New Camera? YEAH BABY!

Costco was having an incredible package deal on this beauty below.....

Here's the story....I graduated high school in 2002 (yes I'm a young pup-as my dad would say)I didn't exactly know what I wanted to do "when I grew up". I knew I wanted to do something "hands on" and able to talk to all different types of people. So, instead of going to a major college and "waste" money trying to figure out what I wanted to do, I went to community college.

When I was signing up, I met with a counselor, who said I had to pick a major even if I might change it, just so I know what direction to go in. I knew I was interested in radiology because it just seems fascinating to me to see something the natural eye can't. So, i signed up for computer science, computer technology, an English class, a speech class, and psychology. I had room for one more class. I was standing there needing to select a course and in my mind was wanting something that would be fun. So I turned the page and there! There was the course, "Photography". I had taken it in high school and knew that I really enjoyed it and did well, so I decided, Why not? That began my change of major towards photography. I only took 2 years and was needing a change and to leave home for a while, so I moved to Florida for 10 months. So, I never did finish my major and maybe I will one of these days, so for now it's a hobby.

Back track...I had/have an awesome canon rebel camera when I took photography but it was dare I say....film you had to develop! I loved it though. It was before digital got big. I loved developing the negatives in COMPLETE darkness and only by feel. (We practiced with a negative strip in the light so we knew exactly what to do). It was so neat. Then we would hold the negatives up in the light, choose one that looked cool and go develop it in the darkroom (has dim safe lights). It always took a few tries to get just the right exposure time though. It was such a beautiful procedure. Not only did I love taking pictures, but I fell in love with photography because of the long process it took to develop one picture. I appreciated it so much because of the hard work involved. When digital came around, I actually didn't want anything to do with it because I felt that it wasn't true artwork. The computer did all the work for you, making it easy for anyone to take pictures. Then when I took a digital photography class, I realized it was a lot of work and you had to have an "artsy eye" to create things that you weren't able to capture. I think I appreciate photographers more who still develop their own film and photographs, but I do LOVE the world of digital too!

One of my desires that I wanted when I was younger, (before digital) was to have my very own darkroom when I had my own house. I guess I forgot that technology is always changing and didn't realize it would be a lost art.

Either way....here's to my new DIGITAL camera! I love you!