Meet Irina.

...she's my new camera. The picture isn't that great (I look slap-happy) and I still don't have a lens....but here's the proof if you doubted I actually owned one :P

At the recommendation of fellow photographers, I have decided to name my camera Irina (pronounced "Eye-ree-na") :) I don't know why I picked that name exactly. I was thinking of the name Sojourner for two reasons a) I will traveling LOTS with this camera (Europe) and b) Sojourner Truth was always a fascinating lady to me. But...I went with something a little more "normal" and easier to spell ;) haha... I also like Irina because it rhymes with "Alina" (pronounced "uh-lee-na") and that's the name of my computer.

I guess I'm crazy for naming my stuff...but hey, it's special to me :) And it's better than calling my stuff "camera" or "computer".

*big grin*

...this was my other surprise!! Some of you guessed this was it...but I still wanted to tell everyone that it's official! I really own an SLR now. I don't actually have a lens yet, but I'll be getting one soon :)

Elaina - June 2008

She's growing up way. to. fast.

out and about...

Park Night

So about that slideshow. Haha. I'm kind of wondering what happened to it too. My program malfunctioned for some reason. I'd like to say it's the computers fault...but...I probably hit a wrong button. Something like that. So, no slideshow until I figure out how to fix it :(

Instead, I'm posting these! I just snapped them from an evening spent downtown at an orchestra concert :) Enjoy!