I decided to upgrade from the iPhone and family point-and-shoot camera. I originally wanted an intro level SLR, but instead decided on a Sony Alpha A5000 mirrorless camera – more compact than a DSLR with nearly the same quality. Ben and I have been playing around a bit with the camera – he posted a picture on his blog earlier this weekend. Here are two pictures that I was playing around with today. As a side note – taking pictures in RAW format and editing them on Lightroom is a significant improvement from editing JPEGs on GIMP. The only downside is that Lightroom doesn’t natively run on Linux and we only have Linux machines running right now.
![Will working on sanding the legs for the bed frame he and I are making together. Always happy to be the subject of the camera.](https://www.curtishome.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/WillWorking-682x1024.jpg)
![Flower from the year (taken in the evening just after the sun set).](https://www.curtishome.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/FlowerTest-1024x682.jpg)