All I Want for Christmas

This. 

 

Plus this.   

Plus this. 

Plus this. 

Equals this. 

Christmas came early for me this year. And Santa knew just what I wanted.  I have been wanting a DSLR camera for a while now so that I could take some of the informal photography classes available at UT.  I really like photography and want to someday be semi-good at it (a LONG time from now!). One day I came home from work and there it sat.  A new Canon Rebel EOS T2i.  In all its glory. 

Kyle decided to give it to me early so that I could take pictures during the holidays.  I am very, very thankful and very, very, very excited.  I have been taking a lot of random pictures just trying to learn all the setting while playing with the lighting, shutter speed, etc.  My favorite model? My nephew Cooper, of course.  Here are a couple that I have taken.  (Also, I have been trying to learn Photoshop to edit the pictures, so that is why you see some of the same pictures with different edits. The Coffee Shop Blog has TONS of free PS actions for anyone who is curious.)

I <3 baby feet! :) 

Any ideas on removing eyeglasses glare?
I think the best suggestion is to take the picture better....shucks. 

So there you have it, pictures of Coop, the handsome Haug boys, and Moose (yearning for someone to play ball with him)! Anyone getting an early Christmas too?  Or enjoy taking pictures of baby feet? No? Just me? Well never mind then...