Digital Photography

When she takes off her Iris Lady cape (wasn't the Iris Lady one of the original Fantastic Four?) and reverts to her civilian life, Dara likes photography. She has cut back on her picture taking over the years as digital stuff took over (not to mention the need for reading glasses). As I mentioned, though, when I posted the pictures from the UK trip, she got a new camera. Me, I'm taking pictures with the Sony pocket digital and plenty happy, but Dara now has a proper SLR for thru-lens viewing and the usual complement of options like a removable lens, shutter priority, aperture priority, etc. I was a bit skeptical, but we went to a Saturday digital photography class together last weekend, and I am now seeing the light. White balance adjustment, Photoshop, and raw format pictures here we come. The good news is that I don't have to turn the basement tool room and bathroom into a darkroom any more. Thank goodness that pressure has been removed. Instead, I need to upgrade the computer, monitor, and printer to support her habit! It's like buying a piece of furniture and discovering you need to remodel or paint to make it look right. Ah well, this thing I'm typing on is so old it's surprising it still works at all, so I'm glad to have the excuse. At least my mother won't have a better computer than me by the time I'm done.