From the photo vault (that’s what I’m calling my harddrive)

Posted by Melissa on January 7, 2010; This entry is filed under General.
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Man, I have been having great fun with my new camera lately. Josh did good at coordinating with his family for Christmas this year–I got a bunch of accessories to go with the camera, too:

  • A camera bag
  • A 6GB memory card
  • A lens hood
  • A smart card reader
  • A car charger for the camera battery

With a gift card, I bought a couple of other camera goodies, too:

  • A tripod
  • A polarizing filter

Anyway, that’s more than enough accessories with which a person can get a good start. Here are some of my favorite pictures that I haven’t already posted.

Here’s one of Gaby, mostly because she doesn’t get near enough face time on this blahg:

Here’s a scary tree that Josh thought looked like the Whomping Willow. (Even though he’s never read Harry Potter, somehow he knew this.):

This is just a picture of the underside of the gazebo in downtown Lawrenceville:

There are more fun pictures, but I posted them two entries ago. I hope to have a chance to take more pictures of things other than my pets soon–like the snow that is supposed to fall at some point today (c’mon, snow!). When I’m not taking pictures of mundane objects, I’m still keeping up with this whole quilting thing. I should be starting another quilt here soon. I’ve realized in the past year or so that Josh and I are hardcore hobbyists. We live for our extracurricular activities, and without them we’d be terminally bored. For me, it gives me another way to define myself outside of the scope of my job. Don’t know about you, but I find that refreshing.

2 Comments

  1. Michael January 7th, 2010 at 5:15 pm

    A car charger? lol, I didn’t even buy a car charger.

    I saw the kit you got with the 18-55 lens…nice for some mid-range & even macro stuff. I decided to go with a 18-135 for a bit more range, but I still want a dedicated macro lens and a nice zoom lens. I’ll worry about that later…having a DSLR can be pricey when you start adding in all the required gear. Luckily, most of them take great pics out of the box.

    Wasn’t aware you were much of a camera fan. I figured you were knee deep in the knitting world. :P

  2. Ardentfrost January 7th, 2010 at 6:14 pm

    *ahem* for the record, I didn’t say “whomping willow” (especially since I don’t know what that is). I said “Take a picture of that tree, it looks cool… like some shit out of Harry Potter or something” Harry Potter was the first thing that came to mind, I could have also chosen “out of some Tim Burton film.”

    Trying to associate me with Harry Potter…. blasphemy!