns. Solid soft colors look best in pictures, a Diaper only picture is my favorite way to take pictures, just skin looks timeless and beautiful. For today's lesson, we are going to use the clothes on the right because as you can see the clothes on the left, while cute are distracting. Step two: A nice big window with lots of indirect light coming in. A sliding glass door works well or a large window in your living room, maybe your bedroom is better. If you can try and use a north facing window, the light will be softer and you will have better results. But use what you have. I happen to have a north facing window so here is my floor with a nice big patch o'sunshine. Step Three: Turn your flash off. If your flash will not turn off cover it with a white piece of paper and tape. Your goal is soft natural light. Set your camera to Portrait Mode (wide aperture, fast shutter speed). Step Four: Lay your Solid Colored Blanket on the floor in the nice sunny patch, avoid busy patterns on the blanket, this will only distract your attention away from the baby. Below I flipped my normally beautiful quilt over so that the solid white would look better and less busy. Step Five: Lay baby on the blanket so that baby's body is parallel to the sunshine and one side of the body has soft shadows. On the left I placed baby with her feet pointing to the sun, this gives creepy shadows and really does not make baby look nice, On the right, I placed baby with her left side to the sun, this gives much nicer shadows and don't you think it just look 100% better? Step Six: The single best tip I can give you. Get close to your baby, 3 feet or closer, get low too, try to be eye level with baby, Try faming the entire face in your camera. Try to avoid the picture on the left, Instead get close like the picture on the right. Step Seven: Try different poses, a hand by the face is sweet, tummy, on back holding feet (always cute) Nestled in a boppie (cover with the solid blanket first) Step Eight: Take lots and lots of pictures, the more you take the more "keepers" you will have for your baby book. Step Nine: Send your pictures to a great lab for prints your grandkids will love, I use MPix. and PhotoWorks does a great job as well. Unless you have a top of the line printer I don't recommend that you do the printing yourself. Remember you want people to ooooh and aaaaah over your pictures so spend the .19$ and get top grade photographs. Well that's the end folks, If you have any questions please feel free to ask. I'll be happy to help in anyway I can. If any of you decide to try this out, Please post a picture here for us to see how well you did. Thanks for reading my post!!

Hi, I was a pro-manicurist for many years and I want to say, you did a great at home tutorial! If I may, I'd like to suggest that people use a base coat before they begin the polish, as it will prevent the nail bed from turning that horrible yellow color, help the polish to stick better to the nail and smooth out the nail giving the finished polished nail a beautifully smooth finish. I hope this is helpful.