djByron [Dan Byron]husband, father, christian, musician & technophile ( but not a dj )

This is my favorite pic so far of Tanner. He was only one week old when I snapped this pic of him on our bed. It was taken with our Canon 40D and edited by Brin in Apple’s Aperture (I love that program). She had it printed and it rests on our dresser. I see it every morning and wanted to share it.

As the price of digital SLR’s gradually comes down it seems as if everyone is a photographer these days. Yea I guess you could lump me into that group but fortunately enough I’m not naive enough to think I’m any good… yet. I do however have a love for the art and hope to learn the skill as time progresses.

So what “gear” do we have to get started? I say we because my wife has a similar desire to learn and I figured this is a hobby/skill that we both can grow in together. We have a Canon EOS 40D with the EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM lense and the Speedlite 580EX II Flash. We’ve had this setup for a couple months now and love it. All I can say is that a camera of this caliber takes some really amazing pictures even when using “ignorant” (auto) mode.

I’ll post some photos on here as time goes and we learn the ropes of shooting manual (for those “real” photographers out there to comment on.)

This commercial alone almost makes me want to dump my Canon 40D and buy a Sony! Ok, so I’d never do that but the commercial is cool none-the-less. Thanks motionhouse for the heads up.