Feeling Rebellious

 

Yup! I woke up and decided today was the day. Forget being patient. Forget waiting for my b-day in April. I couldn't wait another moment.  I skipped out of work at lunch and bought myself a new camera!  It's a Canon Rebel XS.  It was on sale through January 15th, and the decision to wait or buy now on sale has been eating at me.  I'd done my research and was sure this was a good starter DSLR for me.  I'm super happy with it.  Here's a new photo of the studio on auto pilot mode-

This was taken in the same low lighting conditions that I complained about previously. The picture is much sharper, especially when you leave the focus area and explore the edges of the photo. You might need to double click to truly notice. I had begun to explore ISO and aperture with my point and shoot, especially in low light situations. It was not a huge success since the camera had limitations.  Now, I will really be able to see the differences the settings create and learn to manually compose my pictures...slowly but surely.

I'm surprised by the picture quality even when I'm using the built in flash and way too close to the subject! Thank you, Canon, for dumbing things down for me!  lol   Looking forward to sharing beautiful pictures with you. I know so many of you appreciate the art of photography. I'm looking forward to learning as much as I can.  Hope you are having a good week.  I've got projects started and will share this weekend.  Thank you all so much for your comments and follows. Take care my friends! I'm linking this post to the party at Southern in my Heart!