Starsetting

 Throughout my life of being a photographer I have always wanted to get the best of everything, Lenses, camera bodies, flash, lighting. But because I am just starting out I couldn't. I started with a 35mm FILM Minolta Maxxum 7000 as my first real camera. This was my first camera and hey it did the job and it helped me learn the basics. But as I progressed and I wanted to do more for example, I personally did my own senior photos because I don't like being in front of the camera, and I had some good ideas at the time for it. I needed to get a better camera so I did, I got my Nikon D5100. Now this camera when I bought it seemed like a spendy upgrade since I was just starting college and I really couldnt afford it, but I needed it for class, for myself, for learning. My D5100 was awesome it really opened my eyes to what I could do with a camera, because I was always on auto mode up until I learned the basics of manual, which I think was the case for all of us.

After two years in college I overheard people talking about upgrading and it made me think that hey if im going to get photo jobs I am going to want the best I can get so that for the client it is the best that they can get from me. I researched for hours for camera in my budget. I even thought about switching to canon but then I came across the Nikon D610. I have been looking at these higher end cameras since I bought my first one and I had dreamed about finally getting one. I compared it to a bunch of other cameras for specs about every aspect and yes.. its better than my D5100. I decided heck why not upgrade when I can. I have a variety of lenses I can still use with it and It will produce higher quality images, I can get more control over my images and it will hopfully help me land some jobs.

Well I got it on 4/9/15 and I decided I wanted to go get some sunset photos and star photos since its brand new, why not? This was the result of two spots that I went to and photographed.