Closing Out 2010

     2010 will always be a special year for me. It's the year I got my first DSLR camera - the Canon Rebel T1i. I didn't know the first thing about photography other than I liked taking pictures and I enjoyed looking through other photographer's websites and blogs. I (along with so many others like myself) thought that by having a $900 camera I would automatically be able to take professional looking pictures. Yes, they did look better than any point and shoot I've ever owned. But it didn't take me long to realize how much time and hard work goes into creating a great image. About one month from now will officially mark my one year anniversary from the date I started using my Canon Rebel. I can't wait until my anniversary so I can show all of you my progression over the past year! The pictures I thought were so "awesome" then were basically glorified snapshots that are pretty embarrassing to me now. But I love them. And I am hoping the pictures I take now will pale in comparison to the images I  create over the next year. That's the great thing about photography - you can always get BETTER.  

    Since purchasing my first camera, I have upgraded to the Canon 5D.  The Rebel was a great camera to start on, but there is a cropped sensor on it that drove me insane!  A friend of mine let me borrow his 5D often and I felt like the images had a higher quality to them....some people would argue that, it's just my opinion.  I was able to purchase the 5D from my friend at a good price and hopefully will satisfy me until I can afford the Mark II - or whatever "next" camera is out there when I'm ready to upgrade.  I also sold the kit lens that came with the Rebel and have purchased the 50mm 1.8 and the 85mm 1.8 lenses.  

     This blog is supposed to share my photography journey with you.  That's all.  I am a newbie photographer.  All I can share with you is what I've learned so far along the way.  I'll be making some changes to my blog for 2011.  Not only will I continue to show some photos from my sessions, but I want to share more about myself.  That may be annoying to some people.  If that's the case, then please don't read!  :)   I love to write/blog, but honestly don't have enough time to manage more than one blog.  So I'll be combining my personal blog (which could be about anything!) with my professional blog.  But either way there will always be pictures!

Here are a few images from some of the last sessions I did in 2010.  Hope you enjoy!  

Best Friends

These last few images are some that I took while assisting Yuri Ayers during a couple of his photo sessions: