About
Who is Pumpkin Pie?
Hi, my name is Pumpkin Pie. Well, not really. I use Pumpkin Pie as an alias. I came up with the name after I read some of my first entries where I talk about missing pumpkin pie and being homesick.
You see…When I started this weblog I was living in France. I was missing my family back home and all those American homecooked dishes. What I missed most wasn’t apple pie. It was and is pumpkin pie.
So, voila! Je m’appelle Pumpkin Pie. But, please, just call me Pumpkin.
If you would like to contact me click here to go to my contact page.
A little background:
I was born in Florida but my parents moved back to Ohio soon after. I have lived in Florida, Ohio, Kentucky, Arizonia, South Carolina, Strasbourg (France) and Switzerland.
My French husband and I have lived together in both our native countries (the United States and France). We moved to Switzerland in June of 2007 with the intention of returning to France within a few years. That has since changed. We really enjoy our life in Switzerland and discovering Switzerland as expats together. We are staying.
I have four children, three girls and one boy. Angel (age 13) is my oldest and lives in the U.S. with her American father and his family. She understands and speaks very little French but when she is with us she picks it up much faster than I did. My husband and I have three other children which are bilingual (French and English) and binational (French and American), Sweet Bear (age 6), Petite Clown (age 5) and Boy Blue (age 4).
What camera do I use?
I have a Nikon D60 that I started using in December 2008.
Most of the photos taken before that time were from my Kodak EasyShare C330. I say most because I would use my backup camera when the batteries in the Kodak were dead. Photos taken in 2005-2006 were taken with my old Olympus D-395 which became my backup camera when I got the Kodak.
On this About page you will find at least two photos from each camera. You can place your curser over the photos to see which camera was used.
My next camera purchase will be a Lumix compact. Not really sure which one but I know that Lumix makes the best lens. I miss the creative angles I can achieve with a smaller camera as well as the ease of carrying it around.
What photography software do I use?
I use Picasa to adjust the color or crop my photos. I use Microsoft Office Picture Manager (that came with my computer) to crop photos for the banners on my blog.
Favorite photography quotes:
You don’t take a photograph, you make it. ~Ansel Adams
No photographer is as good as the simplest camera. ~Edward Steichen
Buying a Nikon doesn’t make you a photographer. It makes you a Nikon owner. ~Author Unknown
I think a photography class should be a requirement in all educational programs because it makes you see the world rather than just look at it. ~Author Unknown
A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into. ~Ansel Adams
The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box. ~Henri Cartier Bresson
There will be times when you will be in the field without a camera. And, you will see the most glorious sunset or the most beautiful scene that you have ever witnessed. Don’t be bitter because you can’t record it. Sit down, drink it in, and enjoy it for what it is! ~DeGriff
Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be. ~Duane Michals
My personal view on life is:
Life is like being in a canoe. Sometimes you just drift in the world and sometimes you have to use the paddle to fight the current. And sometimes….the canoe does turn over and you have to get back in and dry off or just sit there wet and soggy. No matter what you never stop moving. That is what I love about life.
Now, click your heals together while you say there is no place like home three times and then CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO THE FRONT PAGE. .
