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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.
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
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
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 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
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
InstaFRIDAY | with a PRESS PASS
I’m slacking I have missed TWO instaFRIDAYS … oh the horror. Life is OUTTA CONTROL. All I have to do is tell you this. Right after I photographed Duran Duran, I found out I got a photo pass for the FOO FIGHTERS and then 2 days after that I took off for 4 days to a camp for GROWN UPS who are obsessed with creating PHOTOS that TELL STORIES and CHANGE LIVES. Amazing. YES I AM STRUNG OUT. YES I … Continue reading
InstaFriday | duran duran instagrams
Last week was quite the week for me. Three shows in 5 days and one of them (the San Diego show) complete with press credentials slapped on my thigh. Heaven. I’m still catching up on laundry, bills, tax returns, emails and sleep. Life doesn’t seem back to normal yet but I guess that’s to be expected after spending that much time floating around in their pheromone saturated presence. Have a look see. Front man Simon LeBon, aka Charlie (or my favorite as … Continue reading
InstaFriday – The Big Changes With Instagram 2.0
There has been quite a shake up in the Instagram community this week with its latest app update, version 2.0 its like they scrapped the entire app and started all over again, even the user unterface has changed.  I’m not bitter or anything. Change is good right? I keep telling myself that as I throw my phone across the room. Just kidding. I just verbally abuse it. So what’s the positive? New features in version 2.0 – Photo resolution is 10 … Continue reading
InstaFriday | Drop it Like its Hot
Oh you Friday you snuck up on me AGAIN. I sound like a broken record. I feel like broken records spinning around and around and around…SOMEONE PLEASE PICK THE NEEDLE UP! I have a little extra for you this week – a little tip if you are an instagrammer. You can link your instagram account with the online backup service Dropbox and once linked your photo is instantly saved offsite the minute you share it on instagram. Best thing is … Continue reading
InstaFriday – Wash, Rinse, Repeat
Friday? again? oh dear. If you really want to feel like the days are getting shorter and time is speeding up may I suggest doing a weekly meme? Nothing grabs you by the back of the neck and forces you to acknowledge that yet another week has gone by and you (may or may not) have gotten little (or if you are like me nothing) completed on your todo list. That my friends is precisely where I’m at. Hamster spinning in the never ending wheel I call life. … Continue reading
InstaFriday – Couldn’t Come Soon Enough
Anyone else finding it hard to belive its SEPTEMBER? that in 23 days we will officially begin the 90 day countdown to Christmas? Yes I said it, Christmas people. Shudder. Well my instagram following has come to a bit of a stall and I don’t blame anyone I haven’t been my usual uploading freakazoid, too many other things to fill up my day, blog is ON FIRE I tell you, you saw all the giveaways lately, good stuff am I right?! … Continue reading
