New Hobby

For a few years I have been contemplating purchasing a decent camera and computer to match, and learning to take pictures before returning to Africa.

I talked with Alden Ho, a professional photographer whose advice I appreciate so much, and he suggested from day one that I go with good quality lenses in the beginning, and not put so much money into the body at first, since a good lens on a lousy camera takes better photos than a lousy lens on a good camera, or something like that. So, I took his advice seriously, and a week ago Maggi and I got our first (used) digital SLR camera with some nice glass attached.

For the record, we also purchased a black macBook at the same time, with which I took the picture of the camera with the 35-350 f3.5-5.6 L Canon lens attached. The camera is an EOS 10d, and I've put over 2000 actuations on it in the last week! I'm enjoying this!

So, here are a few of the initial photos I have taken. I'm learning, and looking forward to spring, when the nature around us will stop being so gray.






















It takes so long to upload photos onto this blog! And it so often goes wrong. I think I´ll have a talk with Andrew about how to use Automator to do this more easily...

God bless you, and have a great week! Jesus is coming soon!