I got a new camera. OMG, did I forget to tell y’all that? I’ve had it a little while now, but I’m just now getting around to actually posting some pictures taken with it. The transition was a bit difficult because, as you have probably realized, I became quite a bit attached to my Nikon D40. But, when the D90 came out I became completely focused on it and I made it my goal to own it. My poor D40…once I got this fancier camera I forgot all about my precious D40…and that’s just bad because together we figured out that I really enjoy photography and I just might want to do it to earn some extra money, or at the very least to spend more money buying various attachments and accessories to make me look like I’m a professional and like I know what I’m doing. Either way, I’ve been having fun testing these new features out and trying to figure out what the hell I’m doing. It’s been an interesting couple of months as I have continued to lose sleep staying up until all hours in the morning reading about this camera; and also forcing my child to look and act cute so that I can use her as my model. Poor girl, she’s finally gotten used to the fact that when she says, “Mommy, want to come play with my toys?”, she knows the camera is coming with us. She recently told my mom that “That’s Mommy’s favorite toy” as she pointed to my camera that was sitting in the living room. Someday I will be able to convince her that SHE is my favorite toy and my camera only serves as a way to record all of the special moments that I will never forget.
Some of my favorite initial “testing” shots:
On this day, Doot called and asked if he could bring over an early Valentine’s gift. Innocent enough, right? so I said yes. This was a huge mistake because Doot obviously had his choice of chocolate since he shopped early. I guess grandparents are allowed to get away with this kind of thing, but I gotta tell ya, I considered never allowing him over again! Nevertheless, Brittain was overly thrilled, especially with her new chocolate dog, Max (who is still sitting on top of the food pantry “asleep”).
