Big fat Disney picture slideshow!

[tiki23]

Thank you! Your pictures have made me so excited for our trip!!

 

[BALAMAV]

Where did you get the My first ear hat. I have a friend who just had a baby and they would love it. Also if you don't mind how much was it and what store in what park. My other friends are leaving tomorrow and I would love for them to pick me up one.
Thanks Brenda

 

[wenpop]

Wonderful pictures!@! What a beautiful family!!!!!
Thanks for Sharing!!!

 

[ClaraBug]

Amanda,

I have to agree with everyone else...You have a beautiful family. I love the picture with DS feeding the baby. IS that dad sleeping on the bench with his shoes off?? If so, that is hilarious!!

Would love to see more!!

 

[GoodFairies]

Awesome pictures. Thanks for sharing them.

 

[TheDisneyBunch]

Amanda,

I have to agree with everyone else...You have a beautiful family. I love the picture with DS feeding the baby. IS that dad sleeping on the bench with his shoes off?? If so, that is hilarious!!

Would love to see more!!

LOL! Yes it sure was! It was so quiet and peaceful back there he just laid right down while I (with ds help) fed the baby. It was quite funny!

 

[TheDisneyBunch]

Wow! Thanks for sharing your beautiful pics - DGrD(3) and I LOVED looking at them - your boys are precious !
What dates were you there? - and which night did you do MNSSHP? I'm looking at dates for next fall and it looks like you had very low crowd levels on your trip

Oh don't let the pics fool ya. The crowds were actually kinda crazy!! Last year we went the first week of Sept and the crowds were low and just awesome. This year there were times you could not MOVE! I was scared somebody was going to fall on my baby in the stroller trying to get through. We were there Sept 30- Oct 8. We did MNSSHP on the 5th. It was crowded but still managable as far as candy lines, rides waits and such. It was the days after that were mobbed!!

 

[TheDisneyBunch]

I enjoyed yoru photos - they are lovely.
Dumb question - how did you upload your photos? What site is this? Did you pay to upload your photos? I plan to do this with my upcoming trip photos so family can view slideshow. Is this a fairly user friendly site to upload photos? Also, did you save your slide show to a DVD? Thanks!

You can download Picasa free from Google. It is very very easy to use. You can upload your pics right to the online album from there and it doe snot take long at all. I did not save the slideshow to a dvd. I will be making a time conduming photo movie with music for a dvd before long..when I feel like sitting here messing with it all day...lol You should def try Picasa though, it prganizes great, you can edit some if need be and upload all free.

 

[TheDisneyBunch]

Your pictures are great!! I have to ask, where did you get the Donald Duck t-shirt? I would love to get one for my son.

The Disney Store had them. We bought it a couple months before our trip. Not sure if they would still carry them now or not though but you could sure check by and see. They had other characters too.

 

[TheDisneyBunch]

Great pics. Your kids are beautiful. The character pics were the best! Where were you when you took the beach pics?

We were at the Grand Floridaian for those shots. It was so nice!

 

[TheDisneyBunch]

Gorgeous family and I absolutely loved your pictures!! You have a great eye...loved the HM picture at night!!

Would you mind giving me some of your "manual setting" pointers? Like, what did you use for the fireworks and for the night shots?

I am just learning so I don't know much. It is hard trying to teach yourself..lol The main thing I did was switch my camera to the first manual mode so that I could change my ISO and control when I wanted my flash to go off. Night shots need NO flash when you are trying to pick up bright lit colors. It will take away all the real coloring in the pic. Change the ISO up to 800-1600. I have a little of both depending on the lighting.. If you are propping the camera or have a tripod though you can keep your settings much lower. 1600 takes the pic the fastest so that you don't risk camera shake and blurry pics but your pics may come out a little more noisy with that setting..though not bad. 100 takes the prettiest pics as far as the least noise but I only use that setting for bright day lit pics as it takes pics the slowest and you will end up with blurred ones at night.

Give that a try with just some random night pics and see what ya think. If you can ever find anywhere to prop your camera and lower the iso that is always good too.

Oh and for my night time parade pics I did use my flash in those for the most psrt b/c there was not enough light and since they were moving they would have all come out blurred without it even with my iso set way up.

Ok, hope that did not sound confusing. I am not sure of all the lingo and such b/c like I said I have just been playing with it and trying to teach myself.

 

[TheDisneyBunch]

ok those are the best pics ever! i just loved them all. i especially love the one with your little boy putting his nose to mickey's nose! priceless!
thanks for sharing them with us.
i have the same camera, but my pics don't come out as good as yours. are you self taught? or did you buy a book? and are you using the lens it came with or a different one?
sorry i just have a ton of questions!!!!

thanks

yeap, I am self taught..lol However I do want to take some classes in the near future. I adore photography.

 

[TheDisneyBunch]

Loved your pictures! I especially liked the one of your son wrestling on the ground with Pluto. So cute!
I've got a Digital Rebel, too. LOVE IT! It does get a bit heavy hanging from my neck all day, but I wouldn't trade it for anything! What lens do you use most?

Right now I am just using the one it came with.. the 18-55mm one. I would love to buy mor ein the future. I had the 75-300 for a while and loved it but I returned it to upgrade from the rebel to the rebel xt..lol Now I want to get it again.

 

[Nicoal13]

Wonderful pics!

Hey, where did you get that burgandy pirate shirt you're wearing?

 

[daisy_77]

I love your pictures!! The shots of the castle are awesome!

I am getting my DH a Canon Rebel for Christmas this year. He loves to take pictures and it is nice to see how great the pics turn out!

Your two sons are ADORABLE!! I appreciate you sharing your memories with us!

 

[TheDisneyBunch]

Wonderful pics!

Hey, where did you get that burgandy pirate shirt you're wearing?

Actually Wal-Mart had them. I was so shocked to find them there of all places. They had ones identical to them at Disney as well though.

 

[TheDisneyBunch]

Where did you get the My first ear hat. I have a friend who just had a baby and they would love it. Also if you don't mind how much was it and what store in what park. My other friends are leaving tomorrow and I would love for them to pick me up one.
Thanks Brenda

You can find those ears in almost any store on Mainstreet and also in DTD at the World Of Disney store. They are $9.50.

 

[AllNamesTaken]

Great pictures! I'm wondering what you thought of POR. Were you happy with your room? What building were you in? How was the bus service? We're staying there in 4 weeks. Would love any resort info you've got to share. Thanks!

 

[perdidobay]

Wonderful photos...best trip photos I've seen all year.I feel like I was there with you!
And I agree with everyone else..you have a great looking family

 

[serendipity]

I hope I am posting this in the right spot.. It is not exactly a trip report but if it belongs there feel free to move it. I loved looking at lots of pics befpre I left so thought others who were getting ready to leave might enjoy these..

We just got back from 9 days and had a blast. I took about 1250 pics and have about 300 pf them loaded in this slideshow so if you really want to see a ton of disney pics have a look...

http://picasaweb.google.com/thislilmomma/Disney063/photo#s4984367281642930194

What beautiful pictures!!!