big girl toys.

i. am. so. excited.

i've always been obsessed with pictures. always wanted to take a photography class. always wanted a big fancy slr camera.

and now...

i have one!

i am the proud {and ridiculously excited} owner of a nikon d3100. i've got two lenses for it, an 18-55mm lens and a 55-200mm zoom lens.

and i'm not going to lie, i really have no idea what that means. this camera is confusing. but i'm working on it. continuously searching for tips, tricks and guides on the never ending interweb. one blog i've found to be really useful so far is 31 days to a better photo - a step by step tutorial on the different features of most digital slr cameras. i've been working on the "assignments" darcy posted in the series and so far, i'm understand most of what she says. key word: most.

{fortunately, the camera has an "auto" function, so until i learn all the ins and outs of my camera, i can still play.}

i also just got a nice little bag to pack all of my camera supplies in. it's a "sling" style backpack {one shoulder type} so you can sling it around your body real quick to grab your camera without having to take the bag off.

i like it because the camera gets nestled in all snug-like.

with the purchase of the camera, i got 18 tickets to photography classes and since the place offers 9 different classes, austin gets to go with me to learn about the camera, too!

i really can't explain how unbelievably excited i am.

i've taken quite a few pictures so far, mostly of juliet and copper, of course. so i'll share just a few.

and here's my favorite. because i love my puppy so much.

and she's just so darn cute.

hopefully i'll become a pro at my new camera and i'll have all kinds of awesome pictures to post in the future.