Pictures that didn't quite turn out :(

New Program - PhotoScape

Apparently I am almost the last person on Earth to know about this program... But I've recently discovered PhotoScape, and I think I'm in love! It has a lot of extras that my other program doesn't have. I still need PSP7 for some things, but I am having so much fun editing with all these new goodies. The picture above is an actual picture that I took out in my backyard. I used PhotoScape to add additional sparkles, the border and the text.

I could have done most of these things on PSP7 as well, but PhotoScape also has the effects to make photos look antiqued, and also to make photoboxes!! I'm gonna get a lot of use out of this!

Holy snow!!

Well... At least I can see the mailbox. That's gotta count for something, right?

Breathtaking Sunset

Collage

Happy Halloween!!

Little Amanda joined us for Trick or treating
Jackson, the adorable dalmation puppy!

October 18, 2010

I wanted to get some pretty fall pictures before Bug finally outgrows her dress. Sorry about marking them, I had to do it so I could put them on my Photography page. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Salt-Lake-City-UT/Amanda-Miller-Photography/112074432187485

I've been thrown to the wolves! :o)

As I was saying the other day, two of the Twilight actor fansites (TheMerazEffect, & xoxoTKO) picked up my pics and threw them out to the public. *With my permission of course*

I got on Twitter today, and saw that I had several follow requests. I normally don't get many at all. Maybe 1 or 2 every couple months. Since I was just on there two days ago, this was something out of the norm. I noticed one was from another fan site. I accepted them, and then dealed with the rest. After I added them, I went to their twitter account and saw a post about myself!

Black_Pack
Some great new shots from @twi_tour SLC thanks to Amanda Miller Photography @arose801 http://bit.ly/9XNLBe
(thx @xoxotko & @themerazeffect)

I retweeted the post, and then went back to my account and looked to see if there were any more tweets that mentioned me, and sure enough:

FirstBeachNet
New @ChaskeSOnline- TwiTour Salt Lake City Photos: A big thank you to Amanda Miller (@arose801) for her photos of ... http://bit.ly/cWXi82

So now people not only know about my photography page on Facebook, but also my Twitter name. It's been a crazy day!

Awesome!

I follow an Alex Meraz fansite on Facebook, called The Meraz Effect. I recently showed the fansite creator the pics I took of the celebs at the Twilight convention. She immediately emailed me and asked if I'd allow her to post the pics, with full credit to me for taking the pics of course. I thought about it for a while and agreed. This is the email I got back:

Meraz Effect October 4 at 9:26pm
Thank you SO MUCH Amanda. These pictures are fantastic! I see a lot of twilight convention photos. These are definitely BY FAR the best I have seen. I will most definitely give you credit. Thank you for allowing us to put our tag on them as well.

I'm starting a new Tinsel site (xoxoTKO.com) and she follows us, so I'll definitely use your Tinsel photos too! :) And I know of some other fansites for the other actors. I'll make sure to get the photos out to the other fansites and make sure they credit your Photography facebook page. These truly are amazing! Good luck in your photography career. I think it is VERY promising! :)
Thank you...
@xoxoCrystalV

A little while later, this: http://themerazeffect.com/2010/10/05/extremely-nice-photos-of-alex-meraz-at-slc-twilight-tour/ was posted to facebook and twitter, and then this morning I saw this: http://www.xoxotko.com/2010/10/04/beautiful-new-photos-of-tinsel-korey-at-slt-twilight-tour/ also posted on facebook and twitter! How cool is that? The Meraz Effect is also following my photography page on facebook now too, and they are following me on Twitter under both the Alex Meraz and the Tinsel Korey accounts. It made my day!

*NOTE: If you go to the links, and click on the link to the gallery, you can see other pics submitted by other fansites, as well as Salt Lake Magazine.

Red Butte Garden - September 26, 2010

Monte Cristo and Bear Lake Sept. 2010

Oh that's not good...

Why didn't anyone tell me I was dead?!

So I may have done a little editing on this picture. Just a tiny bit though. The original picture actually said "Amanda B, Wife of J. C. Miller, Born June 21" So I just changed two initials and the birth date. Kinda creepy. :)

Twilight Cast Autographs

All the cards were signed by the actor/actress at the convention.

I also have a signed Peter Facinelli card, and a signed Ashley Greene card, but I've never met them. Sorry about the weird shaped pictures, it was caused by the angle I had to take the pictures from.

Daniel Cudmore

He drew me a little Vampire Smiley...

Isn't it cute?

Alex Meraz

Chaske Spencer
Booboo Stewart
He actually gave us 2 autographs.
He signed our autograph ticket too. :) Tinsel Korey

Julia Jones

Jodelle Ferland

She's awesome. She's been in

a few of my favorite movies.

Eclipse, Silent Hill,

Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital...

I bought this at the auction

Bronson Pelletier

I bought this at the auction

Christian Serratos

This was a free gift for us, for attending
the convention.