Learning My Camera: A Story

So a few days ago I went to a photography boot camp-like day course... Needless to say, it was incredibly helpful for all of us who went, but especially for me because I knew squat about my D3300 camera (aside from pressing the button to take a picture). But the pictures that I'd take usually turned out slightly blurry or too bright or too dark. Thanks to this course, I can now take Instagram-worthy selfies! (Actually no, and that wasn't the point of the course. But anyway.)

First pic of the day. I couldn't figure out why it was so blurry, until 5 or so minutes later I realized I had my auto-focus off. Typical me. 

Second photo: yikesyikesyikesyikesyikes

Better! We were paired up and told to practice on each other before the "models" arrived.

LOOK AT THIS ADORABLE COUPLE OMW

Honestly, the studio where we were is the coolest place ever. Although, the wood in the background will bug me to my grave.

And finally, the finished, edited pictures that I came out with at the end of the day:

Y'all be the judge if I improved or not. But I learned how to edit and I had an immense amount of fun, and that's what matters, right? :)