I am going to finish the 30 days of truth. I am. But I’ve been a little busy with more important things in the last week:
- We’re having a big Super Bowl party on Sunday, and we’ve been cleaning and cooking and planning and doing all sorts of preparing all week. This is the first year we’ve had a party at our house, so we’re trying to make sure it’s a good one. As an added bonus, our beloved Pittsburgh Steelers are playing, so we wanted to honor them properly. I’ll post pictures on Monday, but trust me when I say we got a little creative with some things.
- I am taking an online Night Photography class right now, and I’ve been doing a lot of messing around with my camera, trying to make it do all the things I want it to do. I had an epiphany with it the other night, and am starting to finally have a better understanding of all the settings and measurements (I’d previously spent all my time shooting with it on Auto). Also, I’m really enjoying the class! It’s self-paced, so I can read the lessons and do the assignments at my leisure. The instructor does a really good job of explaining the technical parts of it in a way that I can understand, but doesn’t make me feel like he’s talking down to me. I recommend it to anyone interested in learning a little more about photography in general.
- Our house is being sold. We’ve been renting for a little less than two years, and last month we were notified that they’d be selling the house soon. So now we have 3 options. Buy this house (provided they price it adequately) and not move, buy another house and move within two months, or find another rental and move there. This creates quite a bit of stress for those of us who don’t handle stress well (read: me). Every spare minute between my photography class stuff, and setting up for the party, has been spent talking to loan officers and realtors, and searching for homes. It’s time consuming, to say the least.
So that’s what I’ve been up to. I’ll start up with the rest of the truth next week. Enjoy your weekend. Go Steelers!
Where are you taking your online class? I would really like to take another one and just can’t ever make it out of work at a reliable time in the evenings (plus there’s the whole, I’d rather be home while my kids are awake thing). I ordered a new DSLR for my birthday and would love to take it off auto every now and then. I tried a class once before but the instructor was way too “artsy” and didn’t believe in any sort of structure or explanations, it was really just “play until you figure it out.” I know I need to figure it out by doing, but I also just need someone to tell me what aperture is! Your class sounds perfect.
I am so behind on the Night Photography class (totally glad for the month-long access!!!) but I am also loving it so far. Kent’s explanation of histograms was understandable and actually got through to me. And I think I finally know where most of the controls on my camera are. Whenever it’s done snowing and/or going below freezing here, I’m ready to get out there