An Amateur Photographer

We recently bought a new camera, and after reading some books about photography and talking to some knowledgeable friends who actually know something about taking pictures, Gene and I headed to the park today to try out the various settings on the camera. There weren't any flowers blooming yet to photograph, so I had to get creative with the other bits of nature around me. Here are some of the pictures that I took while Gene rollerbladed around for a bit. I like how the first few turned out after I edited the lighting on my computer.

I could make it look like the sky was actually blue today.

Gene was animate about me taking a picture of this acorn, and with our editing program, I made the dead grass look somewhat lively.


I hate geese....but like I said, there wasn't much else to photograph.


These next photographs were taken the other day in our backyard.