Sweet Gear

Recently, Clifford let me borrow his really incredible camera. We've bonded over our love for taking pictures and have flooded facebook with albums of pictures taken mostly in Piedmont Park competing for more picture comments (he always wins), and thankfully, he keeps up with technology to my benefit. I use a Canon Powershot which I bought from Clifford a few years ago (his first real camera, after the famed dinosaur camera). I love the camera, it takes great pictures and is somewhat easy to tote around because it is smaller although not a purse camera. Although I love my camera, I have become increasingly obsessed with Clifford's new(ish) camera...a Nikon D40x. I feel like a professional when I take pictures using this camera, but with not the best results. My favorite type of photography is manual right down to developing my own film and making my own prints. Getting my hands in the process, manipulating, and even though disappointment with bad film, poor lighting, etc. comes with the territory, photographing and developing manually is second to none. I desperately want to be great at digital photography, but alas, manual I can do...digital I have less successful results. I leave you with a photo of this fabulous digital camera which makes me want to try harder to be successful, and a photo I am in love with by Clifford which he gave me as a gift. I LOVE this photo...he is so good at taking beautiful pictures!
And while I'm posting these pictures, I should also mention that this yellow linen wrap dress is a JCrew item I got on sale for $30. I seriously love bargain shopping...could that be hereditary?