When I went to Marsha's blog the other day, I saw that she was starting an online photography "class"  anyone could join.  Through the Lens is being given by Hallie FROM THE RUBBER ROOM and I'm so excited!  I was actually "gifted" a digital camera a few weeks ago and so this class is perfect timing!

Okay... I need to share a little more about that first... Mike and I had been talking about what we'd like to do about a camera and what we should be saving for.  Mike had bought me a really nice camera years ago, but we had to drive 30 minutes away to have the film developed and after the battery went bad... well, we just quit using it.  It wasn't cost effective anymore.  We've been using Mike's digital camera from work which was better than nothing, but nothing compared to the film camera's quality of pictures.  Then, one Saturday morning, a dear friend of my husband's (and our family) stopped over to give me his EOS 10D digital camera!  He'd bought it a few years back when he was taking professional wedding pictures.  With the box it came in, manual, extra battery and CF card, he explained that he wanted me to have it so I wouldn't miss these precious moments of my children... and with tears, I was amazed not only by his generosity... but also how much God loves me to have given me such a gift.

Since then, I've been taking pictures like crazy... and trying to figure "my" camera out, so this class came around when I needed it!  Check back over the weeks to see how I'm doing and how it's going... or better yet, join in!

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