I've been extremely happy with my new camera. The Nikon D60 - a fairly entry level Digital SLR. Getting great pictures is really satisfying. I think everyone has different outlets for their creativity and personality - this is one of mine and I look forward to it's growth.
With that said. I've been playing a lot with shooting in different lighting, different aperatures, speeds, and with my different lenses. The camera came with a nice 18 - 55mm lense. I purchased a small prime lense - 50mm and thanks to the great generosity of AJ, a co-owner of Sip & Kranz, I now have a 55-200mm zoom lense!
A few things that I am really excited for as I think about my adventure abroad: Learning new things - I love to learn. Food!, I am really excited to experience and indulge in Thailands wonderful foods along with my first REAL exposure to legit Chinese food in Taiwan. The plan is to blog about food, with photo's and descriptions. I'm also set on taking cooking lessons in Thailand and Taiwan.
....People - my friends in Thailand and "to be" friends in Thailand are a huge motivation for me to visit. I love the process of interacting and building meaningful relationships cross culturally.
Last but not least - lest I make this way to long - I look forward to traveling and growing with my brother Phillip and good friend Nolan, who could ask for a better experience than to travel over a year with 2 good friends. I hope we sharpen and strengthen one another as we together travel this section of the journey called life.
Blessings.
Great thoughts Jon, and so excited to see your photos from today and to be able to go on a photo shooting excursion sometime soon.
ReplyDeleteMostly selfishly, one of the things that I am equally excited about, is you taking these different cooking lessons, and being able to reap all the benefits.
This is going to be a wonderful adventure, and I look forward to watching to grow.