Welcome to my blog!

Though I'm no professional photographer and I don't know much more than point and shoot, I do have an artistic eye and have taken some awesome photos. For years I've been using an old Canon T50 35mm camera with an adjustable lens. I've never known any of the technical stuff or much more than loading the film and shooting pictures.

The last several years I have been interested in getting a digital camera, as I've seen a few in use and I like some of the features. The problem is I don't know what to get, as the cameras I've been looking at with adjustable lenses are quite expensive, especially with my limited budget. I decided that I should learn more about the cameras before I spend the money to purchase one.

So I thought one way to learn would be to buy a cheaper camera without the fancy lenses and learn about the camera operation first. My girlfriend found an ad for a used one at less than half price than they were charging for them at Walmart, so I bought it. It is a little Kodak Easy Share ZD710 with a 10X zoom. I've also taken some awesome pictures with it, but I've had trouble with focus when using the zoom and taking action shots. The manual doesn't give me much information about all the features and I wouldn't even know what to do with them if I knew how to use them.

So as I post on here, I hope some more experienced people can help me with my difficulties. All advice welcome!

This is a photo I took of a locomotive coming thru Wagner, Ok in April 2010