My New Baby

During a coffee date with a close friend last week my phone rang. 
I said "Do you mind if I answer, it's The Engineer and I'm hoping he has some good news for me." She didn't mind, so I picked up. 

"Yes.... " 
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"OMG are you serious! Yayayayayayay! I love you honey!!" 
"You're pregnant!" My friend gasps! 
"Well I do have a new baby coming home tonight, but no, I'm not pregnant."
My husband had just confirmed that he had collected my brand new camera body from the store. 

I have been giving this camera the glad-eye for a long time now, doing all my research to ensure that I bought just the right camera for my business, and the day had finally come! I was so excited that I literally read the manual front to back. Then I celebrated like this:

 
It is beautiful. (Agreed, Moet is beautiful but I meant the camera) 

I love it so much. (Again, the sentiment fits for both but was intended for the camera)

My old camera has a very special place in my heart. It captured my first ever photos of my babies and was the catalyst for this business to come about. I also know that a good camera does not necessarily make the photo special, a good photographer will be able to capture a beautiful image with any DSLR because the knowledge behind taking a photo is what matters. That said, there are some technical aspects you get in top end cameras that improve workflow plus images can be printed super-large sizes at better quality. 

My girls love to be in front of the camera, and of course I love photographing them, but this was turned around last weekend - The Engineer thought it was cute to let Miss 2yo play "Photographer" with my 1 day new camera. 

She's actually got the concept down pretty well, most kids look at the LCD display these days so look out for my new assistant!  Anyway, once I reminded him how much that camera and lens cost the game was up pretty quick!