Our New Toy

Last week Joshua and I made one of our biggest purchases since we've been married! It arrived in the mail a few days ago and we've had such a fun time playing around with it!

I've always wanted to own a really nice camera. In college, I had brief stint where I started doing a ton of camera and photography research in hopes of purchasing one. I even held onto a borrowed Nikon for a few weeks, just to practice, and I had a blast discovering the different settings you can modify to capture a beautiful image. But alas, I couldn't afford a nice camera like this one.

So I was way excited when we added this guy to our little savings plan. We have dreams to go on some exciting trips in 2014 and 2015 and I wanted to have time to practice shooting and editing before we took off on our adventures.

Now, don't misunderstand me. I have no crazy notions of going pro or taking classes or anything like that. I just want to be able to take nice pictures of my family and the neat places we travel. If I could ever earn the title 'proficient amateur' then I'd be tickled pink. Besides, I'm constantly at war with my desire to be apart of the moment versus capturing it. 

Here's some practice shots just for fun. No laughing.