But that's besides the point... this blog is dedicated to my adventures of learning how to actually USE my camera. It's one thing to look at nice pictures and read books about lighting and all that jazz but it's completely different actually having a camera in my hands. I know it's going to be a process but I'm really excited to have a go at it. So without further ado... here we go!
The new arrival at our household is a Nikon D40. I'll call her my baby for short or at least until I can think of something more creative. My first adventure began the day she arrived on our doorstep. I eagerly plugged the battery in and pulled out all the bits and pieces wrapped carefully in bubble wrap. Unfortunately, the user manual for my baby was in Dutch so that didn't help me figure out how to put it together. What I could understand was that there was something about lining something up with something else.
Thankfully I realized that the internet could solve my problem and YouTube saved the day! As I was doing it though, I realized I probably didn't want the cap off my lens yet but for some reason it wouldn't fit! I sat there in frustration surrounded by bubble wrap and feeling silly because I wanted to take a picture so badly but didn't even know what to do! I finally got my camera and lens to "click" together and then realized I had been trying to put the cap that covered the body of my camera on the lens... that's why it didn't work!
Now the camera is all put together (I'm pretty sure) and I'm excited to start learning how to use it! This was the first picture I took with it. The flash went off so it kind of washed the colors out but that's something I will learn how to fix!
This is Nate and our pet pig, Porco. I'm sure you'll be seeing more of them :)
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