Thursday, December 16, 2010

there really is a santa clause

i'm a terrible person to shop for during the Christmas gift giving season.  i have a unfortunate tendency to purchase items i have told others i want prior to december 25th.  one time at BYU i had told my mom i really wanted this movie soundtrack.  she listened and bought it for me.  however, i apparently had even less patience then than i do now, so i bought the cd.  when i called joani to tell her she was less than thrilled with me.  the moral of the story is that there is a 50/50 chance i'm going to buy what i told you i wanted.

when i was asked for ideas for this Christmas, i came up with one and only one thing i really, really wanted.  (at least the one thing that others can provide/purchase/create for me - we all know the main thing i really want that no one has contol over.)  i wanted a photography course.

in the event you've not been a frequent visitor to my blog, i am totally and completely obsessed with my digital SLR camera.  i love shooting family, friends, landscapes, etc.  i'm completely self-taught so i decided that it is time to take a class.  however they are quite expensive so i asked for donations to the "teach pinky how to actually take pictures in the correct mode" fund.  joani said she would make a gift towards the fund.

found a class through the new york institute of photography.  it's $400.  which is a bit steep.  then the most amazing thing happened...groupon to the rescue!  i got a notice that the course i wanted to take was 50% off.  that's right - 50% off!  there really is a santa clause!  purchased the course with joani's blessing and am ready to overwhelm this blog with all of my awesomely artistic photos. 

some of my current fave pics are located here:

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Il semble que vous soyez un expert dans ce domaine, vos remarques sont tres interessantes, merci.

- Daniel