After a prolonged hiatus, I've final started posting pictures to our gallery again. After I got my DSLR back in February, I posted pictures a couple of times only to have the Gallery software fall apart and output weird errors or fail to make thumbnails and resized images. After two software updates and some PHP customizations, it finally started working again last week.
So, in the last week, I uploaded pictures from a March visit to Rebekah's dance studio, a September visit to the Baltimore Aquarium, an October visit to Carter's Mountain Orchard, and our trip this weekend to Rocky Gap State Park. There are plenty more pictures to come, too. My favorite subject continues to be Sara Ellen, of course.
I'm pretty happy with my camera and the pictures I've been able to take. I need to work on my landscape images. Especially in this part of the country, shots of the distance tend to have haze, which really takes away from the beauty of the subject. I haven't quite figured out what to do about that. I'd also like to do some macro photography, but that'll require an additional lens that'll have to wait until at least next year.
Most of my shooting has been done using my 17mm-50mm f/2.8 lens. The 50mm f/1.4 turned out to be too restrictive for varied subjects. At some point, I'll get a telephoto lens that'll allow me to capture far-away subjects. I'm particularly interested in shooting the Blue Angels. And I still want to get an off-camera flash. Some day....
