Went to New Zealand for a wedding, mostly took photos of Hobbiton.

One of my oldest friends got married and had a second ceremony in New Zealand, where her husband is from. I was invited and jumped at the chance to make my way to New Zealand with two of my friends. We ended up touring all around the North Island (read: stopping at all of the Lord of the Rings-related sites we could).

A little while before this trip, my dad gave me his old digital camera, which was a big upgrade from my even-older old digital camera! I packed it up and was excited to take photos along the way (read: at Hobbiton).

I’m pretty sure this is the best photo I’ll take all year.

In addition to the camera, my dad gave me a new lens, which ended up being really fun to play with. Half of the photos I took are of me playing around with the depth of field, mostly using birds and sheep as my subjects.

Actually, maybe this is the best photo I’ll take all year?