Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Basic Digital Photography

As a Christmas present to myself, i purchased a new Canon D60 SLR camera.  Why?  I was tired of spending a fortune for other photographers to take great pictures of my kids when i could do it myself.  Yeah,  right. 
I got good at shooting photos on AUTO.  I took some really great photos but sometimes i would run into problems with depth of field (ha, learned that term in class) and lighting.  I just could not take the photos i wanted.  Then it dawned on me, i bought myself an expensive and heavy point and shoot camera.  Crazy.  I needed to learn how to my new camera so I decided to take a photography class at the local university.  Why not, i am a stay at home mom now whose mom was coming up for the summer.  Grandma wanted to spend time with her grandkids, i needed a sitter so i could take the class.  It was so meant to be.