The Sunset House - Papercrafts, Photography, and Recipes for Life » cameras http://www.thesunsethouse.com Paper crafts, photography, and recipes for fun and for life Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:48:00 +0000 en hourly 1 The Photo Madness Begins http://www.thesunsethouse.com/2008/07/21/the-photo-madness-begins/ http://www.thesunsethouse.com/2008/07/21/the-photo-madness-begins/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:35:18 +0000 Kelly Nicole http://www.thesunsethouse.com/?p=25 I am jumping out of my seat!

In a month, I’ll officially be in my “dirty thirties.” To console me celebrate with me, Hubsters bought me two early birthday presents. One of them was a Canon Rebel XSi. People, it is the most beautiful piece of technology that $730 can buy.

My Papa bought me my very first lens—a Canon EF 50mm f1.4. I LOVE THIS LENS. It has a very shallow depth of field and makes a nice blurry background (I think photographer people call it bokeh or something), perfect for portrait shooting and taking nice close ups of my greeting cards. :-)

Hubs also bought me a Tamron lens. The comparable Canon version costs $1000+. We opted to buy a similar $400 Tamron version. I haven’t tested this one yet, but it received rave reviews on Amazon.

I’ve been digging my nose into plenty of photography tutorials and I’m ready for some practice. Anyone up for a photo excursion? :-)

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