2010 in pictures

Some online friends last year did "year in pictures" blogs, and are doing it again this year. I thought it was an interesting idea, and since I got a digital camera for Christmas, something like that might help me learn to use it and see what I can do with it.

I thought I'd just use this blog rather than start a new one, and I'll tag everything "2010pix" for easy searching. I'll try not to make 99 percent of them pictures of Buster. Here's my first one (sorry it's so small — I took it with my camera):



This is my "on-the-go reporter/blogger" gear. Upper left is my new camera, a Canon PowerShot SD1200. Lower left is a memory card holder that has the adapter for my phone's micro card and a 1GB card for the camera (so far). Top center is my Olympus digital voice recorder (with a microphone for recording on the telephone just above it and a stereo microphone to its right), and below that is my USB card reader and flash drive. Bottom right, the green pouch came with a backpack I got years ago, and it's just the right size for the voice recorder and its accessories. Top right is a cool gear bag that originally held the heart rate monitor my brother gave me for Christmas a few years ago (yes, I'm kind of a packrat). I love it for my gear because it's got these little loops that are just perfect for holding the USB cables for everything, and everything else (except the voice recorder) fits into the pocket inside. If it had another pocket or a divider for the recorder, and if it maybe had a pocket on the outside for a pen and reporter's notebook, it'd be perfect (if anyone should know of something like that, leave me a link in the comments!)