A Beautiful Evening in Florida

One beautiful evening in Florida I had some free time and my camera in tow so I spent some time wondering around McClay Gardens with my oldest son.  I enjoy taking pictures of people the most so this was a little bit of a different adventure for me.

Oh So Curious!

I found this site Tutorial by JFotography and I'm going through this "ebook".  The number 1 suggestion is to Stay Curious.  That's easy for me because I have lots to learn and I am having fun with my new camera...89 pictures today.  Here's two questions that JFotography suggests when looking at photos:

Do I like this photo because of the colors?

Do I like it because of the way it is arranged?

I'll answer both of those questions as yes and yes!  I love the blues, greens and grays in this pic.  I like that the bench is offset, just a little.  I took two other pictures of this just to play around with the arrangement and the layout.  

This shot is very similar to the first one, but I like the other one better, because the bench is just a little bit more to the right.  

The colors seem so different in this portrait shot because there is too much of the water.  I'm not sure if it's too over exposed or just missing the greenery.  I really do like the first one the best and I did have fun using the 300mm lens.  Wow!  Now, to find a good book and go relax on the bench!

Sweet slices of seconds!

First pic with the new camera!

I'm one of those fortunate adults who still has the pleasure of enjoying spring break!  Too kick it off this year, I stopped by Costco and purchased my first DSLR, a Nikon D3200.  When I arrived home, I ripped it out of the box, followed the quick start info and within seconds, I was snapping away! I am so impressed with this camera.  It starts off as a point and shot.  I know some people will think I am crazy for saying that because it has potential, lots of potential, but for someone like me who has never taken the first picture with a DSLR, that's where I started...on fully automatic.  Within no time at all, I had captured a few precious moments in time.  Thinking about that I realized that these aren't even moments, they are seconds, less than seconds, slices of seconds, fractions of seconds in experiencing the world.  Amazing!  Here's my first shot of my sweet hubby.