Lesson #1 -Assignment #1 (practice)

The photography lessons started today! I'm both excited and nervous..... I haven't taken a class, so to speak, in quite a while...let alone have assignments! I've read and re-read the lesson plan and while Billy was napping managed to get a few shots like the lesson called for. It's hard enough trying to remember lines, angles, thirds, ect....so I took all of these in auto. I'm hoping to venture into the manual mode in the upcoming weeks.

These are in no way great photos and are probably not the ones I will use for this assignment but wanted to post a few of my favorites anyway.

My Boys............. Hence the Title of My Blog

In case you haven't figured it out.............I'm the only female in a house of boy's. Although there are only three of them (including my husband) it often feels like more since there is usually a neighborhood boy here too!

However, I am not complaining!!!!! I wouldn't trade my boys for anything! So, here they are...... the Strieter boys: my husband Dennis, my oldest son Dennis (III), and William....aka....Billy!

It's a start!

I've made the jump and given into the world of blogging. I've tried to resist but now with my new DSLR I need someplace where I can track my progress. For Christmas my wonderful husband gave me the Nikon D40x that I so badly wanted. I've enjoyed taking pictures since my oldest son, Dennis was born almost nine years ago but just recently started to become dissapointed with the quality that my basic point and shoot provided. It simply would not keep up with my toddler, Billy who refused to pose for a picture for longer than a second. As a result, I've upgraded to my DSLR and even signed up for photography lessons on the web! Isn't the web great?

It was recommended by a mentor that I keep track of my photos throughout the twenty- week lesson period so that I can track my progress and have someplace to store my work. So here it is! Please, accompany me on my photography journey......I'm sure it will be a blast!