About 3 months ago I upgraded my camera from my Cannon point-and-shoot to a Nikon D40X (10.2MP) Digital SLR. To be honest, I was Hoke Colburn with a Porsche. The good pictures I did manage to take were out of sheer luck - the kind of luck that warrants the obligatory “ooh yeah baby!”.

Fortunately, I wanted to take my sub-par photography prowess to the next level and decided recently to register with the New York Institute of Photography. Maybe they could help me understand the difference between an f/stop and depth of field, or how to understand what aperture means. I’m a couple of weeks into the course, and I love it. I’m learning more on light, framing, focal length, and various other aspects that I feel are already beginning to improve my shooting.

The course encourages all students to start their own photography website - a place to post their work. Last week I registered www.davidkerryhannan.com in preparation for displaying some of my photographs. I think I’ll wait until such time when I’m not mentally crossing my fingers when hitting the shutter release any longer.

This photography thing is very fun.