So, again my life changes. Good things destroyed, good things created. Opportunity strikes to start over.

I grabbed a bargain of a camera last night, silver Nikon D40 with the standard 18-55mm lens, 1GB SD card, Lowerpro backpack and spare battery and charger, all for £200. Went out this morning for a few hours to take some pictures around local area. I'm still getting used to the modes and settings, and still can't figure out how to manually adjust shutter speed.

Took a few shots around the house last night, mostly just quick test shots. Took a nice one of one of the glass snails in the cabinet in my office, and an interesting shot of my TV/DVD combi remote.



So, as life goes on, I'll be learning photography skills by myself, getting a head start for the BTEC photography and editing course in September. Hopefully it proves more useful than the AS levels I took a year ago. Regardless, I'm learning the digital side of the course, but we'll also be doing dark room work and sketching, as you'd expect.

Chow for now.