New Camera!!

So a dear friend of mine decided to sell his Nikon D200. It had all kinds of goodies with it, including a battery grip! DH and discussed it and he agreed I could buy IF I could sell my Nikon D40. My D40 has been such a wonderful camera, and I definitely wanted it to go to someone who would really appreciate it. And it did, the proud new owner is one of my friends at work.
I was free to buy the D200. I LOVE it!! It's amazing.
I also learned something new: Kinetics. Kinetics is an experimental photographic technique in which the photographer uses movement resulting from physics to create an image. I attempted this by zooming in to the object during a long exposure. I had fun trying it out. My object was my silver jewelry box with my engagement ring in the center, and the box was on black satin place mats. The first version came out looking like an x-ray, pretty cool. But then I amped up the blacks and the contrast and got this eye catching image:



SO fun!!

The Ritz

I stayed at the Ritz Carlton in Sarasota for a conference this past week. Their grounds were beautiful. I took a few minutes one morning to walk around and take some photos. This is one of my favorites.

Honeymoon

Steve and I were married on April 18, 2009. On April 20, 2009 we set off for our honeymoon to Mexico. It was my first time leaving the country and I had a great time documenting it. The sunsets were amazing. I wish we could be there now.

Been a while!

So It's been a while since my last post...a year? Whew. My wedding took precedence over everything else in my life. Although I was taking photos it was mostly of my wedding projects Probably only interesting to to me. Ha ha. So I may throw up a couple of shots for this post instead of one.

My first one comes from a wedding of good friends that occurred two weeks after my own wedding. Andrea, the bride, made a beautiful cupcake stand (in lieu of cake) and I took this photo as the sun was setting.



This next one was taken on a trip to Boston to visit my besties Janice and Jason. This is a long case with Chinese scrolls that is lit up. Taken with no flash inside, I just love how it turned out.