It’s been nearly a year since we embarked on our 2009 summer vacation and would you believe I am just now getting around to cataloguing the images???? We want to publish a photo book of our 2.5 week vacation out west so I’ve been sorting through the images by location. Here are the images we will be putting in the “Santa Fe” section of the book. I still have to sort through images from Colorado, Utah and Arizona. It’s a big job but it will be well worth the effort! I ought to have this finished up before THIS summer’s vacation, right?

(By the way, ALL images from last summer were shot with the Digital Rebel Xsi, my first DSLR ever. I got it on July 3rd, 2009 and we left for vacation a week later. I had no clue what aperture was, had never heard of the exposure triangle, and I didn’t even know how to hold the camera. Needless to say, I learned a few things on that trip including how to use Photoshop to edit my images and especially-never, ever, ever, ever, buy the kit lens. The images below were just edited by me today. I like a little punchy-retro-vibe for my vacay photos. Can’t wait to apply what I’ve learned this past year when we go to the Blue Ridge Mountains in a couple of weeks.)

Camera Specs: Canon Rebel Xsi, 18-55mm f3.5-5.6, 55-200mm f4.5-5.6