For those of you looking for something serious, you should close this and find a better source. Photography Knowhow isn’t something I have … it’s what I seek … I need a muse.

I’ve read the books on my new Nikon D5100, I’ve taken about a zillion pictures, and I think I’m a wee bit closer to figuring out how to turn it on quicker to capture a picture that just pops up begging to be shot. That’s about it. Oh, and I can change the lenses, too, without dropping them. That’s a really important step since doing that generally costs $$ to rectify the damage. I’ve become fairly adept at stopping falling objects with my right foot, lessening the chance of terminal dents and dings. The left foot has come through in a pinch but isn’t the foot of choice when expensive things drop for absolutely no reason at all. The lenses are safe because I’ve discovered some miniature bungee cords that I’ve connected to each lens and to the strap which faithfully goes around my neck. Every time. So, I can just let the lens not in use just hang from the strap. This is, however, problematic when I use a tripod because the strap hangs too close to the floor. I’m working on a solution that involves a rack system for all attachments that connects to the tripod instead of to the strap. It involves routers and table saws and, no doubt, wheels of some sort to cart everything around. Hey! I’ve got a golf cart that may fit in there somewhere! I’ll let you know how that goes.

The camera came with a Nikon School book and DVD. As I said, I read the book, but haven’t yet watched to the DVD because I’m afraid there may be a test in there somewhere, it being “school” and all. Tests never worked for me. They’re too complicated. One of these days, when Diane doesn’t have anything for me to do for a few hours, I’ll watch the DVD. Until then, I’ll just be randomly pushing buttons to see what happens.

One neat thing I did actually figure out how to do, is select a color in a scene and when the shot is taken, everything is monochrome except that color. Kind of like some of those old Gatorade commercials. It’s very cool. One day I may have a chance to use it in the real world after I discover what monochrome is. I think that’s black & white, but the explanation uses the “M” word.

That’s about it for today. I didn’t see much of Diane becasue she locked herself into her sewing room and refused to come out. Still no word about Lyle so guess things are OK. I’m going to call tomorrow, for sure. I am!