LEFT BRAIN, RIGHT BRAIN....MALE, FEMALE

            

When my son and his friends were little boys, they would hop into my car and start pushing the buttons and twirling the knobs. In an instant, the radio station was changed and the heat/air were not on their original settings. The windows would go up and down a half dozen times before I finally told them to stop. Now these kids are driving their own cars, but it didn't take me very long to realize that the majority of males were the button pushers and the females were for all intensive purposes less interested. My birthday gift this year is a new camera.... a very cool Nikon that does many things that my old camera did not do. First, let me say that there was nothing wrong with my old camera. It was a little slow and would not take a quick succession of pictures. It was a little larger, heavier to carry in by bag and could not fit in my pocket. This new camera will do everything that the old camera did not. Pretty exciting....yes? Yes and no....I am going to love this camera, eventually, but I find learning how to use it a little daunting. There is a lot of information and technical stuff involved here, which is why this smaller, fit in your pocket version came in such a large package. This brings me to the left brain, right brain or male, female observation. After opening my gift, I left it to sit for a day. My husband could not wait, probably because he knew that I would put off the inevitable. He opened it for me, charged the battery for me, read the manual for me, and explained most of the important settings to me this morning. I would have gotten there eventually, but he knows me all too well...and this was a big part of the gift...he took away the mystique of having to figure it out on my own. I am grateful. When my son's friends found out what my birthday present was, they started telling me all of the fantastic technical stuff that it will do and of course there was the why one camera is better than the other and of course there was the button/knob fascination. To them, the more technical, the better. To my right sided brain, I am just excited to be able to take better perhaps more artistic pictures to add to this blog. I hope that you will enjoy them.
♥, Susan   

Comments

[Susan]

Happy belated birthday!!! Enjoy the new camera. It looks awesome. I'm sure you'll have the hang of it in no time. How nice that your hubby read and explained the basics to you. I'm the more handy one in our marriage and it's stressful to wade through technical stuff on my own. Thank goodness for my teenagers! They're a big help.

[laura @ the shore house]

Great birthday gift!! When I got a digital camera (my first) as a gift from Mike last year, I started a blog! So my camera has been very good to me. :-) And I'm with you...I'm just thrilled mine is small enough to tuck into my purse. There are many "bells and whistles" I have yet to figure out!

[Betty @ She's Sew Pretty]

Happy Belated Birthday! You;ll have fun with your new camera once you get used to it. Mine intimidated me at first but I love it now.
I had to laugh about the boys pushing the windows up and down. When my son's friend got his new car, I was dying to go sit in it and push the buttons for the windows. He broke mine when he was about 14 playing with it. Of course, I didn't do it...but I thought about it! ;o)

[rochambeau]

Happy belated Birthday Susan!!
What a GREAT gift, your new Nikon! Like you, I SO relate to being overwhelmed by learning new techo stuff~ it can be daunting and frustrating! It's nice to know that your camera came with your husband's help! ;-)

When I grow up I too want a new camera. Right now my mom and I have been learning Photoshop elements 7. That is stretching my mind too!

Thank you for all you have done for Mary~For being you!!

xox
Constance

[rochambeau]

ps
It's nice to know you are a sister in the heart shaped rock department too!

[carolee]

What a wonderful birthday gift!! Sending belated birthday wishes....Have fun with the new camera! :)

~ Carolee

[maple leaf]

Hi there, I enjoy your blog very much, but the expression is "for all intents and purposes" not "for all intensive purposes".

[Melody]

I hate going thru the tech stuff. I start reading..my eyes glaze and I'm asleep. I learned very early with Jim..leave the 'toys' lay around and in one day I get show and tell. All the appliances, small and large....demo imediately. Digital Camera set and ready to go, just point. I always wanted a telescope, our first xmas a huge computerized monster. I looked at it warily, but not to worry. He had read and programmed it all..LOL Men never really lose the inner child. Exasperating, but loveable.

[Laura]

Your husband reminds me of Mark---in fact, not only does he do things like charge the batteries and get things set-up, he feels pretty bad when I, on rare occasions, do it myself...like I took away his fun!

[georgiapeachez]

oh boy! Have lots of fun with that new camera. I still haven't read the manual for my camera, I'm just so lazy! xo, suzy

[jenny]

Hahahaha! So true about those button pushers!
Ali has that camera- and she loves it! Of course her brain (and I think other female's brains of her generation) works differently than ours. She has it down pat.
I still take my manual out every now and then to try to figure things out, and get frustrated all over again. I've had my camera about 2+ years now.
Good luck with yours!