First Post

Starting this blog to publicly document learning photography from an absolute novice perspective.

My son is a goalie for a MN hockey team and I wanted to take pictures of him in action.  After a fair amount of research the following is my set-up:

• Sony A330 DSLR camera
• The camera came as a package deal with a couple of stock lenses
• For capturing quality pictures in an ice arena, a good quality lense is needed, we decided on this Tamron lense
• After some time with this set-up, a mono-pod is needed as the camera and lense is rather heavy for an hour plus hockey game.  We just purchased a cheap mono-pod from a local electronics store.
• A good bag to hold all of the above that is easy to carry around is also absolutely beneficial.  Doing a fair amount of research, we settled on the Urban Disguise 35 bag.

The above is just a quick summary of the set-up.  Future posts will discuss other topics related photography.