Sunday, May 20, 2007

My first weekend with the new camera

I had been thinking of getting a new camera for quite a long time now, so when Jess told me people were going to be giving me money for a new one for my birthday on the 29th, I became very excited as Best Buy was having a great deal on packages. I ended up buying a Canon so these are some of my first pictures I have taken with the new toy. Yeah, they aren't great yet, but I know it will take some practice and probably lots of advice from NightPanther.


Jess and Orko







Jess








Family members playing










Jess and her dad









Fountain







Playing in pond











Pond Picture









Flower in backyard

15 comments:

Miss Sassy Pants said...

I'm glad you are so happy with your new birthday present. It will take time and practice but I know you'll get good at it in no time. I look forward to seeing your work.

npanth said...

The pictures look great! I like the sepia effect in the Jess and Orko picture. You have good instincts, your light is good and you're clicking the shutter at great moments. Keep up! :)

Anonymous said...

I look forward to seeing much use of this device in future posts. You could probably use the new camera to take some graffiti photos (cheap plug)Happy birthday early.

Mrs. Hairy Woman said...

Great... Now we can see what you all look like.. I love that first pic of Jess and the dog.. My fav so far..

MrManuel said...

mrs - I look forward to showing you

npanth - that means so much! Thanks!

evil e - I'll see what I can find

babybull - mine too!

Sharon said...

Who says they are not great!

By the way Happy Birthday!

Jose said...

Yeah, happy belated birthday. You know I keep a photo blog, my camera goes with me everywhere I go. You just never know when the photo ops will come up.

Nice photos, thanks for sharing.

Rhys said...

Looks good, already surpasses my photography skillz

dmarks said...

Great pics already!

Anonymous said...

You are very good. Now I have two sites to visit for nice pictures.

Sebastien Millon said...

Wonderful pictures! And those kids, they are just too adorable!

And happy early birthday wishes!!

PS: I'm sure you heard, Suns lost, it was sad, but at least we lost to a good team. There's always next year...

Mom said...

I'm glad you are happy with your early birthday present. The pictures so far are really good. It's amazing what a nice camera will do. Betweem the camera and photoshop, I think we will see good things. Teach Jessica too because she needs to take some good pics at the wedding.

Anonymous said...

Jess, you are so pretty when you smile!

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday guy! Your early shots are lookin' good. Npanth is right, you do have good photo instincts. I too am looking forward to more photos of you and your family!

It's funny, I've been a photo nut for years and just last week my hubby decided to get his own digital camera. So he's zipping around taking his first photos also. Must be something in the air!

MrManuel said...

Sharon - Thank you!

Jose - Birthday is next week

Rhys - Thanks!

Dmarks - I appreciate it

Nani - Yes, he's just a lot better

Seb - Yeah, they are cute kids

Mom - What wedding? lol

Val - She is isn't she?

Sonja - Maybe it is in the air. Weird.