I can’t even put into words how upset I was today. I was so upset I cried….and I’m not too big on crying. I cried, and cried, and cried. My most prized possession….the thing I love the most….my beloved BRAND NEW CAMERA to replace my broken beloved camera had a near death experience today. Not only my beloved camera, but my macro lens, flash, and battery grip all tried to commit suicide today.
I was outside taking some macros of my sunflower that finally bloomed…I had my tripod up and my camera decked out in full macro gear. I set the camera on the kitchen counter turn away and from the corner of my eye see it tip over and go crashing to the tiled floor. HEART ATTACK. My heart stopped beating. HOLY SHIT! *Insert all of the worst cuss words you can imagine here* and throw in LOTS of exclamation points!!!!!! We’re talking about A LOT of $$ here…..and a camera that is only 3 weeks old. I picked it up noticing the huge crack in the battery pack, turn it on and nothing. It won’t even turn on. I call Jeff crying and tell him what happened and that my BRAND NEW CAMERA THAT I LOVE is broke. He tells me its ok we can get another one. WHAT!?!?!??!? Are you smoking crack. We just spent a fortune on this one not three weeks ago. We are not buying another one. It was my stupidity and carelessness that led it to breaking…..does money grow on trees?!?!?! Because if it does I need one. Yadda yadda…..more of me freaking out and crying.
The battery pack is ruined so I take it off and put the battery in the actual camera and try turning it on. OMG it turns on!!!!!!!! HOLY SHIT!!! Falling from the counter to hard ass tile did not break the camera, the lens, or the flash. HOLY SHIT!!! It works…….HOLY SHIT!!!!!! I am NEVER, EVER leaving the tripod thingymajig on the camera EVER AGAIN.
See all of the caps and exclamation points? That is me being super duper uper upset and then happy that my camera….my most prized possession is ok. Can we say hallelujah!
Heatens eye with the macro
July 19th, 2007 at 5:42 am
Hi Lesley, I’ve been lurking on your site for awhile now, but I finally decided to post. I just love reading about Shenzie and Heaten and I also love your writing. You are so expressive and I can totally invision the scene from your writing. Keep up the great work.
P.S..I’m the mother to b/g twins and they are 8 months 2 weeks now.
July 19th, 2007 at 9:48 am
WHEW!!!! I’m glad it worked! That’s a great picture of Heaten’s eye. I wonder if the macro function on my plain old digital camera could pull something like that off?!?
July 19th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
I’m so happy it works. You almost gave me a heart attack!
July 19th, 2007 at 5:51 pm
Damn, damn, damn. I’m so glad it still works! I love
the pics of Heaton’s eye. Gorgeous.
July 20th, 2007 at 2:18 am
Ooh, I can feel your pain. Luckily, I’m still using my first digital
but I’m hoping for a better one, soon, to do things like
this.
Sorry you had to go through that. And, sorry I haven’t visited
in a while … your twins are still gorgeous, I see.
July 31st, 2007 at 9:22 am
Wow, I could totally feel for you. Have a new Nikon D80 and my little girl pulled it off the table one day and I was terrified. I do not have the macro lens nor do I have your talent for photogrpahy but I could empathize. Your babes are adorable:)
Kim