If you know me in real life, have followed this blog for a while, spoken to me on Twitter, or ever even read anything I’ve ever written, you’ll probably know that the one thing I’ve hankered after for pretty much my entire life, is a DSLR. I studied photography at college when I was sixteen (too many years ago to think about), and have spent most of my life wielding a camera (the Husband will verify this…), but we’ve never been in the position to spend the money on one, even a second-hand model. In short, we’re like Mr. and Mrs. Skint from Poor Town, and if I had a spare few hundred pounds, we’d spend it on something that everyone could enjoy.
So imagine my surprise, disbelief and sheer joy when the postman delivered a huge cardboard box a few weeks ago that contained nothing other than…. drrrrrrrrrr…. a Canon EOS 400D, spare lens, batteries, charger, remote control, case and photography manual. After turning it over, I managed to deduce that it was from our friends Heather and Rich, who had thoughtfully put their postcode in the senders details (Sherlock, I am not). So this post is in honour of my lovely friends, who made my dream come true – thanks to them, I can now take pictures like the ones below. Huzzah!
Beautiful pics! I too live in Poor Town and can only dream of owning a DSLR camera. One day, one day…
What lovely friends! And lovely photos too!
How lovely are your friends? I love these shots and I'm really glad your dream has come true but for what it's worth I've always thought your photos were pretty stupendous anyway (but what do I know, I'm just a snapper). Enjoy your new toy and I look forward to even more fab pictures xx
What a wonderful gesture, some things are always worth the wait. I'm sure you and your camera are goin to live happily ever after xxx
how amazing! what a lovely surprise, I am a little jealous…but really probably wouldn't know how to use it myself! the photos look great, enjoy! Heather x
Beautiful photos! Such depth and light! You have very lovely friends 🙂
that's very exciting. enjoy your camera!
How completely gorgeous! Beautiful shots- looks like you were born to have that camera, it's serendipity!
Wow-weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! You have some AWESOME friends!!! Great shots!
Wow, people who have your skills deserve a posh tool! Wonderful x x