Friday, September 11, 2009

My New Toy

When we were home in July, I found and 'borrowed' my dad's old camera.  It is an SLR Pentax film camera with 2 gorgeous lenses (a telephoto portrait and ultra-wide-angle).  I experimented with 4 rolls of film while we were home and was surprised with several great shots.


These are especially good considering I didn't know what any of the levers and knobs did, randomly selected F-stops, and refused to buy a battery for the light-meter.  There were many, many under-developed photos in the mix.  Have no fear, I have since bought a photography book....

Since we've been home, I've been researching and debating what to do with my new set-up.  I sent the film camera body to the shop.  But I wasn't sure if I wanted to continue with a film camera so I splurged and bought a new DSLR digital camera this week.  My dad's old lenses will work with it with an adapter, and I'm having a great time experimenting and taking fun pictures!

A small sample:

The cactus blooms in our front yard.  This is a new favorite of mine .... I love the colors and the interesting detail.

Aaron's new favorite:  same flowers but with a friend.

On portrait mode:  my favorite model!!

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