I was just thinking about that conversation we had last weekend about getting into photography. I finally dug out my old camera and started messing around with the manual settings. It's honestly a lot more forgiving than I expected once you understand the exposure triangle. I took some shots of the park near my place during golden hour and a few of them actually looked decent. The autofocus was hunting a bit in the low light but I switched to manual focus and that helped a ton. I still have no idea how to properly edit them yet though. I might just leave them as is for now because the raw files already have a nice look to them. Anyway if you ever want to go shoot together let me know.

I finally got around to trying that pasta recipe you sent me last month. It was actually really good once I figured out the sauce situation. I accidentally used too much oregano but my roommate said it still tasted fine. The trickiest part was getting the pasta al dente because our stove runs hot and I kept second-guessing the timer. Next time I'll set a timer on my phone instead of just guessing. I also added some mushrooms which weren't in the original recipe but they soaked up the sauce really well. You should try it with the mushrooms next time you make it. Let me know if you want me to send you the modified version. I might try adding some spinach next time too just to see how it works.