The Apple of My Eye

3/19/2014 11:16:00 PM Unknown 0 Comments

Say hello to my [not so little] friend.

Today when I arrived home from my mom's doctor appointments I was greeted by a beautiful brown UPS box... it nearly paralyzed me.  I'm not even joking, I started wheezing and I had to sit down; I was SO EXCITED.  I never wanted to become a "professional" photographer--I never planned to make a life out of this and I definitely never meant to invest so much moolah into it, but what can I say?  I'm hooked!  Needless to say, it was time to invest in a better camera.  As much as I love (and highly recommend) my Sony DSC-RX100, it is technically only a point-and-shoot camera, and there's no way I'm building a business with only that type of gear.  After quite a bit of research (and budget analysis!) I decided on the 60D, which also happens to be the same camera that my friend/mentor Yessenia uses for her shoots (which makes things nice and easy for us).  I'm so stoked to break it in this week and to test out its capabilities.  As I was opening the box I was having "flash-forwards" (as opposed to flashbacks) imagining all of the things I will learn and do in the next year with photography.  I'm scared and excited and nervous and elated all at once.

So naturally I did a photo shoot of my camera, as ironic as that sounds.  Welcome to the world, baby D!

My total haul!