New toy - Nikon D5000 DSLR camera

Bought a new camera on Saturday - expect many posts filled with bad pictures as I try to get to grips with it! It's the Nikon D5000, and it came with two lenses.

Picture taken from Amazon, but I actually bought it from Jessops. I say I, it was a joint purchase with my husband and we are planning on using it on our (delayed) honeymoon in the summer.

Holga fun

Recently, I've been toying with the idea of taking a photography course. However, the courses I like the sound of cost £130 at my local college, and I don't want to pay that and end up not enjoying it. Instead, I bought a Holga 135 35mm camera on eBay last week, as I've always really liked the shots I've seen from Holga cameras. I took it on two trips at the weekend, and here are some of the photos I took;

I love them, especially the fourth photo. I achieved that effect by taking five photos of my husband without winding the film on, so a multiple exposure. I tried a few multiple exposures and some didn't come out, I think this was because it was a very bright day and I over-exposed the film. Still, I think a large part of getting better at photography involves trial and error, so I am not too bothered about the missing shots.  

I have already put another film in the camera and I plan to take it everywhere with me from now on...