My new lens :)

I got a new camera lens today!! It is a Sigma 18-55 mm lens, which will be something like Tim's 24-70mm lens since my XTI camera body has a 1.6 crop factor. I've not had a lens of my own and keep using Tim's; as a result, I wasn't taking many photographs. I always felt really bad when I'd take one of his lens because there was always the chance that he'd want to use that lens, or that I'd fall and break it and be responsible for the loss of an expensive lens. I wanted a reasonably priced lens that would allow for a few different types of pictures yet be light enough to carry around everywhere I go. After talking to Tim about a few options I decided on this lens. I bought it on Amazon a few days ago, and it arrived today! I took Navi to the beach with Tim and was hoping to find some cool photo opportunities, but nothing inspired me. I tried taking photographs of Timmy throwing sticks into the waves and Navi chasing after them, but it was so windy that I kept getting pelted with sand and water from the combination of the wet sandy stick and wet sandy dog flying through the air and crashing into the waves. I also took a few photographs to try out HDR photos, and I will post them here if any come out well. Tim showed me a really cool trick to get the camera to take three photographs of three different exposures continuously with one push of the shutter. It's nice because you don't have to move around to adjust the exposure and mess up the resulting HDR photo. I am impressed with the lens and I am excited to have a lens of my own to bring around and take photographs of life with. Now I don't have to be jealous of all Timmy's gorgeous photos!