Upgrade

My old camera has reached its official retirement! It served me well for the past 5-8 years (not sure how old it is, its that old!) and has battle scars to show for it. Hopefully, from now on out my photos will be better. But even though my new camera is an upgrade, that might be wishful thinking. As Dustin pointed out to me, bad photos (as in my case, or good photos as it seems everyone else is taking) are often more the result of the user than the camera. I always blame poor lighting and the season (it gets dark obnoxiously early this time of year), but now I realize it's probably me. So I commit to actually reading the camera manual this time. I want to be a good photographer. Maybe that's asking too much. Do you ever wonder if you're just not meant to have certain talents? Like you were given some and others were withheld- only in fairness of course. So we shall see...!

I also want to learn Photoshop. I hear editing photos can really help. For now, mine are au natural! But if I can get my hands on Photoshop there are a world of possibilities that await me! (If anyone knows a lot about photography or Photoshop I'd love some pointers!) Can you get great shots (especially close ups- a.k.a. food) without professional skill and dropping big bucks on high-tech equipment?

The old camera (taken with my new camera):

And introducing my new camera (taken with my old camera):