Whelp folks, it finally happened; I am now the proud, proud owner of a digital SLR camera! And I couldn't be happier with it (Thanks Mom and Merri!). I am so very spoilt. It's the
Canon Rebel XS
. At first I started playing with the auto mode (which means the camera does all the work for you), but I spent a good hour playing with the different manual settings yesterday post-yoga. SO, that means much better pictures for your viewing pleasure, and probably means that I will make this blog a little more photo-heavy than it has been. So yes, you get to be my little guinea pigs (though I prefer rabbits) when it comes to photography. How lucky are you?
So, here are the best pics (in my humble opinion) from my first manual-setting photo-taking session. I was just in my house, so there's nothing particularly interesting.
As I mentioned before, becomming a better photographer is one of my "resolutions" this year. Oh, and I made the photos "extra large" so you can see how crisply this camera captures things. My old camera (now bequeathed to Chris) made things look like they had no depth.
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| Internet, meet Coltrane-Without-Red-Eye. Coltrane-Without-Red-Eye, Internet. |
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| I really liked this picture of our Christmas tree out-of-focus, but when Chris saw it, he was like "oh." So maybe it is dumb, but I STILL LIKE IT! |
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| I was trying to play with making the foreground clear and the background slightly blurry. Thank you, vacuum cleaner handle. |
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| It doesn't matter if you're black or white... or black and white. |
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| I see London, I see France... |
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| Self-portrait? Got cold after yoga, put on my new flannel (of which Chris has a matching one), standing at the entrance of the half-bath. You know, I kind of hated the mirror until I saw it in black and white. It looks kinda cool. |
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| In other news, our fridge was broken when we got back from doing Christmas with my family on Sunday night. It is now fixed (yay!). |
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| I wanted to get a picture of my new camera with my new camera... so here's the best I could do. |
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| And a crazy-wacko one for good measure... |
How freakin' cool is my new camera? I shall have to name her.
Be prepared for lots of photos of boring crap around my house. :)
