New Camera!

I'm so happy with my gift from Santa this year. It was definitely time for me join the DSLR club, no really there is on in my ward. Ha! So many people have these super nice cameras and I was feeling left out, or just plain tired of the terrible quality that I was getting with the point and click freebie that is dying. I say freebie because Dallas and I have always got free cameras from HP ever since he's worked there, but HP doesn't make cameras any more so this is officially the FIRST camera that we've ever had to buy. I'm loving the difference already, check it out.

Here's the girls with their Christmas eve jammas on, red eyes, washed out faces, I usually have adjust everything in Picasa before posting them here just to make them look decent.

Then here is my first attempt and greatness, just out of the box, no formal training or manual reading, WOW look at the difference! Now I can do close-ups with out the focus going all weird.


Again, here's the old camera, not too bad, but a little lacking wouldn't you say?
Then here's the new camera also capturing Abbey's new hair cut, so cute.
Ok, one more before and after. Here's Ethan and Abbey with Dallas by the fire on Christmas eve. Such blah colors, although you can see the beautiful wood floors that Dallas has been installing for us, more on that later.


Then here's Ellie outside on Christmas day. No edits or color adjustments, that's just the first try! Enough said right? We should have bought this long ago, I can tell this camera is going to document our lives so much better than the old. Thanks Santa!!