Last Friday, the Mr came home from work and said he had a surprise for me.
I *love* it when he says that lol
From the title of this post you can easily guess what my surprise was, but I was certain it was another puppy.
I was sooooo wrong.
When he put the boxes on my lap, I could feel that it was way too heavy to be a puppy, and I was clueless as to what it could be. When I opened my eyes I was speechless. I had been asking for a camera upgrade, and I knew that Phil had been doing his research for about a year. However, I had no idea that Friday was the day.
I went from this Sony Digital Camera (which really is still a great point and shoot camera)……..
…….to this baby: a Nikon DSLR 5100 with a 18-55mm VR lens as well as a 55-300mm VR lens (sold separately). 
Phil also got me some Nikon Photography classes & books. Though I haven't started my classes yet, I have had a blast exploring my new camera and I wanted to share some of my first shots with you. (I didn’t do any editing to these photos. I want a point of reference to monitor my progress- once a scientist, always a scientist lol).
Didn’t Phil get me an amazing camera?!?! He is so good to me!!! I think I’ll keep him ;-)
I’ve been looking through a lot of tutorials online, but if you have any website/book suggestions please send them my way; I have a lot to learn and I’m SO excited!
And, in case you haven't figured this out yet, the next several months of posts are probably going to be picture-heavy. I apologize now!
Hope you’re having a great week!
