Design Crafters

This past week I “accidentally” took this years pictures for our photo Christmas cards. I know, you’re probably wondering how I could “accidentally” do something like that. Well let me explain…

It all started when I discovered the Australia Zoo was having a video competition in celebration of Bindi’s upcoming 10th birthday. The best video, picked from a combination of the highest rated and most voted for, wins a trip to the Australia Zoo. Of course the temptation was too great for me. So we packed up the car and took off for some filming.

My son dressed up as Indiana Jones (his idea) and looked so cute (not that I’m biased). As I was editing the film, I discovered that I could get still shots of the film. (Windows Movie Maker was the program I was using). Then as I played around, I realized there were some great pictures I could put in an album. But it wasn’t until I actually sat down to write a blog on photo Christmas cards, that I dawned on me to use some of those pictures for my photo greeting cards.

So there’s an idea for you. Go through your film footage and look for that perfect picture. Hint: The higher the resolution of your digital camera, the better the still picture will turn out.

In the mean time, if you need a good chuckle, take a look at the video.

http://freetrip.australiazoo.com.au/?p=watch&v=23778-1208535826