This image was taken several years ago while visiting SLC.  I’ve been reviewing my files and re-organizing them this weekend and came across a series I took with my Fuji camera of the famous Beehive Door Knobs on the Salt Lake City LDS Temple.  The Temple was opened and dedicated in 1893, so these knobs are well over 100 years old and described as being made of solid brass. I thought you might enjoy seeing the details.   These brass knobs have been reproduced as paper weights as well as the entire doorknob and plate replicas are available and are sold in some of the stores in the area.  I am also thinking people who were married here might like note cards with this image on them.  What do you think?  I am going to have this  printed on metallic paper.  Please note the reminder not copy images on our website as they are copyrighted and belong to us.  You may contact us if you are interested in ordering one at info@geitgey.com.

To the right you can see how large the doors are by the way they dwarf the door locks and knobs. I read the doors are 12 feet tall and 4 feet across.  The medallions are detailed as well quite beautiful. I plan to post more images I took in the galleries soon. The door are actually made ofwood, but here they appear to almost be made of a metal.

We have dear friends who are moving to Hawaii next Monday, courtesy of the U. S. Army.

This group shot of six siblings  is my unplanned favorite of the evening.

We were lining up together for a “feet in the sand” picture when I grabbed the group shot.

Needless to getting six kids into “formation” and together doing the same thing at one time

is a challenge…especially the littlest ones. The youngest turned 2 years old a few days ago.

You can see their independent personalities in the images of them all together.

We made sure they got plenty of Georgia sand between their toes so they would “have to return to Georgia” in the future.

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We  visited together at the school playground near their home and took individual pictures and many candids of

their six kids. This is just a small sampling of the zillion shots I took. I’ve been tinkering with them to create

some interesting effects including this “Vintage” look on some of them.  They sure look like they were at the

beach and not inland 200 miles!

two kids in the sand. They were so content just playing in the

sand that they were not interested in looking at that silly lady with a camera! It can be so addictive to work on

images and explore all their possibilities.Comments are encouraged! There is a link at the bottom of the posts.

The kids (and me, too) will read them and appreciate them.

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The youngest girl fell down just as we started and scraped up her knees badly ,

so she’ll get an individual time later this week. You can see her agony here…I didn’t to leave her out of the sneak previews.

We’ll have to hurry and get some of her individually. She’s featured above in the “Vintage” look image.

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Digital Designer and Scrapbook artist Jen Stran has a blog devoted to respecting copyrights and preventing digital piracy. In one post on her blog, http://jenjen.typepad.com/stoppiracy, digital piracy is clearly explained by another scrapbook designer. Click here to read this interesting and informative post.

In today’s digital world it is easy to make copies. Just because someone has the equipment or know how to make a copy of a design, photograph, software, song, movie, etc., does not mean that it is legal or the honest thing to do.

I thought it would be interesting to share some of the current issues in the art community involving abuses of copyrights and digital piracy. Using someone else’s images to make new prints or copies or redistribution of items or images for free or for profit is like taking the leather from a shoemaker’s shop without paying for it or getting permission to have it (in other words theft.) Regardless the product made from the leather, it is still theft to take the leather. The same applies to making copies of images by scanning them or right clicking them or making screen captures of the Internet.

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