Melinda Anderson

I’m a retired teacher, mother of two adult children, a devoted grandma of two adorable little boys, and an enthusiastic hobbyist photographer, recently relocated to Arizona from California. My husband and I travel to Yellowstone National Park several times a year to visit our grandsons who actually live in the park, providing me with some fantastic photo opportunities. When I have time I also love genealogy and knitting.

I bought my very first DSLR camera, a Nikon D5000, when I retired in 2010 and challenged myself to learn how to use it by taking a picture every single day of 2011! I completed another Project 365 (actually 366) in 2012, learning a little more about photography each day. Here I am still in 2014, not doing another Project 365, but continuing on my journey with my camera and having a lot of fun along the way!

In my bag. . .

Camera:

Nikon D7000 (yes, I upgraded!)

Lenses:

Nikon 35mm 1.8
Nikon 50mm 1.4
Nikon 18-200mm 3.5-5.6
Nikon 85mm 3.5 Macro

Other cool stuff:

Nikon sb900 speedlight
Lastolite Ezybalance card
Westcott reflector
Adobe Lightroom 4
Adobe Photoshop CS5
Wacom Intuos 5 tablet
iPhone 5