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Didn’t really stick to my every-day photo.

But… I am still going to keep posting pics when I am inspired to do so.

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Coff-ay in my press-pot makes me happy...

I thought it might be fun to carry around the little Kodak V1073 we got from Vanessa’s last job (ew) the battery life is bad, and it doesn’t’ use batteries but it takes some really nice pictures for a tiny little camera! I make no promises… okay, I promise to post one photo a day. Until I run out of stuff on my desk. ;)

My parents were visiting this weekend, and while they were here my dad wanted to pop into the camera shop to check out a few accessories for his camera… I tagged along and started poking around the sale items. I occasionally check out the DSLR prices; not because I’m in the market, but more as a frame of reference for when I win the lottery. But seriously, it’s always fun to dream. I noticed a clearance Sony A200 in the case and it was a phenomenal price. As a comparison: three years ago I bought my point-and-shoot Sony H2 for about the same price.

My parents saw I was eyeing the case and told me if I wanted it, I could have it for Christmas… Not really a tough decision there. However, I wanted to go home and check out reviews. Long story, short: I am now the proud owner of my first DSLR. And while it’s entry-level, I really don’t need anything too complicated or high-tech. So Christmas came A LOT early this year, but it doesn’t bother me one bit!

I definitely have to get used to using a more robust camera, but I’m getting the hang of it. For practice I’ve been taking a bunch of pictures around the house and my most interesting subjects are the cats. Here are a couple of my better shots.

After having such a good time camping with L & P a couple of weekends ago, Mike and I decided it was high time we went camping on our own. We only needed to borrow the screen tent since it looked like there was going to be rain in the forecast. We waited way too long to reserve a site, so our first choice, Letchworth State Park was all booked up. I poked around reserveamerica.com, and found Lakeside Beach.

Without going into a blow by blow reenactment of the stuff we did all weekend, I’ll just say this: I’m so glad we chose this site, and I think we’ll be going back again. Despite some rough weather on Saturday, we managed to stay relatively dry, and when the rain cleared up, the view from the beach was spectacular.

Here are some of my favorite shots from the trip.

Listen to the cannons going off in the background. Those are to break up any hail that might hit land and ruin surrounding farmers’ crops. Weird!

After the rain cleared we went down to the water.

Obligatory self portraits.

The best meal ever: balsamic chicken with roasted rosemary Brussels Sprouts! YUMMY!

Sunset over Lake Ontario – Some major cloud formations blowing inland.

Sunset over Lake Ontario – Mike gazes toward the horizon.

Sunset over Lake Ontario – This is by far my favorite picture of the whole group!

Or you can check out the entire set on Flickr.