Testing the waters of the DSLR world

So its been a long while! Yes, my new job is keeping me way too busy. Not that anyone is reading this. Blogger's counter says that basically, almost no one has come to read my blog since I last checked, yet the counter on the front page of my blog shows 500+ more people than Blogger's counter?? Weird! Anyway, with my constant search for new creative endeavors, it has resulted in producing some photography attempts. I was always into photography, but had not yet jumped into the DSLR area. Well now I have, and have quickly outgrown the camera I bought last summer. Although, there is still much to learn of course! I've been meeting some great new people, & I must say the photography community has been really welcoming and supportive! Here are some pics from some photo shoots I've attended with the SoCal Photo club.