Glimpse

My dear sweet mom & made a quick trip to the UW campus today to check out a venue for an upcoming event. As we left the parking gargage, I looked up and saw this building (it is the administrative building and houses the office of the UW president).

Its an alright pic; but it is a bit of a benchmark for me. For the first time since I bought my camera two months ago, I confidently took it out my bag, set it to aperture mode (f3.5 ish), pointed and clicked. And then we went on our merry way. I didn't scratch my head wondering what to do. I didn't even think about my little canon until the car ride home; I realized that the rebel XTi and I are becoming friends. How nice... finally.

And yes, I did do some editing when I came home. Just a little bit though (and no, mister, it is not a slippery slope). First, I dropped the color saturation down to get a black & white shot, then I increased the contrast a bit to see what would happen and liked the darkness that appeared in the lower corner. Thats it... see, just a wee little bit of editing.

I took a few other shots for the day, but they were kinda boring. I would like to head back there sometime though... the UW campus is so beautiful and in many ways feels like my second home. I am so nerdy. (insert any song here) & GO DAWGS!