I live and work in Washington DC with my husband, daughter and Bo and Tucker (two golden retrievers). The Nikon D40 landed in my lap in Jan 08 and nothing has been the same since. This camera and I are currently joined at the hip and I don't see a divorce in our future (well maybe the D300 will be the temptress in the wings :-)). I have had other film slr's over the years, and thought I was quite the competent little family snapshot taker, but the dirty secret is that nary a single photograph in all that time was taken with a setting other than AUTO! That time is gone, gone, gone.

This blog is part of my journey to figure out what else there is besides AUTO and one lens.

EDIT July 2008:
First, I would like to say that I absolutely, completely and utterly appreciate all the comments I have received since joining SC. You are all so generous with your time and genuine enthusiasm for supporting fellow journeyers in capturing moments - big and small - through the lens. They have made me feel good about what I am doing and how I see things. And I appreciate the cc that has been there as well. How else can one grow if not through listening to how others see the same thing.

For the next little while, however, I have changed my preferences to no comments because I have been feeling incredibly guilty and stressed that 1) I haven't kept up with replies to the lovely comments you have left and 2) my swings through all the fantastic images posted here are very inconsistent and 3) because I would like to post images that run the gamut from boring personal, to crappy-but-I-love-it, to yeah, I think I did ok on this one, without worrying that it's not good enough or interesting enough or whatever I stupidly worry about. I would love to comment on the amazing work I see here without feeling that in doing so, I have put some kind of pressure for there to be a reciprocal comment even if that day's image was stinky or boring or whatever.

Karima

kselehdar@gmail.com

 

Nikon D40
Kit lens - 18-55 (very rarely used)
Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AF-D
Nikkor 85mm f/1.8 AF-D
Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR

 

©2008 karima selehdar

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