I got my camera 2 weeks ago, and I've been doing a lot of playing around with it. There's definately a learning curve that comes with this camera! I've put it straight into manual, and I'm determined to 'get it'. I've had one problem though. I've been doing some of my recent shooting in RAW, and my editing program (Photoshop Elements 4) does not recognize RAW from my camera. I'll have to update to PE 5 when it comes out! I've changed it to Jpeg now so I can see my photos easier! I've downloaded a trial version of Capture NX, but it seems to take forever to process the photos and save them into JPEG so I can work with them... Does anyone have a faster solution????

These are photos I took yesterday on the front lawn with Joshua and Nathan.

I bought my first camera-related item!

My camera will be here in 10 days. (Yes, I'm counting down..... ) and I've been researching lenses and accessories all over the web. I stumbled across the most awesome site for camera bags. Have you ever seen a Crumpler camera bag before? These things are awesome! I almost ordered one on-line from the dvshop in Toronto (best prices I could find and they have the lensbaby 2.0 on sale!) however I was very torn on which size to get. It's so hard to tell from pictures on the web. So, I drove to Beau Photo (downtown Van) to take a look at their bags. It's a good thing too! I originally had wanted a '5 million dollar home', but after looking at it, I realized it would be too small. The '6 million dollar home' is a perfect size. It will carry my wallet too! I was really tempted to get the red one, but opted for the 'safe' black one. I think I'd like to get the '4 million dollar home' later to use as just an everyday 'grab-my-camera-n-go' bag, but I didn't want to spend too much at once. (shhhh, I also got my lensbaby ;)

Here are pics from Crumpler's website:

Kids are back in school!!!! YAY!!!

Not quite sure what I'm going to do with all my free time! I'm sure I'll be missing the kids soon, but for today, it sure is nice to know they're safe in a classroom and I don't have to deal with fighting, and "I'm bored" comments. I have some housework and circle journals to catch up on, and then I'll be looking for some activities to fill me and Nathan's time together. What to do?!?!?!