Seeing Stars

Most people know that I like stars. They are one of my favorite things.
Another one of my favorite things? Photography. I have had a passion for it since I first took a class in high school. Those were the good old days when we learned how to take a picture on a SLR camera- how to set up the shutter speed and aperture ourselves. We even developed the film and make the prints in the dark room. I loved being creative with this medium and being able to do everything from start to finish. Now many school photography programs have gone totally digital. I feel they are losing a great art.

Now I can use that knowledge and apply it to my digital camera. Although it's digital, I still tend to use it in the manual mode most often. I will take pictures of anything and everything (as you will see in an upcoming post.. stay tuned). But when two or more of my favorite things can come together it really just makes my day. I have always loved photographing nature- what better way to capture beauty than in God's creation? And I really love getting in close with a macro lense so you can see the details. When Chris and I were dating we would go on 'photo dates'. We would go to the Zoo, downtown Minneapolis, the falls,or the stone arch bride and just be creative. We have done that a few times living here as well, but it's been a while. Last week I had a few days off of work (thank you Rosh Hashanah and for working in a school) so we decided to get out our cameras and be creative. Since most of the photos were on our SLR's we'll have to wait to get them printed to see how they turned out (the one draw back to not using digital). Until then, here are some pics from my digital camera.. check out the way the bark was peeling off the tree. I love finding shapes in nature!