Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! This year is holding great promise for this budding photographer and her hubby. Not only did Santa gift me with a Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens and leave me an IOU for a new photo printer, which should materialise in the next couple of weeks, he also left Alan speechless on Christmas Day by leaving him his very own DSLR!

Santa did give me a sneaky nod a couple of weeks before Christmas Day to let me know he'd got Alan's camera organised so that I was able to book him onto the Photography course as well. Our first session is on Monday and I'm definitely looking forward to it.

Today we took advantage of our new cameras and the frosty weather to get out and about and take some photo's. Want to see?

I have first uploaded the original photo and then my final version after a little playing around in Paintshop Pro. I am still at the tampering stage with PSP and I'm not sure really whether to really study this piece of software or save up and purchase Photoshop Elements and learn the ins and outs of that one instead.

Please let me have your comments on my pics. I'll never learn if you aren't prepared to tell me they're crap when they are! ;o)


A frosty day in Woodbank Park, Stockport






Riley refusing to say 'cheeeeese'





Did I get this 'rule of thirds' thingy right with this one?


Woodbank Park Nursery





I thought this one looked more interesting without all that grass at the front and I tried to add a little more colour to the dreary grey sky.


Oooh, this is kinda cold





Wishing you all a safe and happy 2009!