Last night I realized it was just over a year ago that I purchased my Canon Powershot S5IS.  That was the start of an intense hobby that has taken over any free time I might have. My life, and my bank account, has never been the same.

My wife received her point and shoot the previous Christmas and we had already spent many a Saturday searching for photo subjects.  I had always carried an interest in photography but never invested any real money, or time, into it.  We had owned various small point and shoot cameras over the years, both film and digital.  This was the first time we both had our own cameras and were able to expand our knowledge and enjoyment of them.  It didn’t take long for us to both upgrade, her from a Kodak Z812IS to the Canon S5 (yes, we own two of them) and me to a Canon XS DSLR.

It hit me I should go back and see the photos from my first day to see if I’ve improved any in 12 months.  I remember after buying the camera Sherri and I went to Lowes in Dulles to look at the flowers.  I was shooting anything and everything I could find, the flowers, people, the sky, even the lemon from my tea at dinner.  I was like a kid with a new toy…well I guess that was true minus the kid part.

If you ever run out of inspiration stop and take some time to look at your old shots.  It might remind you why you enjoy this hobby.

After 12 months and almost 10k shutter clicks some of my favorites are still from that first day.  Here’s a few of them:

It would be great if you shared some of your first shots in the comments. Don’t be shy!

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