The way I see it...

I have been enjoying my new camera, a Nikon D40. I love it. It is so wonderful to have a new creative outlet. I enjoy just carrying it around (in a long searched for camera bag that looks like a purse) and capturing the things that I find interesting or portray some aspect of my life. I have enjoyed playing with different angles and settings, and feel like I am just starting to learn. My eye is often drawn to unusual angles and photographing those everyday things in life that I think are beautiful. Here are a few of my favorites from the last few weeks.....

And since many of these pictures seem to have a theme of musical instruments, I have to mention the movie, August Rush, that I saw on Saturday night. Wow! What a great movie. I'm not sure I can even tell you why I loved it so much. It evoked something in me and I left just thinking about the music in the movie as well as the beauty of the story. I'd recommend it, but make sure you go with people you feel comfortable crying with (the good kind of tears).