Confession

I lied.

I didn't read the whole manual. Do you know how long that would have taken???? Seriously. I have things to do. But I did read a good bit of it, and learned some cool things that my camera can do. Like this.




This is a picture of my son on the way home from his first birthday party (as a guest, of course.)






This is what it looks like when I isolate the color of his pacifier. Isn't that neat? The camera does it.


I'm not sure how this new trick will translate into artful photography, but I'm anxious to get practicing. If only I had a very cute and very available subject to shoot........

Photog

I love photography. I always have. Even before I had a camera, I could sit for hours and look at other peoples' photographs. A teacher at school (like, elementary or middle school) was throwing out a bunch of National Geographic magazines one time, and I took them home and covered my walls in the beautiful photographs. In high school my aunt gave me an old 35mm camera that had been her ex-husband's. I LOVED that thing! Well, once someone showed me how to get the film out after I had taken pictures. I would almost always load it with black and white film, and I used that thing through college. When we got married, a different aunt and uncle gave us the amazing digital camera we have now. It was technically a gift for both Will and I, but we know who it really belongs to. I love this camera. But I have NEVER read the manual.

Wouldn't you think that someone who has a fantastic camera, and who DREAMS of being a photographer one day, would learn everything she could about her equipment? I'm so embarrassed. There are so many things I could have been doing with this camera, if only I would have read about it!

But I'm turning over a new leaf. The manual sits beside me, and it will be read before the weekend is over. Mark my words.