Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Perfect Moment Monday: Picture Me This

Perfect Moment Monday is sponsored by Weebles Wobblog and is described as "...noticing a perfect moment rather than creating one. Perfect moments can be momentous or ordinary or somewhere in between." I think it's a great way to make us all more mindful of the good things that happen to us. There's always at least one perfect moment...!

Perfect Moment Monday this week comes in the form of realizing that I crossed something off my To-Do List that has been on there for... years. I recently registered for a photography class at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology) and I'm pretty excited! I'll finally learn all the technical things I feel I need to know to take better photos. I've always loved photography and want to turn my hobby into a business, and this is another step in the right direction.

16: number of years I've been 'that girl' that always has a camera on-hand to capture all the important/candid moments
9: number of years I've wanted to take a photography class but was put off by the expense of the equipment
3: number of months it took me to decide if I was going Nikon or Canon
1: number of years I've owned a DSLR* and since I missed registration for the Fall 2009 photography class at FIT
6: number of weeks until my first class of Fall 2010!!

Look out for Wordless Wednesdays which will be coming to Living This Life soon!! Here's a photo of the Manhattan bridge I took last summer to start us off:



*a DSLR camera is a Digital Single-Lens Reflex camera; in super layman's terms, it's one of those bigger, black ones with the interchangeable lenses you see hanging around people's necks more and more these days since they've become more affordable, and produce much better quality photos than your average point-and-shoots. For a much better comparison, check out this article from one of my favorite photography websites.

8 comments:

Rachel said...

I love that picture .... gratz on the course... its awesome that your doing something to fulfill a dream.... I wish you all the best

*Popping over from perfect moments Monday*

Shada said...

So...Canon or Nikon???

Joy said...

The picture is wonderful! I wish you the best on this endeavor.

Joy said...

The picture is wonderful! I wish you the best on this endeavor.

Joy said...

The picture is wonderful! I wish you the best on this endeavor.

Joy said...

The picture is wonderful! I wish you the best on this endeavor.

Joy said...

The picture is wonderful! I wish you the best on this endeavor.

Lori Lavender Luz said...

I'm so glad you're doing this for yourself -- and for us!

That's a wonderful photo. I love the geometry of it.