The little red camera...

It was September 14, 2012. My 22nd birthday.

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I didn't know it at the time, but that day that would end up changing my life forever.

 Let's rewind a little. You see, the weeks leading up to my birthday I  dropped a few not-so-subtle  hints about what I wanted as a gift. I wanted a camera. Not just any old point and shoot camera, but a REAL camera. A camera with manual settings and different lenses. A camera I could capture beautiful photos of, well, anything really! So my parents invited my boyfriend Ryan and I over for dinner to celebrate my birthday. After dinner, my mom presented this long rectangular box, I asked "Is this what I think it is?" She replied,"Just open it." I opened my gift, and there it was; a beautiful, shiny, candy apple red Nikon D3100. I had never seen a camera so pretty, so perfect! I immediately took it out of the box and, well...

The rest is history...