Dreams of DSLR

I have been horrible about posting and I know it. I have been pretty busy with work and life and photo adventures. But the big thing that has taken up my free time is dreams of a DSLR. How to get one and what I will do with one once I have it.

There is one in particular I have been thinking about and looking into. Its new and can only be pre-ordered at the moment. It is a nikon D3000. I am unsure if I will end up purchasing this camera. I may just get a d40 or even a canon. There are alot of tough choices to make when looking into the right DSLR for you.

http://www.nikonusa.com/Find-Your-Nikon/Product/Digital-SLR/25462/D3000.html


Something I realized in all of this, though, is that it doesn't matter which one I have, its about how I use it. The camera is only as good as I am, my photos won't be amazing just because I have a sweet camera, they'll be good because I let my creativity flow and captured things that are interesting and inspiring.

The last few posts have been portrait sessions, and this has also made me think. When I started out on this photo journey, I was dead-set that I never wanted to do portrait photography because I hate the idea of others putting their expectations on me. But, as I have traveled and explored I realized I love taking pictures of people and it is so satisfying to have the people love their images. I feel torn. I guess thats part of the adventure of it all though.

So I have done alot of photo adventuring lately and I haven't shared any of those images. So below are a few of my favorite from when my friend Sarah and I went to the Sugarloaf mountain area.

Mandy + Joe

So my friend, and amazing photographer Sarah allowed me to go with her to do my best friend Mandy's engagement shoot. Here are two of my favorite images from the very long day. I'll post later about the adventure that was that day, but for now I'll give you the pictures.

Goodnight!

This mini post is for Francie

So it is early and I have decided to post a few of my finished shots here for Francie because she has been patiently awaiting her engagement photos that were taken last weekend. I haven't finished editing all of them but I thought a sneak-peak was in order.

Enjoy! And have a great Sunday!

the half blood prince

So I said I was going to post about going to see Harry Potter 6, but I lied. I was busy photo editing from some portrait shoots I did and didn't have a chance. As much as I know everyone was dying to hear about H.P., I feel like posting some stuff from those shoots.

So I went to the beach the weekend of July 18th, and my Aunt Cathy asked me to take some good pictures of my cousins because she doesn't have many of them together. I felt nervous and I felt a lot of pressure because I haven't really done much portraiture. I think that nerves and awkwardness aside it went well. Here are two of my favorites from that shoot.

My Friend Francie got engaged that weekend when I was at the beach and She asked me if I would do her engagement photos and I excitedly agreed. After I had some time to think through my decisions I freaked out a bit. I was afraid that I would disappoint them, and that the images would be boring and they would hate me forever. Obviously this was a bit disproportionate and dramatic, but all the same these were my fears. These fears prompted me to ask my parents to go with me to the locations of the pending shoot and do a mini test shoot with them. Well to my immense surprise, I got some great shots of the parentals. My parents have very few pictures together, seeing as my dad does not particularly enjoy having his photo taken, so I was glad to have some good pictures of them for my mom and family. Here are a couple of my favorites.

So I know that these aren't those most blow you away images, but I think they are pretty good considering I don't have much experience with taking pictures of people. I know that with each shoot I get better.

Well, its off to bed for me, because in the morning I am going along with my close friend, and seriously talented photographer Sarah Patch to do an engagement shot for my best friend Mandy and her fiance Joe.

I will post a few of the shots I've finished from the Francie + Aaron engagement shoot sometime tomorrow.