Dave, Love the Ducklings in #7!! Where did you/DW take that 1?
My wife took that one. She went for a walk while my daughter was napping. I sat on the porch and awaited her return. I forgot to ask her where the mommy duck was. It's such a sweet picture.
You know, here's the secret to shooting pictures like this...slow down, take your time to enjoy the resort around you, snap shots of every little thing. Don't worry about the image and how it looks until you get home and see them on your computer. That's when you'll find that you've truly captured the essence of the resort. At least, that's how we approached it. We didn't let our 3 year old daughter and her friend force us to pass up a shot we thought might be worth taking. We stopped got the shot and moved on. Also, while the DW & DD were in the pool I would wander around and click shots of whatever. For instance, on image #8, the green SSR logo in the top left corner is actually from the triangle sign standing by the main pool as you head to the rest rooms, near the bar. Just a simple sign with rules on it but I liked the logo and zoomed in on that. Simple little things like that add up. You know? Anyways, this has been so much fun for me to create. I'm kinda sad that I'm done. I have countless pictures of the family but those you can't really do something like this with. Anyways, I'm already looking forward to our next visit at whichever
DVC resort it may be and going out and trying to recreate these collages again. Maybe not at SSR since it's been done. Maybe OKW or BCV next?
BTW...if anyone would like a print of one of these images I'd be delighted to order you one at cost. I use Mpix and you can see on their website that they charge $2 for an 8x10 print and then $5.95 for shipping. So, if you're interested in having a nice print of one or two or even three of these I'll be happy to order it for you and ship it directly to your door. It'll cost you about $7 or $8 for the first one, thanks to the shipping, and then another $2 for each additional one. I'll be uploading them tonight so I can order myself some copies. The images will already be uploaded so let me know. Just email me (dave@dldigitalimages.com) and we can work out the details on payment, address, etc.
Take care!
Dave