Thursday, June 10, 2010

got a camera!!

yea!!  Yes!!  finally... a birthday gift to myself!  (and courtesy of Leslie, thank you Leslie! )  I am off the Sony Cyber Shot, and on to a real 'big girl' DSLR (Nikon) camera!!  My dream for a long time now! 

I have owned two Cannon Rebels 35mm, and I loved them... I have great pics of my kids from the 80's and 90's.  But... I guess the more kids there were to photograph, the less $ to keep up with the digital changes.  No complaints here... I am very thankful to have these little Sony point and shoots... but!!!  I wanted a serious camera!

 Do I know how to use it??  Seriously, 'NO'!  But I am spending every spare minute reading my books and trying new shots with adjustments that I can not even begin to grasp,... but I will.... I will 'get' this!  It may take me a while,and everyone my have to put up with my trial and error pictures,... but I am VERY thankful to have this camera and start to learn it.  I don't expect to be invited to any of the 'mamarazzi' web sites that I drool over, but I will have fun just trying to capture my world.  

Of course, the very first day it arrived, Jillian grabbed it and headed outside!  I love her shots though, and will post a bunch of them on here soon.  My sweet friend Ashley also made some 'set up' changes for me and for Lee (who also got a real cam), and we REALLY appreciate her making sure things were correct for us to begin shooting, as beginners.  I have plenty of  (victims) subjects here to chose from.  I 'have' noticed that Matt and Em seem to run away from me now... as soon as they hear me say "SMILE"... oh well... I'll catch them!  lol  
I love my camera!  So much to learn though!  so, so much!  
betsy

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