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[kaoden39]

*inserttoothygrinhere*

Well, I think 6 pages is enough damage for one day. Well done! My wrist says so too, so we're off to bed!!

Sleep tight everyone.

Goodnight!!!

 

[DisneyStitch626]

Wow, 6 pages yesterday. Crazy!

 

[kaoden39]

Wow, 6 pages yesterday. Crazy!

I know. It is entirely possible to make it to 250 pages by July.

 

[Belle Ella]

Heck yeah it is. Because we are full of awesome!

 

[DisneyStitch626]

Ok, so I know you kind of explained this to me once before, but I am too lazy to go back and find that page. I have a couple questions about character meals again.

I want to do both PCH breakfast and Goofy's Kitchen. I think I have decided I want to do breakfast for GK too, cause I found the menu, and I like the sound of breakfast better. And it's a tad cheaper. But of course if I go there, I will want pictures. Do you have to get a picture package if you want to take pics with your own camera? I just want to estimate roughly how much each of these character meals will cost, so I can do a daily budget and know how much I need to save! I want to see lots of characters, but not sure if the cost will be worth it? And do you have to pay per person for the picture packages too, or is that a group cost. I don't want to pay $35 each for 2 of us to get pictures. I am so confused! lol

 

[Belle Ella]

Nope, no need to pay extra for that. You are free to use your own camera to your hearts content.

 

[DisneyStitch626]

Ok, that is kind of a relief! So you just have to pay the $27 or whatever it costs PP and thats it, unless you want pictures that you can add to the photopass, then you have to pay for a picture package. Do I have that right?

 

[wvnative]

That sounds about right to me. We used our own camera for all of the character shots except Pluto. The kid opted to buy that one. There was a 5x7 and 4 smaller ones. I think it was about $33.

I don't think I'll be so opposed to trying the other ones when it's just her and I. At least then we kind of get our money's worth since we both actually eat. lol

I'd love to stay and play Jazz and help you rack up pages, but I do have actual work to get done today plus some homework I'd like to get started on.

 

[DisneyStitch626]

Ok, that sounds better. I think if I were to pay for a picture package, it would probably be Stitch at PCH, if they do it there too. And if for some awful chance he isn't there, then hopefully Mickey, as he is a lifetime favourite!

 

[Belle Ella]

Ok, that is kind of a relief! So you just have to pay the $27 or whatever it costs PP and thats it, unless you want pictures that you can add to the photopass, then you have to pay for a picture package. Do I have that right?

You can choose to just pay for the meal, however much it ends up being based on where you go and what meal it is. Remember that when they do the character photo or package photo before you get seated that you can ask them to take it with your photo as well without paying for it. But if you would like to add it to your PhotoPass account you'll have to purchase the package. Like Denise mentioned, I think it was about $30 something. I would have to find my receipt.

I tried to take a photo of the folders the picture packages come in. It's really cute! But I can't find my card reader to upload my photos right now. Boo!

I'd love to stay and play Jazz and help you rack up pages, but I do have actual work to get done today plus some homework I'd like to get started on.

Do your homework, lady!!

It's actually a reminder that I need to get mine done as well. Before I totally forget.

 

[DisneyStitch626]

Ok, I think it's all starting to make more sense to me now! Thanks!

I think right now I am more excited about all the pictures I want to take, than anything else. When we went on my family trip back in 1996, my Dad gave us each a disposable camera to take pictures with. It sucked only having a limit of 24, and not knowing how they were going to look until you got them developed, only to find that you really suck at taking pictures! My brothers were only 12 and 13, so you can imagine what their pictures looked like!

 

[Belle Ella]

Ah, and that right there is the reason why I absolutely love digital photography! There is almost no limit to what you can photograph! The trouble then is not underestimating how many photos you'll take which is why I:

1. I bring as many memory cards as I can. I think I took close to 8 or 10 MB worth of memory cards with me in September. I can easily fill those up in one day and still need room for more. Luckily, it turned out to be more enough for that trip. I prefer to have more room then necessary, rather than the alternative. Unless you shoot in RAW which is a huge file size and takes up more space (hence why I need so much room) I doubt anyone would really need that much. But memory cards are so much cheaper nowadays.

2. I bring my laptop with me! That allows me to download the photos that I take every night so I get to start with a clean state every morning!

 

[DisneyStitch626]

We have 2 8 GB memory cards, and 2 cameras. One DSLR and one P&S. We have 2 batteries for the P&S, and my BF is an I.T., so guaranteed we will have a laptop with us. He can't be without a computer for over a week! So for that, I think we are all set. We might try to do some pictures in RAW. But not sure how much difference it makes.

 

[Belle Ella]

We have 2 8 GB memory cards, and 2 cameras. One DSLR and one P&S. We have 2 batteries for the P&S, and my BF is an I.T., so guaranteed we will have a laptop with us. He can't be without a computer for over a week! So for that, I think we are all set. We might try to do some pictures in RAW. But not sure how much difference it makes.

For me, the reason that I ended up shooting my entire vacation in RAW was because I planned on using some shots for my photography assignment and couldn't use JPEG. It's too compact a file size and for what I was planning to do with them it would loose a lot of information and detail. Unless you plan of doing a lot of manipulation with them in Photoshop, JPEG is usually perfectly fine. I'll probably be switching back to it for the majority of my next vacation. We'll see.

 

[Belle Ella]

I actually did my homework!!

 

[kaoden39]

I actually did my homework!!

Yay that is great!!

 

[DisneyStitch626]

Yeah, I am not sure how much playing I will do with them in PS, but no harm in taking some in RAW if you have the room for it, right?

Good job on the homework front!

 

[Belle Ella]

That's a great way to look at it! I guess so long as I have the room I will probably always shoot RAW. It's just hard for me when I get to writing my TR because then I have so many photos to edit!

And thankies! I am so excited that I didn't procrastinate with it until an hour before it was due. I would have been screwed at that point because it took a while! The class only started Tuesday and I couldn't get the book until last night. But yay! Short term classes kinf of scare me, I have to be honest.

 

[DisneyStitch626]

Short term classes are pretty scary. So much to learn in so little time! Our high school ran on the quarter system when we were going there, and we had 2 classes every term that lasted for about 10 weeks. One class in the morning, one class in the afternoon. While it was nice only having 2 classes to worry about at a time, there was also a lot of information that had to be processed in one day!

 

[kaoden39]

I hate to be ignorant but what is RAW?