i am beyond humbled by my lack of photography skillz.

as part of a self-enrichment thing i'm doing this summer (or at least i'm attempting to do during my last summer of freedom ... listen closely, you can hear me crying in the background as i think about the fact that in 6 months i will actually have to get a j.o.b.), i've signed up for a weekly photography class.  i've always counted photography among my hobbies, but to be honest that's really just so i sounded cooler than i am.  because the cat's out of the bag ... i'm actually not that cool.  i know, gasp!  anyone that knows me knows that i'm pretty much just a hot mess.  and an awkward one at that.  not exactly the definition of cool.

anyways, when the summer sewing class was canceled through the local community college (still grumpy about that), i decided i'd finally take action to make my hobby a reality.  the photography class meets once a week and is designed for beginners so i wasn't exactly sure where i'd fit in to all of that.  i mean, i do have a camera.  and i do know how to take pictures.  and i even know how to do basic photoshop tweaking to take wrinkles out of faces if you're into that kind of thing (not naming names here, but i have been asked to do this).  

but am i beginner?

oh good heavens, YES!  i now know i am in fact beyond a beginner.  in all the 19+ years i have been in school (okay, i didn't actually do the math on that but i'm assuming if i started when i was 5 then that's almost right?) i don't know if i've ever learned so much in one three hour class.  and it was basic stuff, but stuff i didn't know.  stuff that i feel is already going to make me better at photography.  

ex: i now know the name of my camera.  baby steps, people, baby steps.

the class was overflowing with information and i just can't wait to soak it all up.  am i intimidated by all the photography words i don't know?  you betcha.  but am i pumped about the day that i too will be able to have a clue what the smart people in my class are talking about?  definitely.  

in my most egotistical of days i might have said i've taken a good picture here or there, but i am beyond humbled by everything i learned tonight.  i might have gotten lucky once in a blue moon taking a picture of my pretty sister and her pretty dog, but even if that picture turned out good, i now know i was going about everything wrong.  

<insert humbling moment here>

this summer is already shaping up to be the second best summer ever.  and for those of you that think it's strange to rank your summers, i can without a doubt tell you that nothing, and i mean nothing, will ever beat the summer i got cornrows.  i just don't think you can top adolescent megan with tiny little braids.  

think about it.  awesome, right?