One of the things on my to do list is to get the advertising business off the ground. One of the things I needed to make that happen was a good digital camera that I can do my cover shoots with, pictures for articles, etc. So, being in Best Buy on a great sale day, enabled the purchase of said camera to happen. I picked up a SAHWEET Canon Rebel Digital SLR bad boy.
Now, the downside of said SAHWEET badboy digital SLR camera is that my photography skills fall under the category of SUCK. I have no doubt that I can work on that problem, it just make take a lot of time and practice.
The following is a photo montage of said practice. The family, doesn’t seem as enthusiastic about said practice as I am 
I decide that Emma will be the best test object right away. I clicked a couple of dozen shots in the truck (in the parking lot of Best buy no less… I’m an instant gratification kinda girl, what can I say).
So, I’m trying out the various angles that the lens allows me to do. I’m just playing with the clarity settings, etc. This is about shot number 10 of her just sitting in her car seat. I’ll say it takes nice quality photos, she’ll say “Mom… I’M BLIND!”
I continued the photo shoot through dinner (remember, I’m an instant gratification kinda girl!) I’m now trying out the zoom ability on the lens. Look at this… nice tonsils Em!
And equally gorgeous blue eyes there babe!
Jeff does not seem to be even remotely interested in being an active member of this exciting photo shoot!!! (way to work it babe!)
I decided that perhaps I should stop torturing my family. Well, that and it was dark. Too dark in the truck to photo anything on the way home, too late to force Emma into any more flash blindness for the day (she did have school tomorrow, so I probably need to let her get a little sleep and let her eyes heal from the flash burn I inflicted earlier). What was I going to do???
OH YEAH… DOGS!!!! They never seem to mind getting their photo taken. That is until you take it about 100 times, then even they lose interest.
I don’t speak dog, but I’m pretty certain this look says something along the lines of “PLEASE…… STOP!”
Adolph however, is always a willing participate. Just get a look of this handsome man!
Capstun decided that he just wasn’t in the mood for a photo shoot and went to bed. What a diva!
Since I had no one left to torture for the night, I put the lens cap on my camera (with a tear in my eye) and decided to spend the rest of the night reading the instruction manual. (you know, that foreign booklet that a man never opens???) and found out it has a gazillion or so settings. I tried to play with them a little bit outside this morning. Nothing spectacular, but a few different light/exposure settings for your viewing pleasure.
Sooooo… that is me, boring you to tears with my first lesson in digital photography 101. Hopefully I can find much more exciting things to entertain you with in the near future :)
Thanks again for listening to me babble :)
