Wanting to Break out the Camera!

Am I the only person who sees these 31 day challenges on Pinterest and thinks that it’s a great idea but then sees an ultimate fail?

I saw this list made by another blogger at A Content Housewife…

I thought it was a great idea, but I’m not sure how well I will do by posting each and every day.

The good news is that there’s not a rule that you have to break out your DSLR camera to take and upload these pictures.

Use your iPhone. I know I sure will on some days.

If you use Twitter, you can use the hashtag #ACHdecember to link your photos to the blogger who came up with this idea.

I’m going to at least give it a try! If you want to follow along with at least part of this December photo journey, join me on Twitter or Instagram at brennab52.

If you’re going to join in, let me know. I’d love to follow you as well! Hopefully, I can do a summary post at least once a week on my progress {or lack of}.

My First Session

I was very honored when my sister asked me if I would take some engagement photos for her and her fiancé, Nate. I’m not going to lie. I was a bit nervous. It is one thing for me to take photos for me, but when other people ask me, I feel like the pressure is on.

It’s the first time I’ve ever taken photos of this type, and I feel proud of the results. I’m just hoping that they like them as much as I do. I learned a lot from the experience, especially more about all of the amazing features on my camera.

Here are the results…

If you’d like to see the rest of the photos, you can click on the album below.

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Ashley and Nate, I hope it was all you expected it to be. Love you guys!
Thanks for letting me be a part of this!

100th Blog Post

Let me warn you now. This blog post is going to be all over the place. Lot’s of stuff to say…

As you can read, this is the 100th blog post. Since I’ve began, I’ve gained some readers. It’s fun to find out who reads it, but doesn’t comment. I love comments though. I encourage them.

Anyhow….because I have 100 blog posts, I can now mark #38 off of my 101 list.

In addition to this, I’m changing the name of the blog. When I first began it, I wasn’t sure how long I would keep it up. Little did I know that I would fall in love with it and continue to chronicle events in my life.

And the new name of the blog is….

BY GOD’S SOUTHERN GRACE

I think. I’ve been debating a couple of names. For now, this is the one I like. What do you think?

Renaming the blog now marks off #57 on my list.

Two down.

Now…on to my big news. I regret saying it was big news for the simple fact that everyone had their own thoughts as to what it might be, mostly a job. It’s not that big of news though. We’ll talk more on that later though.

I recently FINALLY bought what I had been saving up for.

A Canon T1i.

I found it on fredmiranda.com. Basically, on there, professional photographers {generally} sell their equipment on there. I have you know that the camera I bought doesn’t even look like it’s been touched. AND I got a great deal on it.

Now my goal is to get the lens I want. It’s a 50 mm lens, and I will be purchasing it a.s.a.p. to start taking the kind of pictures I like. I want it to be able to blur the background more, and you need the aperature to be lower {I believe}. Julie, correct me if I’m wrong.

I’ve been taking a few pictures over the last day, but things have been rather busy, and I haven’t gotten the time to really figure it out the way I want to. It’s not as hard as it looks though.

I haven’t gotten to load my editing software that came with it either, so I can’t wait to see what kind of effect that could have. Maybe photo improvement will take place over the  next couple of weeks.

Since I got my camera, this knocks off #17 on my list.

I’m not done yet though.

Because we’re now trying to sell my old blue car, I was able to knock off #67 on my 101 list. We washed, waxed, and vacuumed out my car this past weekend. It’s ready for it’s new owner.

AND

I’ve now crossed off #88, which was to support Brewton schools in some way.

 

I look forward to buying one of these cards every year. You would be surprised at how not having to purchase a drink makes a difference in how much money you spend on meals.

Now, for the last item of business for the day. It’s on a more serious note.

It’s now crunch time for a job. I had two really great interviews this morning, and I’m hoping something comes of one of them. I would really like the opportunity to work at one particular school, and I fell in love with the large classroom I saw today.

Please pray for me. It takes time to put a classroom together, and I like to be prepared. Pray that decisions will be made soon, so I will know the next step I will have to take.

If you’re still reading, thank you.

In Dreamland Today…

Okay guys…on my 101 list, I have included purchasing a DSLR camera.

What’s a great camera like that though without a great bag? I refuse to purchase the camera until I can buy the bag at the same time.

You know me though. I can’t just pick a regular camera bag that they sell at Best Buy. Heck no!

I want it to be cute! Have some style to it!

After some searching though, I have finally found the bag that is for me. I’ve been tossing around between two different ones, but I think I’ve settled on this one.

This is the one I have decided on. It is from Epiphanie. It even has a name. Belle. That fits right in to Southern Belle. Perfect for me.

I had to borrow some pictures from another website, but I have cited them below, and you can click on any of the pictures to be linked to the website.

What do you think? Is it me? I adore it.

Gosh…now if I can just keep the savings going for it, this sweet little baby will be in my arms in no time.

My Purchase of the Year

This is it.

This is the Canon T1i.

This is what I long for.

Why must it be so expensive?

That's okay though. I'm saving my money up for it. I'm nearly half-way there.

I have looked at it and looked at it.

I have read reviews on it.

I have held it in my hands and talked to the Best Buy man about it.

This is the one.

This is the one I'll get.

Once I get it, the new reason I won't be blogging is because I'll be trying to figure the thing out.

Wish me luck...