Jennifer & Seth

Yesterday, I was fortunate enough to spend the afternoon with my friend Jennifer. We've known each other since we were 13, but she lives in Santa Cruz now and I only see her about once a year if I'm lucky. She was kind enough to let me take some shots of her...these are all aperture priority f/1.8.

Also got these ones of my husband the other night. The first one has a white balance setting at incandescent, and the second one white balance is cloudy. Again aperture priority f/1.8. Someday soon I'll get a little braver and go manual all the way. You can tell he's a wee bit frustrated with me. We were on our way to the car, leaving a jazz show we went to. It was 11ish at night, and he was not feeling pose-ish. What a great sport, huh?

The Affair Begins

I graduated from nursing school in June. It took me three and a half years to get done, including my prerequisites. Since June, I've watched more television, had more beers, and slept more hours than I did those entire three and a half years combined. (Well, maybe not, but it feels like a close thing.)

It's been really nice.

But now I'm bored.

I think I used to be an interesting person, like, with creativity to spare and adventures to go on and, you know, a hobby or two. But since finishing school I'll be damned if any of the things I used to do feel very fun or fulfilling to me. I've knitted half of one scarf, picked up my guitar maybe twice, and read about a quarter of A Prayer for Owen Meany. None of it was getting me excited or much less bored.

I needed something new.

I have a good friend who is an amazing photographer. And the whole time I was in nursing school, he was doing a photo-a-day blog. I remember thinking how awesome it must be to have something so creative to fill your time, and such beautiful results to enjoy afterwards.

So I'm copying him.

Kind of.

He uses a pinhole and a Canon SLR and shoots on film. I got myself a Nikon D3200 with a 50mm f/1.8. I'm mostly interested in shooting people and urban scenes, but we'll see where I go. These are the first shots I got with the 50mm, and I already know I love it.

 

 

 

That real live beautiful orange masterpiece is Toby. I got Foxy at Fred Meyer after I picked up my lens. I'm sure I'll have some people to shoot soon, but I wanted a cooperative subject until then.