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about me
Welcome to my blog, my name is Lindsey aka modchik. A former Operations Manager with a strong desire to CREATE. In 2009 I decided my 9-5 job wasn't working for me (or my two kids). I traded my calculator for a camera and began building a blog. By the end of 2010 modchik-photography happened. I have a penchant for good recipes, strong coffee, iPhoneography, mid-century modernism, fashion trends, astrology and Pinterest. I get to talk about all of that here. I promise you'll never be bored.
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Sending a Lovestagram to @foofighters
Too late to mail out your Valentine’s Day cards? Lovestagram has got you covered thanks to a very determined (and well connected) lady, Kaitlyn Trigger. Kaitlyn happens to be Instagram founder Mike Krieger’s girlfriend. She gave herself a deadline of February 14th to launch her own Instagram API program that converts shared instagrams into an e-valentine.I am amazed that someone who has never taken a computer class in her life took it upon herself to teach herself how to write … Continue reading
February Photo A Day Challenge
Its month two for those of you doing a 365 (or 366 in this leap year) we are just hitting a nice little stride. I have to credit my self imposed rule of only using my iPhone it really has made keeping up with the dailies pretty easy. This month I am going to participate in Fatmumslim’s Photo A Day Challenge. Its simple here is a list of the daily prompts. Play along its easy, read the days prompt so for instance today 1. … Continue reading
Starting a 365 Project | Become a Better Photographer
As soon as I took the inaugural 1 of 365 photo I was instructed that I had it wrong, it’s actually a 366 project this year due to the Leap Year. I’ll just take that as a sign of the surprises to come in 2012. Last year I started a 365. I took a photo a day but after the 60th upload I got my iPhone and fell deep into that app rabbit hole. This year I intend to complete 365+1 with or … Continue reading
InstaFriday | Instagram A Year in Review
I have spent half the morning web surfing and general procrastinating. How do you wrap up an entire year? I can’t even begin to think of going through my catalog of photos and plucking out a few favorite. They are all my favorites. Same thing goes for my iphone photos. I entered one in a few mobile photography contests, I call this raindrops and palm trees sung to the tune of My Favorite Things. The addition of the iPhone and Instagram were probably THE … Continue reading
Olympus Pen Ready Project
I love the idea of ditching my big camera for something small and compact. Something that fits in the palm of your hand with removable lenses. I saw a couple new Olympus PEN cameras floating around camp a few months ago, they looked like a great little cameras and I overheard they shoot HD video as well.ities. Olympus put 1000 cameras into the hands of 1000 people for the Pen Ready Project including the hands of shutter sisters, Kristin-mainemomma and Tammy Lee-Bradley. I … Continue reading
12 Days of Giveaway | Paper Coterie Memory Box
When I traveled to Northern California this past October to Camp Shutter Sister I was given a very special journal to remember my days at camp. I was also given a large Memory Box both from Paper Coterie. I used the box to store my trinkets and Polaroids I collected during that weekend. Nothing made me feel more special than having those things made just for me. Paper Coterie’s Memory Box is 9.75 x 13 x2. You can upload your photo and complete customize … Continue reading
12 Days of Giveaway | iPhone Lens Pack from OlloClip
Do you want to take your iPhone photos to another level? Love capturing the fine details in macro mode? Maybe you are like me and you love new gadgets when it comes to photography.  My favorite new gadget came at the recommendation of one my favorite instagramers Dirk Dallas aka @Dirka. iPhone image @dirka I asked Dirk for a recommendation on a clip on lens and he pointed me in the direction of the OlloClip. I ordered it as soon as I … Continue reading
12 Days of Giveaway | Photo Canvas from CanvasPop
A few weeks ago Kristen aka MaineMomma shared a link about a canvas giveaway from Canvas Pop for Instagram peeps and I entered and BAM! the next thing I know I get a message that one of my photos was selected. Ordering was EASY peasy! All you do is choose your layout, border wrap color  Sign in from canvaspop to Instagram … and select the photo you want to print and checkout. I would love to do an entire mini gallery. … Continue reading
12 Days of Giveaway | Custom Pet Portrait by Rachael Rossman
You know about my favorite pet portrait artist Rachael Rossman yes? I first spotted her work a few years ago on the Pioneer Woman, she painted Ree’s beloved basset Charlie. Then there was the cat photography assignment Weebee was featured in Group 2, the winner received a watercolor painting from Rachael and I was hooked. I ordered my painting the next day. This year Rachael launched a successful kickstarter campaign for her first calendar project. Guess who is Ms. June? Total surprise when we found … Continue reading
12 Days of Giveaways | Day 7 :: Keepsy Photo Album
Today’s giveaway has to do with one of my FAVORITE things I discovered this year, the iPhone. Along with the iPhone came the Instagram app, after that I was no longer seen or heard from for six months. Then one day a box appeared on my doorstep from Keepsy. It was a photo album with my instagram photos printed inside. It was extremely thoughtful of Blake and his crew at Keepsy. The website lets you print full color books just by … Continue reading
Reverb 11 | Day 4 :: 30 Days of Gratitude
What projects did you finish in 2011? This post is a few hours late because I had to finish a project (heh heh) this is one of the only projects I think I have completed as in star to finish this year. It took me a few hours to organize and finish all the formatting but here it is my 30 Day Gratitude Project. Like Reverb 11 there are many variations of the Gratitude Project, I took part in one … Continue reading
InstaFriday | Post Holiday
You didn’t think I was going to let Friday go by without a little Instagram recap did you? It was actually a slow week I have been busy recovering from a week off with the kids, driving out to the desert last weekend (didn’t mind those 80 degree days) and cleaning up AFTER the AFTER Thanksgiving dinner. Yes you read that right, I make a Thanksgiving dinner for the four of us the week after the actual holiday. This way we have … Continue reading
InstaFriday | Why I Finally Updated Instagram
This week I did something I said I would never do. I updated to the latest version Instagram. I know I know … I’m already suffering the consequences of crashing apps and harsh tilt shift BUT… I have the old version on my old iPod so I can always email myself a photo to apply one of the original filters to. Extra steps? Yes but I think some filters (Toaster, Apollo, Walden, Gotham, 1977… heck all of them) are worth … Continue reading
InstaFriday | How to Rollback Instagram
September 29th, 2011 is the day I updated to Instagram ver 2.0 and I have been unhappy ever since. I have begged the founders @mikey and @kevin to PLEASE #bringoldfiltersback and yet nothing changed. I can’t imagine they would want to scrap the entire app and start again new but with that update it sure felt like it. I was excited for the new apps but HORRIBLY distraught to see they had changed Earlybird and Toaster, people were referring to … Continue reading
Swimming Lessons in November
It’s Day 2 and still finding it easy to feel the gratitude. Until I developed a blind spot in my right eye which means only one thing. Migraine pending. As I sit here in the dark I close my eyes and take myself back to hearing laughter and splashes on this warm November Day.
