finally getting the hang of it...

...the manual setting on my camera that is. I am THRILLED that I am finally figuring it out. It's about time; I have had my camera now for a year. I had a chance meeting with a photographer yesterday in Anna's preschool class, I knew he must be good because he had a VERY EXPENSIVE Canon camera and huge lense. I started talking to him and asked him a few questions and before I knew it he was giving me a tutorial on how to use my manual setting. Everything clicked and today I spent a lot of time trying to master it. Of course I have not mastered it YET, but plan to with more practice. I am so excited I feel like a giddy little girl who just learned how to ride her bike. So these pictures below were all taken with my manual setting where I had to figure out the ISO, the f stop and shutter speed. I still have a lot to figure out but I know that will come with time. For now, I am just going to enjoy the feeling that comes with learning something new and give myself a pat on my back.













If only we could all have abs like these, I think I'm jealous!