New Obsession - Photography

You will notice lots of photos on my Blog as time goes on.  {To the right you will find a link to FLICKR where I am beginning to 'log' my photos.}

I've had an interest in photography since a kid but those were the days of the polaroid "instant" cameras, and then I remember having a tiny Kodak "disk" camera.  Anyone remember those?   Years went by and my camera's improved marginally.  After moving to the beach I bought my first digital camera and loved it.  In my world I thought I had a quality camera but little did I know.

So here I am... with my new Nikon D5000.  A top-of-the-line digital SLR camera with interchangeable lenses and she shoots 4 photos per second.  Have I died and gone to heaven?  Seriously, my new camera is a dream come true and was a wonderful birthday gift from Don and my children (I will never be able to Thank You enough for this gift !!).

I am having a great time taking photographs; experimenting with position, lighting, zoom, aperture, shutter priority, and learning a multitude of new 'photography' lingo.  I now find myself in the oddest places, seeing various things/scenes and wishing I had my camera.  Just tonight I was in front of a restaurant and happened to look up and see an absolutely awesome sunset.  No, I did not have my camera !!

I entered three photos in "The Beach is Calling" photo contest about 3 weeks ago.  It was sponsored by the Tourism Bureau here on the coast.  I was one of the winners !!  I've posted the 'shell' photo that was my winner and hope you like it.  I love the beach and love photographing it.

I am learning a lot and meeting lots of neat people who have a love for photography like I do.  That has been one of the most exciting things... meeting all these people who have the same interest and passion.  I hope you will enjoy my photographs as much as I have enjoyed taking them.  I am trying to learn more about 'sports' photography since photographing "water skiing" is one of my main interests.  Well, actually the 'water skier' is one of my main interests and being on the water with him and taking pictures is one of my favorite things.

I will be sharing my attempts, and learning-experiences.  Feel free to comment on them and make suggestions.  Thanks for taking the time to read my Blog. . . .

Always,
Roxy