My new baby!

Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!  I'm so excited!  I finally got to buy my new camera!  I don't know how to express how excited I am about this. Photography has been one of my great loves for a very long time (since I took my first shot with my Canon AE-1 back in H.S.)  It was all manual, and took awesome pictures! (see below)

A few years out of H.S. I splurged on a very nice Canon EOS Elan 7e.  I was taking some photography classes and getting to develope my own film (very fun!)  It was right when the digitals were hitting the market, but the only one I could afford was just a step above a point and shoot and I knew I wanted a nicer camera, hence why I got film.  Well, today my Canon is a bit jealous, because I just bought the NEW Nikon D90!  And if you know anything about camera's, this ones a beauty.

I didn't know how I was going to decide between a Cannon or Nikon this time around, but Nikon made it very easy.  I went down to Pro Photo Supply and had THE nicest man help me. My mom and I were there for about an hour asking lots of questions.  Nikon's in my mind have always been a little more expensive, but not right now.  The nikon is actually a few hundred dollars less then the Canon thats comparable ...  But the Nikon has more features!  The new Nikon has something called Movie Mode.  You can actually shoot 5 minutes of video at a time, while using the manual focus and zoom to create a little mini movie!  Stay tuned...  I know I'm going to have to test that out and post something soon.  

Do you know how hard it is to get stuff done when you buy a new toy?  I'm having a very hard time focussing on cleaning the house this weekend...... This camera is getting the best of me!

My very first camera.... Still have it.  Still love it.

I took this picture with my first camera.  Pretty sweet huh!