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George got involved with car painting early, which he won a prize in the custom car class, Sports Mild Custom. Being a perfectionist, this man became very good in every avenue of his job. Details, names of the paints he used and the procedure and effects as well as his mistakes, are given. One feels like they are in the shop with George! Read The Auto-body Repair Man by George Phillips  - Link - Home

A new chapter begins for Kelly Keating and Alexandria Murphree as they open The Plot Twist, a charming fusion of bookstores and boutiques co-owned by the mother-daughter duo. The Plot Twist, located at 4400 N. Big Spring St. Suite C-28, hosted its grand opening Friday. It’s a dream come true for Murphree to open a bookstore, while Keating has always wanted to open a boutique. The duo decided to unite their visions, which culminated in a bookstore with a twist.

Lofty Pigeon Books in Brooklyn welcomed Akeem S. Roberts for his launch event on July 15, celebrating his author-illustrator debut Class Pet Ghost Detective #1: What Happened to the Naked Mole Rat? (Kokila). The series starter follows third grader Carter, who hopes to clear his name when everyone accuses him of killing their classroom pet, Mr. Pebbles. Roberts was in conversation with New Yorker cartoonist Ellis Rosen.

It’ status is of a place of art. So beautiful. The Taj Mahal was built in the 17th century, and that the 22 pillars, eleven on side, are symbolic of the 22 years  it took more than 22,000 workers from all over Asia to build the amazing structure. One highlight of India is dining eating vegetarian food.  A beautiful garden is found in Old Delhi, filled green grass and flowers surrounding a burial site.  This is the resting place of Raj Ghat – Mahatma - Gandhi.  One can visit a Sikh temple.  India has many wonders. See Link -

Grandpa had his garden,

When you are photographing food, you need to make those watching your images eager to taste and enjoy it with all their hearts.

In Brighton England – an English seaside town UK

Marie-Antoinette’s Painter – eighteenth century France

Winston Churchill – 1941 – portrait – the famous portrait

No matter how stiff you try to be while taking a photograph, it can still turn-out blurry. You don’t have a tripod. Try leaning against a post, to steady yourself, or propping yourself against a wall. An ISO setting could help. By setting the ISO higher, the camera is able to use faster shutter speeds or higher apertures. This allows you more creative freedom and more ability to keep shooting in challenging lighting conditions; taking care of blur. It is tricky because if higher, one can get – noise. Noise is represented by strangely coloured pixels throughout your photograph. This looks like blur to me. Always check the white balance setting when lighting conditions change. If you forget and leave on a Tungsten indoor lightening, you’ll be wondering why all your photos from the baseball game have a that strange hue to them. Don’t forget to change your settings back to what you usually have them set for, and set the megapixels, if needed! The digital camera is not smart enough to recognize when the light is changed.

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