I just purchased a Canon Digital Rebel camera. This is my first step into “real” photography, as canon has successfully blurred the line between amateur and professional camera equipment. I don’t have any serious photography plans for the future, but I think I’ll open an account at iStockPhoto. With my first digital camera, and that wonderful delete option, I think I’ll go crazy for the first little bit and give myself a cheap, amateur education in photography.

I fear I may have just started in a very expensive hobby.