Fancy new camera

When I was in high school, I was the head school photographer for 2 years.  I "ran" the dark room at school, with 3 other photographers working with me.  We took, developed and printed photos for the school newspaper and year book.  I loved every second of it.  The dark room was my 2nd home and I loved learning all about pictures and processing.

After high school, I went to college and still held onto the thought of getting back into photography someday.  Well, that day has finally come!!!!  We just bought a very nice, very expensive new camera.  After talking to a lot of people who are into photography, we bought a Nikon D3100.  I have 2 lenses for it and have been practicing taking pictures as much as people and time will allow.  I am falling back in love with it all over again!  I have the pipedream of someday getting into business for myself with children, wedding and senior pictures.  In the meantime, I'll be taking as many snapshots as I can to practice. 

I'm also starting to play with editing software a little, to enhance photos (you'll see a sample of it with Hazel's photo below).  I have a long way to go, but I love having this hobby for just me.

Here are a few shots from this weekend.

Raw image of Hazel:

 Enhanced photo of Hazel:

 Howard wearing a goofy grin, I had the wrong lens on to make this one enhanced much: