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So, for anyone who noticed my long absence, I just waited to say I'm back! Which should be obvious from my recent uploads, but you know. Figured I'd say it anyway. I'm currently using my stepmom's Canon Rebel XS, and will hopefully be getting my own within the next month or two. I'll either be going with the XS or T1i...we'll see where I'm at. After using the Canon though, I'd say I like it and won't be bothering to try the Nikons. Within the next few days we're getting a lot of snow, so I hope to go outside and play with the camera! I did today, but it was cloudy and I only got a few decent photos. I'm hoping for sun, snow, and decent temp

I went to Minneapolis, with my family (incase anyone noticed my absence ha). We got back on Monday night, and I've been uploading meh pictures like crazy. I took about a million and two, though, so its rather time consuming. No, but really. I did take over 800 pictures, so I'll be uploading new ones for the rest of my life! Haha. And, on a depressing note, school starts in a month. Which means I plan to spend a ton of time outside trying to take some exciting summer pictures and I also can't wait for school to start (sort of...not for the school part). Stop thinking I'm crazy. The minute you see my fall pictures of North Dakota scenery, you

Yep, I'm going to enter a photography contest. Its not that big of a deal, just a teen contest for...well. Teens, duh. Eleven to eighteen, to be exact. Its sponsored by our library, and while my work hardly matches up to some out there I figure the worst that can happen is I don't win. I promise not to run off and cry in a corner. ;) Okay. Now the big question that has been rushing around my brain is; Which pictures shall I enter? I can enter two, and the theme is Express Yourself With Color. The photos will be judged on Relevance, Content, Composition, and Exposure. I'm lost at which I should choose, and I will continue sitting here for hou