50/50

I received a lens for my Nikon for Christmas.  It's a 50mm, 1.8 fixed lens.  I love it, but it takes some getting used to because I no longer can stand in one place and adjust the lens.  I'm having to move closer and closer to the subject to get the great picture.  If you've taken pictures of people, you know how much you end up in their personal space when you shoot with a fixed lens.  These pictures were taken over Christmas break.  I hadn't taken pictures in a long time and just received the lens and I felt like I needed to shoot.  So I asked one of my good friends to let me shoot her and she agreed.  It was fun (as I expected it to be), but it also allowed me the opportunity to get to know my camera.  Like any other technology, I definitely had to adjust where and how I was shooting many times.  I just am grateful that she was the first person that I shot and wasn't overconfident thinking that I could shoot someone serious.  Anyways, I love the way most of the pictures turned out, but I need to take a class and find out more about the mechanics of my camera.  Anyways, enjoy!

 

Last night I had a great conversation with some very cool people.  We discussed music, poetry and literature.  I haven't had a conversation like that in forever.  It felt good, it felt right.  I felt at home.  It made me want to listen to Transatlanticism.  Such a well-written album.  Dust it off and listen to it again.

Best.

Here's where it starts to get interesting!

It's the beginning of 2012, and of course I have thought about resolutions but have not decided on any. It's really my way of never getting off the fence. I seriously will ride the fence until someone forces me to get off. I like to call it my one foot in one foot out mentality. I'm always waiting for the next new thing to come along. Well last year I discovered a photography app for my phone named Instagram. If you have an iPhone you definitely should get it. It's free and let's you view pictures from people all over. I love the app and find many of the pictures interesting (even though most are fixed in post production.). Some of the post production can make the picture look very cool though. Err are some examples of what I've posted. Not taken by my Nikon, only iPhone!