And so it begins...

I wanted to start off this blog to track my own experiences throughout photography. I am an amateur photographer that decided to jump in head-first into this expensive hobby. I bought a Canon Digital Rebel XT for my first SLR and found out that I loved experimenting in photography.

So, my journey has been mostly self taught. I grabbed the camera and played with every setting I could find and read about in the camera's manual. After I got fairly familiar with operation of the camera, I went out and started playing. That's all I did was play, since I really had no idea what I was doing. But I took it one setting at a time. I would let the camera tell me what the correct settings should be in auto mode then I would switch to manual mode, copy the settings, then adjust one thing, like ISO or shutter speed, and watch the effect it would have on the image on the LCD screen.

That's how I started and now have a pretty decent understand of words like aperture, shutter speed, & ISO.

Since then, I have upgraded my camera and now shoot with a Canon 40D. I am very happy with the upgrade as the 40D has proven to be a better fit, even in size. It's a bit larger and fits my hands better than the Rebel.

This is going to be a long photography journey for me. I hope you enjoy the ride.