I finally bought a new camera.
I’ve relied on my phone or my mom’s camera for the past few weeks, but I broke down and bought my own yesterday. I’m pretty sure it goes against the blogger camera code. It’s clunky and bright blue. It’s a 10.0 mega pixel with 3.3x zoom. If that’s not impressive enough, it came straight out of a Target interoffice envelope.
Boxes are so 2010. This fancy envelope holds the key the photography greatness.
Or maybe just the clearance display camera that I nabbed for $80. Target doesn’t save the boxes for their display cameras…and I’ll buy anything with the promise of an additional 10% off. I have running shoes to buy and races to register for. Budget cuts can hurt, but this little blue clunker screamed BeckOnTheRun. I know it will be perfect for all of my blogging needs.
This morning, I used my new toy to snap a pretty photo of my oats.
Lately, my breakfast looks more like this…
But I was inspired! I also captured the snow-covered trees.
And my lovely post-run sweat.
Turn off the flash, I know! My camera proved durable enough to handle that kind of photo session, so I know it’s right for the job! Prior to this photo, I completed a treadmill run – 6.5 miles in 60 minutes – and I felt great! I kept the incline between 0.5% – 1.5% the entire time to add a little challenge to the run. I had my gym buddies on either side of me and the time flew by. My aunt even encouraged me to do a little extra core work at the end. It’s amazing what a difference a gym buddy can make…and a new camera!
Where do you splurge/save when shopping? I know I spend too much of food and clothes, but I have no problem cutting back on electronics. I still watch the same TV that I got in 1995. HD? What’s that?
