The Camera Story

My first camera that I can remember was the very rectangular 110-film camera. Come on. You member, member? The film was so easy to just pop in and out. And during that time (late 80's) there was one in every color. I'm pretty sure my sister had one too.




I snapped pictures of my friends and just stuff around the restaurant (family business, a.k.a. everyday hang out spot). Here's a picture that I found taken by the good ol' 110.






This was in the back of the restaurant. There was a big grass yard.

Later I had a 35mm like everyone else. To this day, loading that film is so annoying to me. So not too many pictures were taken during that big gap of life. Although who can resist the one-time use cameras? That was the "camera" of choice for field trips and other events.

And alas! the polaroid! Gone were the days of having to wait for your file to be developes to see all your photos, oh and trying to use up all the film on your roll so you could just take it to be developes! The last few pictures were always of nothing important - a favorite toy, the sky, haha! Although it was really my parents' polaroid, my sister and brother and I still had some fun with it. But, not too much, polaroid film wasn't cheap! One of my favorite memories was receiving a polaroid picture of the "garbage eater" that my brother made out of a clorox bottle. He mailed it to me with a letter when I first moved to AZ. I think he was 12. Wish I could put my finger on the pic to share with you now.

Which brings me to the real joy of taking pictures - capturing memories. And as a daughter of an artist, and well just being a girl I think, it's so fulfilling to create something beautiful. The brighter the colors, contrast, etc. the better. For me, the digital camera really helped! I know that's like blasphemy to some film purists. But I was finally able to have instant results, and of course no wasting film. Just delete the bad ones. The instant gratification also aided in better learning camera settings and which function worked best for each scene.

Kodak has long been my brand of choice for point and shoot digital cameras. They did event digital photography after all. My first was 2.1mp and it was awesome. 2.1 MILLION dots on 1 photo! Wow how clear! LOL Every 2 or 3 years I've managed to talk Scott into letting me upgrade. :) I think it went 3.2mp, 5.1mp, and my current is a 7.1mp which I've had for about 3, maybe 4, years. So I'm due for an upgrade!

But now, it's not just more megapixels that I'm after. I've discovered (and have been researching for about a year now) the DSLR. In a nut shell, it takes way better photos! It's what the pros use. :) I've got my eye on the Canon Rebel XSi for my "starter" dslr, that I plant to keep for more than just 2 or 3 years. It's so important to have a good camera, especially when you have kids. I don't want to miss anything and there couldn't be a better record-keeping method than awesome photography!



As we all know a bigger camera comes with a bigger price. And we arne't people to just charge the credit card. So I've been trying to save money for months. I say trying because I've spent my "camera fund" a couples of times. We've had some pretty awesome vacations this year. :)

But now I've made a fresh start and nothing is touching that $ until it's time to buy a camera! I've been buying tires and other not-everyday expenses with money from my Mary Kay business. So for my camera fund, I've been saving all the money from my jewelry sales. I started selling handmade jewelry after my jewelry box was full but I still wanted to make more! It's a fun crafty thing to do. And I love when other people love my "crafts". :) SO when you buy my jewelry, you are getting me one step closer to my dream camera!! Heathermade Jewelry