Practice makes Perfect

I am still trying to figure out my new camera (Nikon D60). We got it around Christmas and I have not devoted any time to reading the manual. What fun would that be?

Anyways, every time I try to do a close up shot the camera freezes. Of course at first I thought something was wrong with the camera. But now I have realized that it was most likely user error. So this morning I took the camera out and was determined to get a nice photo. We never took these types of photos at our wedding. I guess it just did not cross my mind so I figured I would start here. About 20 shots later and about 6 different settings and I had the shot. I think I need to keep the setting on the picture of the flower. They seemed to come out the clearest when I did it this way.

So I am going to keep practicing. We may have another wedding coming up soon where my services will be needed!