Trying and actually succeeding...a little bit anyways :)

I have had my camera for quite a while now....however I still use it as a glorified point and shoot camera.  Sure I have gotten some pretty awesome pictures, but that was just the camera and not really me doing it on purpose. 

I have to give credit from all of true photographers out there because it is not easy, even when you have good camera helpping out the process.  Anyways....

A while back I found this awesome website(I'll post the link at the end of the post) that tells me exactly what it do in a way I actually understand.  And so far I've been pretty successful!

This was the first shot I took of Trey, my goal to get the Christmas lights in the background to look like little pretty bubbles of light....Not perfect yet, but I'm proud I am actually doing something I set out to create in a picture. 

In this one of my youngest nephew I wanted to capture the light in his eyes..this one took me about a million tries to get it but, I finally did.  I love this little guy, especially because he still lets me do these photo shoots with no complaints!

Hopefully with some more help from iheartfaces and cooperative boys I will finally use my camera the way it is ment to be used!