I live where it rains, alot. More than my body wants to tolerate. So I find myself heading to the "dry side of the mountains" frequently. There is almost nothing like the mind freeing landscape of prairie or desert to the "coasters". Off I went with my camera to soak up some sun, warmth, clean wind and snap a few pics. I am from here, it is no surprise that I have been trying to figure out how to get back to it my entire adult life.

This is my fourth trip with the "new camera", I will not count the third trip as I went to a birthday party and my people shots are bad. I'll stick to what I am doing until I figure out how to capture faces without all the shadows.

2nd Day

Ok...I just had to go out again today and take more pictures!! The hunt is on. Driving by a small rural rodeo grounds I spotted a large congregation of horse trailers, well I'm a horse lover so I stopped to see what was going on.

Turns out the locals were having a barrel racing competition. I know that moving targets are hard, I'm new at this and should stick with landscapes for awhile. But, I couldn't resist and here are some of the pictures, see what you think.

New Camera

Years ago I used to think myself a camera buff. I enjoyed the hunt for the perfect photo and fancied myself a decent hobbyist. Many years later I've found myself without a fun and interesting way to spend free time besides my norm and I remembered that at one time I yearned to be a professional photographer. What ever happened to that idealistic young women who thought she could do anything she wanted with her life? Guess what, she is still ALIVE!!!

Just yesterday (Saturday) with no clear goals for the day I decided to go refrigerator shopping. Yup, I do have purpose. There were no refers at the Best Buy that fit my dimensions and on the way out of the store I spied the camera section. DANGER. After turning down just about every sales person in the store trying to make a buck, a quiet kind of young man sided up to me and said, "boy, there are some really nice camera's out these days." That is all she wrote folks, I left the store $1400 poorer with a bag FULL OF CAMERA STUFF!!!!

Off I went, on the hunt for the perfect picture. Time went backward and I was young and idealistic again, with my camera, my dog, a bottle of water and a car full of gas. Five hundred miles later, I managed to shoot a couple of savers, now I have to figure out how to use the thing!!