Hi all,
I am more of a reader than poster, but whether you all know it or not, you have contributed greatly to my photo-taking... so I thought it was time for a photo trip report from our trip in September.
First, a little background
Family composition: Our family consists of me (Nicole), dh (Matt), and our dd (Sunshine, age 5).
Previous Disney experience: This was Matt and Sunshine's very first trip to any Disney park! So Sunshine was over-the-moon excited. I had been to WDW once, mid-1990s (pre-Animal Kingdom!), though I'd been to Disneyland numerous times growing up in the 1980s and 1990s.
Photography experience: Newbie. Matt bought me my first DSLR, a Nikon D60, as a complete surprise in the summer of 2008. I knew nothing... nothing... about photography prior to the D60. We did not even own a working point-and-shoot at that time!
I started from scratch, and lost lots of learning time by reading the manual without having any idea what ISO, f stops, and metering were, let alone how they work together. So I shot in auto modes for a while.
Finally at Christmas (2008) someone gave me Understanding Exposure and after reading and doing exercises in manual mode, the lightbulb came on!
Before our trip I lurked here often to soak up some knowledge from the talent on this board.
At this point, even with understanding the concept of the exposure triangle, I still obviously have tons to learn about the practice and art of photography.
So in short: I'd had my D60 about fifteen months at the time of our trip, but still have lots to learn!
The trip itself
We stayed at Port Orleans Riverside from September 19-25. Actually Matt left early, on the 23rd, so Sunshine and I had some solo mommy-daughter time. Free dining plan. Parkhoppers.
Most shots were taken on-the-go, as this was a family trip and our first one to boot. So some things never even got photographed: Illuminations, for example. I did get a few hours alone in Hollywood Studios and took my very first long-exposure shots...
The photo gear
Gear along for the trip: Nikon D60, cheap $20 Walmart tripod, 18-105mm kit lens, 35mm 1.8 DX lens. No filters of any kind. Oh, and a Panasonic Lumix point-n-shoot.
Okay, so without further delay.... a few shots from our trip.
I am more of a reader than poster, but whether you all know it or not, you have contributed greatly to my photo-taking... so I thought it was time for a photo trip report from our trip in September.
First, a little background
Family composition: Our family consists of me (Nicole), dh (Matt), and our dd (Sunshine, age 5).
Previous Disney experience: This was Matt and Sunshine's very first trip to any Disney park! So Sunshine was over-the-moon excited. I had been to WDW once, mid-1990s (pre-Animal Kingdom!), though I'd been to Disneyland numerous times growing up in the 1980s and 1990s.
Photography experience: Newbie. Matt bought me my first DSLR, a Nikon D60, as a complete surprise in the summer of 2008. I knew nothing... nothing... about photography prior to the D60. We did not even own a working point-and-shoot at that time!
I started from scratch, and lost lots of learning time by reading the manual without having any idea what ISO, f stops, and metering were, let alone how they work together.
So I shot in auto modes for a while.Finally at Christmas (2008) someone gave me Understanding Exposure and after reading and doing exercises in manual mode, the lightbulb came on!
Before our trip I lurked here often to soak up some knowledge from the talent on this board.
At this point, even with understanding the concept of the exposure triangle, I still obviously have tons to learn about the practice and art of photography.So in short: I'd had my D60 about fifteen months at the time of our trip, but still have lots to learn!
The trip itself
We stayed at Port Orleans Riverside from September 19-25. Actually Matt left early, on the 23rd, so Sunshine and I had some solo mommy-daughter time. Free dining plan. Parkhoppers.
Most shots were taken on-the-go, as this was a family trip and our first one to boot. So some things never even got photographed: Illuminations, for example. I did get a few hours alone in Hollywood Studios and took my very first long-exposure shots...
The photo gear
Gear along for the trip: Nikon D60, cheap $20 Walmart tripod, 18-105mm kit lens, 35mm 1.8 DX lens. No filters of any kind. Oh, and a Panasonic Lumix point-n-shoot.
Okay, so without further delay.... a few shots from our trip.
