New Camera!

We finally did buy a fancy new camera. One of Chris's current coworkers let us borrow his Nikon D40 to try it out before buying. I had so much fun trying to take pictures of the kids. I also spent too much time taking pictures of random objects like the mini Christmas tree we have out. I would take a picture, change some setting, take another picture, compare pictures, change settings, take a picture, etc. Since the coworker was going to sell the camera on eBay, we went ahead and bought it.

The lens was lent to us along with the camera but had to be returned. I spend a lot of time trying to research which lens to buy and ended up getting the same one we used. I thought I wanted zoom but ended up getting a 35 mm, which should work well for the pictures of the kids. I already posted a bunch with taken with the sprinkler ball.

Here are a few of my favorites so far.

I really need to work on getting the camera level instead of slightly tilted.

I also need to be careful of focusing on Josie's face and not the hair that is a few inches closer.

That's right, lots of curly hair pictures.

Practicing bowling.

I forget what was happening but this was definitely an action shot.

This is the look he has when asking for a Nintendo DS but before I tell him no.

Revolutionary!

Here are a couple videos that are changing my (domestic) life.

First, how to fold a t-shirt quickly. They say 2 seconds in other versions but I count getting the t-shirt flat as part of the time. It's easy, I didn't even need to practice. The hardest part is remembering that when you are done one of the sleeves is outside of the fold and that is the side you should pick up the shirt so it doesn't fall apart. You may not understand the words (Japanese) but the technique is easy enough to pick up.



Next, I found out that I have been tying my shoes wrong for 30+ years. Thanks, Mom and Dad. The hardest part of this is I automatically double knot, which defeats the purpose. Also, the laces on my Converse are so long that I need to double knot them anyway. This one is a bit longer because it is explained.