I’ve been messing around with my camera some more. I joined an amateur photography meetup and went to my first meetup with them today. It was a blustery day at the state capitol building and about twenty-five of us gathered on the steps.

The guy in charge really knew what he was talking about and gave us all useful advice about basic digital camera settings. Even though this was an amateur photographer meetup, I noticed that most everyone was packing some serious hardware. I felt lens envy. Theirs were all longer than mine.

The instruction went on for several hours and it was really cold, so I ended up not sticking around to actually practice what I had just learned, other than a few random shots I got off. Even those looked a lot better in terms of exposure and picture quality than the sorts of photos I’ve taken in the past.

Fortunately, my skills at Photoshop make me look like a slightly better photographer than I actually am.