Flowers/Outdoor Objects
Photos of flowers, outdoor scenes, and objects from around the house (outdoors).

Food/Cooking
Food, food preparation, and kitchen objects.

Fix-it
Tools, home repair and home improvement objects and scenes.

Home & Office Objects [only 4 photos currently]
Objects from around the house and home office.

Textures/Patterns
Extreme close-ups of a variety of surfaces.

Birds [only 3 photos currently]
Photos of wild birds from my yard.

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From my camera lens to you. Images photographed with a Nikon CoolPix 800 digital camera. Unless otherwise noted no photos have been re-touched or modified other than size reduction, or some cropping. These were (obviously in most cases) not taken by a professional photographer so quality varies.

Accessing the Photos
The thumbnail images represent only the center of the image at full size. Click each image on this page to go to that category then click each thumbnail to see the full 640x480 JPG composition. To save an image to your harddrive, right-click (PC) or click/hold (Mac) on the image you want then choose Save.

Credits/Terms of Usage
These images are Copyright 2000 Jacci Howard Bear. They are free for your use but they are not public domain. Do not redistribute or sell. When used provide a photo credit line as follows: Image courtesy of Jacci Howard Bear http://desktoppub.about.com/

What Can You Do With These Photos?
Use them "as-is" or make them more suitable for your needs by cropping, rotating, recoloring, applying filters, or adding text. Here are some resources to help you do just that!

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Prep Your Photos for the Web

Remove the Background from a Picture

Using Grayscale Masks When Editing Photos