This is a picture of the store in which I purchased my new camera! (taken with our little Canon G9). It is a brand new Canon store in an area in Seoul known as Apgujeong. I am very excited about the capabilities of this camera! It can shoot very well in low-light conditions and it has a 21.1 megapixel, full-frame sensor. I picked it up on Wednesday and I've only shot 5 images with it so far. (all of Sarah). She is the only subject I've deemed worthy. I'm hoping to do some family shots of our friends here. I'd also like to go to a soccer match and get some action shots. I have lots of ideas and a little over 9 months to do them. I can't wait to get back for the wedding in October. I'll be all practiced up and ready to go! I also got a new lens. It is amazing. It has a maximum aperture of f2.8, which means it can open its eye really wide. That, in turn, makes images look better and it helps shoot in low light. When you add in the Image Stabilization, the camera and lens combination is remarkable. It seems like the only thing that could mess up the images is the person holding the camera. No Pressure. *Gulp*
This is Sarah with just a lamp in an otherwise dark room with no flash.
Today, we had a pot luck dinner at church as a way to welcome new members. I made chicken jambalaya. Sarah says that it was jambalicious. I was busy taking pictures so I didn't go through the line. I didn't feel up to trying my luck. Here are some of the pictures I took. One is of Sarah. One is Hong Joo trying to be a good girl and pray. One is Hayoung asking me to speak up. Please, enjoy.
What up y'all!? Not much in the way of updates here. I have been using every opportunity to test out my new baby. (speaking of babies, Sarah's special needs student accused me of having one in my stomach because I was sticking it out the other day. It was funny and cute). Anyway, I don't like it when people call objects their babies, but I also hold others to a different standard than I hold myself. I've been working with the camera in low light situations with no flash and my new lens. The results have been so exciting for me. In the past, I have been frustrated at times, in part because of a lack of technological advancement. Basically, most cameras don't do very well in low light. The basic idea of photography is for the camera to capture light. When there is not much light, the camera can have a hard time reproducing the image. (Forgive me for the photography lesson, but I'm just so excited). I am going to post a few images that I have taken in the past couple of days. I'll also post one at the request of Sarah that was taken with our "just for fun" camera, which is also a pretty great camera. This picture is from the church retreat that we went on a while back. I hope to do some family shots of the twins and their parents. They are an awesome family, as are the other two kids and their parents. Enjoy the images and give me some feedback as long as it's good. The picture of the trombone player might not be that impressive, but I took it from the very back of the sanctuary and cropped it way down and it's still a crisp, high resolution image. 
