beginning of a career path

So this week i got my first decent camera, a canon EOS Rebel T3. I am in love with it so far but i am still getting used to having a camera thats not just point click and done. Here are some of the photos that i have taken these past few days.

i found that taking pictures one handed with this camera is really hard. 

but i still managed. 

I was testing out the self timer that it had in this and the 

next picture. but without a proper tripod i had to rig it to my grill out back XD

gremlin. yes he cant get wet and we dont feed him after dark. XD

and this is my snake Kyoya. He is a ball python and very shy.