Not So Broken #1

I got a new digital camera for Christmas from my parents. It wasn't anything intense, just a practical camera for taking photos of friends, family, and the like. It unfortunately met an untimely death when I brought it with me in March to Kentucky for Workfest - CAP's Alternative Spring Break for college students. One second it was fine and the next second I took it out of my nail pouch and the LCD screen was broken. Completely destroyed.Because my camera isn't of the highest quality, it doesn't have a viewfinder so that I could at least guess-timate what I was taking pictures of and therefore it was down for the count.  (Yes, I know the nail pouch was not the ideal spot to be keeping it, but when you're balancing on a rotted tin roof your options for putting down your camera are quite limited.)

Unfortunately, my camera did not have a warranty protecting it from user stupidity so I have been out a camera since then. When I came to CAP, I realized that this was going to be a bit of a problem since I would have no way of documenting my adventures and I had no extra money to fix my camera or buy a new one. Therefore, I decided to start aiming my camera in the general direction of what I was trying to capture and hoping for the best.

There is definitely a learning curve with taking pictures this way. In general, it is best to take multiple shots of whatever you're trying to capture because some may not come out focused or the subject may not be centered in your photo. However, as far as a broken camera goes, the pictures have not been that bad at all.

I've decided to start posting some of best of the photos unedited in any way. Just as they come out on my camera when I push the shutter and hope for the best. I'm including three of the ones I've taken thus far in this post, but in the future I'll try and post them as I take them.

So here goes - Not So Broken: Edition 1.