first shot off the olympus stylus 710

[villenadecorte]

so after weeks of debating, touching and playing with point n shoot digitals with mgpxls higher than 5, I opted for the Olympus Stylus 710. "weather proof" and ease of use, with a decent megapixel size (7.1), and the fact that its so darned small is what drew me to it.

here's the first shot, and a quick story...


so the move to portland while desired, wasnt planned well, and has been hard, but worth it.
i literally came up to "vacation" for a couple weeks, and went home with 2 job offers.
my kids, while they love it here, of course miss their old friends.

my sister bought me this little fridge magnet poetry set thing... and so i play with it.
the "Beautiful Green Oregon I love you to" used to be up there without the "to"
one day i walked past and my oldest changed it to "Ugly Green Oregon I hate you"
I was bummed out, but knew he'd get over the move.

I rearranged the letters again, and to my surprise today, saw that he added the "to"... yes I know, wrong "to", should be "too" but the point is, I think he's finally adjusted.
The snow this week probably had a lot to do with that.

Anyway, enough blabbering.

Happy to have my new toy, cant wait to shoot now!

[another view]

Cool - sounds like he's adjusting to the big move. Just got done with the coffee worship ceremony myself.

[walterick]

That's a good sign. Moves are hard on everyone, maybe especially kids, and maybe especially sudden moves like it sounds this one was. What will help him is stability at home, lots of repetition to create familiarity again, and of course lots of love from mom and dad Have fun with your camera, and this Wednesday's 24 Hours project would be a great excuse to get out and take some pictures with it

Rick

[mtbbrian]

New cameras are good!
Hang in there!
Brian
:thumbsup: