I bought the girls these dress up outfits at a consignment sale this spring. They spent all morning spinning around the house and pretending to be ballerinas.  (Photos are from point and shoot.)

Last night, I was playing around with my new camera to see if I could take a decent photo without using the flash.  If I could take photos while never using a flash again I would be happy.  That isn’t likely (especially with children who won’t sit still – they don’t care if they are in low light) but I can at least reduce my use of the flash.  The lighting in my living room was really low last night.  I took about 40 photos and deleted all but 4.  Sabrina wanted to pose in odd positions she couldn’t hold so she wasn’t able to stay still enough and most were quite blurry.

With new camera and flash:

Without flash:

This morning without flash:

I’m having fun playing with it.  Can’t wait to learn more!