Hey Guys and Dolls! How have you been?!
Last time I checked in, I was telling you guys how I had gotten a new job (pretty much my dream job) at the Best Friends Kitten Nursery as a Kitten Caregiver! God...can I say how much I am loving it?! It's definitely a lot of work and exhausting, let me tell you, but its so rewarding knowing your making a difference in these kittens life.
I've learned so much and seen so much.
But my favorite thing to do is see those cute kittens everyday and take pictures of them.
I find beauty easily in things I see around me. You can almost always see me take my phone camera out and then immediately start going through and editing the photos I've taken so I can share them. I've always kind of done this, whether its when we are out to eat, in the mountains, at the zoo (where I worked for 8 years) or pretty much anywhere.
I guess you can say taking photos is my artistic passion. Maybe I secretly got it from my dad? He's an artist and is always taking photos of things.
It wasn't until recently I started getting a lot of positive feed back on photos I've been taking from family, friends and colleagues. My fiance, Travis, and his grandma especially told me I have a real talent and I should try to do something with it.
Sooo....I decided to start my own little photography page for fun.
Travis has an older Olympus camera at home that he will occasionally pull out and play with. He told me to try it out and take some photos, so I have been fiddling with it a little bit. I've always been the type of person that says "My camera on my phone works great. I don't need a legit camera. Why spend the money?"
.......Well....after playing with that, the camera bug bit me and I decided I wanted a camera really really bad! Especially after I took this photo of Dora. It kind of made me really see the difference a real DSLR camera can make. I STILL LOVE MY CAMERA PHONE! Don't get me wrong!
But, I want another option to take amazing photos.
I don't know anything about cameras....literally nothing. The stuff I've done on my phone is just...what I've played around with.
Learning how to use a legit camera....the thought of it just intimidates me. I think that's why I've always just settled for my camera phone and never really looked into anything else or even had a legit thought about learning photography.
Things are going to change though because we actually looked at cameras and I decided on one.
And when I set my mind on something...for example....buying a new tv or dying my hair....BAM! Decision made! I get pumped and go right out and do it! If I don't....I am a super bummy sad panda.
We went to Best Buy to look at them, because you can't tell how you are going to like a camera until it's in your hands. I got recommendations from friends and had my mind set on the Canon Rebel T6.
When we went to the store, I was planning on getting that camera and Travis had me look at the Nikon D3400, because another recommendation was the Nikon D3300. I played along and looked at it....but then realized I really really liked it. The body was a lighter model and fit easier in my hands. It also had better specs than the other one...thus making it a little bit more money but in the long run, that's always better. AND it came in red! I've always liked red things like kitchen appliances, cars....and now cameras :)
Yes! I was so excited to come home and play around with it. Travis had it all planned to take me up into the mountains so I could practice. Aaaaaannnnnddd no Best Buys had that model in stock...figures. I was planning on ordering it with them, which would make it so I wouldn't get it for a week. Again...my mind was set on that...and Travis told me to wait and see if we could find anything on Amazon Prime since its 2 day shipping. Again...I played along and looked. Turns out we found one for $20 cheaper and it came in a little bundle with a cleaning cloth, SD card and some other things. SWEET!
What would I do without this guy? For real.
Now I just gotta wait "patiently" till Wednesday till it gets delivered :)
I literally can't even wait!
~ Peace, Love & Bomb ~
