Snap to it.

A little intimidated at first,
I finally charged, set up, and tried out my new camera a couple nights ago. 

While I still have a ton to learn about photography, 

it was so simple to maneuver and took effortlessly beautiful pictures. 

It's incredible what a high quality camera can do. 

I can't wait to really stretch it's legs.

For my first subject, 

I chose the newly snow-covered trees on either side of our entryway. 

Lovely.

Mario also gifted me with something called Eye-Fi. 

As I take photos, it automatically loads them into a file on my computer. 

Gone are the days of plugging my camera into my computer to sift through images, 

or emailing photos to myself from my iPhone before downloading them onto my computer. 

Fancy pants stuff in some very amateur hands. 

I hope to remedy that.

I bought a new camera bag yesterday
and found that our local shop offers individual lessons by the hour.
I'm leaning toward that as an option.
The simpler, the better.
If I can learn the bulk of what I need to know from the comfort of my home,
then hone my skills with private lessons,
that would be ideal.

My camera came with a leaflet about Nikon Photo School. 

Anyone have any experience with it or other online courses?