My husband and I pooled our Christmas money and bought a good camera at Sam’s Club that will take uber awesome pictures! And this year, I am going to share with you my attempts at taking better pictures…so be amazed. (or just laugh…whatever)

I like how the background is a little fuzzy while the subject is clear.

I love that it takes good close ups without being blurry.

I love the Bokeh effect (blurry lights in the background). It happens when your subject is far away from lights and you do a close up on your subject. I tried it with my dog, Titus, but he wasn’t far enough away annnnd I wasn’t close enough to him. I will have to experiment a bit more on that.

So there you have my first foray into the land of digital photography. I don’t want to become a professional or anything. I just want to learn to take great pictures for me. (Some day I will have grandchildren who will need to be documented with they are with their Nana or whatever they are going to call me!)

Do you have a good camera? How did you learn to take great pictures?