I have two things I really enjoy doing – writing is one which is why I blog a lot, perhaps not here but at other blogs.  And photography.  As our girls were growing up I was always taking family snaps on outings, birthdays and other events and hubby says if it wasn’t for me, we wouldn’t have many family photos.  I think he’s probably right there.  Now the girls are grown and away from home my focus has turned to photography itself, learning how to use my camera properly, starting to learn ‘photography speak’ with words that are starting to have some meaning for me.  I’ve even joined a photography club.

Graham gave me a Nikon D90 with a zoom lens and other accessories for Christmas.  I felt totally spoilt and so I should as I know it cost quite a few $$.  So I’ve been out on quite a few photo shoots to make sure he knows just how much I appreciate his wonderful gift to me.

Recently I shifted my amateur photoblog at Blogger to something that looks more professional in a great new template in WordPress and hosted on my server.  I thought I’d share it with you and you can view the pics at http://www.kathiesphotos.com.

Over time I hope you will see for yourself an improvement in my photos and how I present them.  The photography club has competitions so I’m looking forward to joining in.  And Graham’s mountain bike races always provide opportunity for me to act as the team’s official photographer doing videos and stills of their events.  I get to use my new camera for the first time at their next event at Mt Beauty.

When you pop over to my photoblog you will see evidence of new pics overtime but you’ll see that I also couldn’t resist adding something that has a business touch to it and I’ve set up a Cafepress store with some of my Australian imagery available on caps, tshirts, mugs, clocks and other items.  I just couldn’t resist!