"i like the in focus ones."

I owe my blog an apology.

It has been wrongfully neglected for almost a month now. Problem is, I feel like I have to have something lengthy to talk about when I blog. Something about simplicity and creativity.

Well, writing is creative by its very nature. It also happens to be quite a simple means of expression.

So, no more with this "must have a topic to blog about" phobia. I'm going to post what I feel like when I feel like it. Thanks to Ryan. :)

Here is a photo of our puppy, Finley. She's almost a year old, and is as sweet as can be. Fortunately for me, she doesn't mind having her picture taken too much. What you can't see is that to get her to give me the "come on, mom, I'm cute enough" face, I was juggling a very expensive camera (borrowed from a coworker, and it was awesome) and cheese.

Fin will do anything for cheese. Luckily, the camera had great shutter response and I was able to snap quite a few keepers before she got bored with sitting and waiting for the cheese. Poor thing. I hold her hostage because of her cuteness. But do you blame me? Look at that heart-shaped nose, those dark honey eyes, that...face.

I hope to take many, many more photos. I think I am getting better and braver with my photography, though I will rarely approach a stranger or take a camera into public. But, I spend less time composing single shots and just click as soon as I like what I see. I don't worry so much about what others will think of my photos--instead, I have learned to shoot what I think is beautiful. Sometimes, though, it was much prettier in my head...

I am bidding on a digital SLR (body only) on ebay. I really hope I win at under $100! I have already gone above what I promised myself I'd stay under...but I probably won't win it so I'm not too scared. Money is too tight for me to try to buy something I don't need....just something I'd really like to have.

However, if I do win the camera, I am looking forward to many more successful photoshoots with Fin-bear, and move beyond home-bound still lifes.