Setting the Stage

The moment of truth has arrived.  I'll be posting a picture here any day now from the new equipment.  My new Canon http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/753760-REG/Canon_5169B001_EOS_Rebel_T3i_Digital.html is a learning experience to say the least.  I had no idea it would be so complicated, but the light bulbs are starting to go off after a few days with it.  I made some additional purchases to get some remote functionality.  My OTG cable was purchased for $3 including shipping from Monoprice www.monoprice.com.  That arrived, and I hooked up the Nexus 7 tablet to the camera successfully.  Thanks to the folks at Heliconsoft, I was able to try out the whole interaction between Pad and camera from the comfort of my armchair.  Many of you may want close coupling with your devices, but I'm trying to be cognizant of my lower back issues, thus this ability was a key decision point for me, and it worked flawlessly.  I may not even progress to the DSLR Controller software package if this continues to work out.  Working through the Canon manual, time permitting with work and all, and experimenting with various feature functions as I go.  I've already build a flash diffuser, first one out of paper that I cut and folded as instructed on a web site, and the next one will be a little more hi-tech.  Once that's finished, I'll be glad to share with the audience.  I'm hoping to finally getting around to taking a few pictures as soon as possible, but since I want to make an impression, there's no point in rushing.  Please stay tuned for the next developments.