The new toy

Yesterday was my 29th birthday.  There I said it...I'm 29.  One year away from the dreaded 30, although I have already decided that I'm not going to celebrate next year and stay in my "late twenties" for the rest of my life.


 I did however get an AMAZING 29th birthday present...J gave me a brand new camera!!!  I have always loved photography (if you saw the amount of pictures I have on my camera that don't make it to the blog, you would know).  Here is a quick progression of my cameras from the last 10 years...

My very first camera (that wasn't a disposable Kodak)

Dad gave me this fully manual film camera when I was taking a photography class in high school.  It was his camera back before I was even born (old I know!).  I learned how put film on the roll without looking, use manual features, and develop film and print picture in a dark room.

The Minolta

It still has film in it from who knows when!?

I took this camera with me to college.  At the time, this camera was the biggest purchase I had ever made.  My parents gave me the extra lens for Christmas one year.  This camera was my pride and joy!  I used to say that I wanted a house with my very own dark room so I could develop all my own pictures and prints...then film became obsolete.  :(

Moving to digital

It still has the first picture J and I have took together

The Christmas after I graduated my parents gave me a digital camera.  I was so excited to finally be able to load pictures to computer without paying extra money to have my film pictures added to a cd.

Upgrading

Josh gave me this camera about three years ago.  It has been a great camera!  I carry it in my purse wherever I go just in case a Kodak moment arises.  Its the perfect point-and-shoot camera.

But now...

I am the proud owner of a Nikon D5100

(the above two photos were taken with my "other" camera...aka iPhone)

This camera is just flat-out amazing!  I was completely shocked when I opened it!  I kinda thought I was getting a Kindle...but no complaint here!  I can't wait to start taking pictures of everything!  So just be warned...I might step up the blogging now!  :)