All the Little Chicks w/the Crimson Lips Go "Xsi ROCKS!"

Oh. My. Gosh.

I had a very great friend do a very wonderful thing for me. I was getting ready to list my Canon Digital Rebel Xti on eBay, so that I could purchase the new Canon Digital Rebel Xsi, and was telling her about it. She then replied promptly that she wanted to buy it! So, with a long story made short, she bought me the Canon Xsi, had it shipped directly to me, and in exchange, I shipped her my Xti, and a check made out for the difference. Pretty cool huh? Well, you are probably wondering about this new Xsi and what I think of it. I really must say,
IT TOTALLY ROCKS!
There are new features with the Xsi that the Xti doesn't have. And I have to say, my photos look soooooooooo much better! Wanna see one I took tonight (this is one of my best yet)? Sure you do. Ok, pretend you do! Here it is!

To learn more about the new features seen in the Canon Xsi, go here. (Note: I am not getting paid by Canon for this! I really do LOVE my new Xsi!)

I Think I'm Getting Better!

At least I hope I am! The journey to photographic greatness is a long, difficult road. There is so much to learn and it takes a lot of time. Anyway, here are two photos I took today (out of 286!) at our Veteran's Day Parade.

Bad Blogger

Yep. I said it. I am a bad blogger. A bad, bad, baaaaad blogger. I can barely find the time (and attention span) to keep up my blog. But I am hoping to change that. I hope to get back into learning photography again, as well as post my digital scrapbooking layouts. Also, I have some ideas for Christmas gifts that I will be posting in the near future. :) Stay tuned.

Not a Moth-Not a Butterfly?

I think it's a Mothy Butterfly myself. I'm not sure. Anyway, I had fun chasing this little guy around to get his photo today. Thus, another (mis)Adventure in photography. My post processing skills still leave much to be desired. But I love the macro feature my Canon 28-135mm lens has!

Want to Go on a (mis)Adventure With Me?

Here it is, my purpose for this blog. I have vigorously been trying to learn photography ever since I got my Canon Rebel Xti in December 2007. I have learned a lot, thanks to Jennifer. But I still have much more to learn.

I adore taking photos of my daughter, but her skin always comes out with crazy tones:
Her skin usually ends up very pinkish, or bluish...but never "fleshy." Jen and I were pondering why that happens, although I always use my Target to set the exposure and white balance. Then, it suddenly dawned on Jen to tell me to go look at my camera's menu to see if it is set to Standard, Faithful, Neutral, etc. It was set to Standard, so we both agreed to change it to Neutral. After going outside, setting WB and exposure with the Target...I got this:
Granted, it's not perfect, and I'll never be a great photographer. I am a digital scrapbooker so most of the photos I take go into my scrapbooks. But I sure want to learn as much as I possibly can about photography, and being the best photographer I can.

Hula Moola

I had the pleasure once again to scrap a photo for Jennifer, Photography Moderator at Digital Scrapbook Place. This is a LO about one of her children. She is just too cute, isn't she? I always love it when Jen gives me photos to scrap. It gives me great inspiration, especially when my own daughter gives me that look, as she is just so sick of me and my photography antics. Here is the LO I did for Jen. :)

I'm a Bad Blogger

I created this blog with the best of intentions. Honest! But I seem to put my blog on the back burner to do other things, like be a Mom, Wife and a very addicted digital scrapbooker! I really want to do better in the future and blog consistently. In the meantime, here is a couple photos I took this past weekend. These are my best photos so far, in my opinion, taken with my Canon Rebel Xti, 50mm f/1.8 lens and the Speedlite 430EX.



Here are two layouts that I made with these photos:

Credits:
Ever After Land Page Kit by Nicole Young
DSP Child's Play by Suzanne Walker

Credits:
Warm Summer Day Page Kit by Rene Bross
Cool Summer Night Page Kit by Rene Bross
DSP Maddie Moo by Nicole Young

I'm Here!

I am really happy to have created a blog in which I can share all of my photography adventures with you! I got my Canon Rebel Xti D-SLR in December and have been learning how to use it from an amazing teacher, Jen! :) I will also be placing a widget from Amazon.com with all the things I have purchased and recommend :) So keep an eye out for that! I'll be back soon with my first (mis)Adventure! :)