It took me some time to realize this, but a blog just isn’t worth a bucket of warm spit without pictures. Lots of them. Sometimes, the story can be told simply by photos alone, with maybe just a few words sprinkled in to describe things.

Well, for the past – I dunno – forever, I have been relying heavily on a series of cameras that sorta lacked in the photo capability department.

Things changed about a year ago, when I upgraded to a Sony Xperia Z1 smartphone. Sony took the time to put a sweet camera on this baby. The colors look much better, the photos look a whole lot more crisp, and well, things look a whole lot better.

And, this camera is great because it’s always on me. Which makes it convenient. But, there are times when I want to get some better shots. Maybe zoom in a little bit. Maybe get things a little more crisp.

Well, Santa arrived early this year with a new Sony Alpha5000 mirrorless compact system camera.

This thing is the BOMB.  Similar to a professional DSLR camera, it has an enormous photo sensor and takes an incredibly impressive photo.  How impressive?  Well, I took these, just goofing around with the silly thing….

I am hoping that as I get to learn the camera a little better, I will be able to take even better photos for the blog, and better photos for the family. Right now, I’m working primarily on full automatic mode, but the camera does allow for some DSLR type customization, and I can swap out lenses. Plus, it records video!  Woo hoo!

Now, I just need to learn how to use the silly thing…