It looked too cool and was a must have gadget in my list. And boy-o-boy was I mesmerized, this new small device did not need the film, like the rest of them. It could keep clicking, and you could zoom with just a click of button, wow!!! I remember it very clearly, it was a canon point and shoot digital camera. And I knew I needed that one. And I was very eager to click photos, and went about the day just clicking anything and everything without thinking much. I did not know anything about composition or any thing technical. But just went about clicking till the memory card could hold no more. I was around 14 years then, and began my love for photography.
It was not until another 12 years later when I could afford a camera of my own. And this time I bought a Nikon point and shoot (Damn i dont remember the model, its a N1 or D1). It looked sleek, small and was supposed to be top of the line in the recent launched category. I was very happy, but then the happiness lasted for a very short time. I was probably the only person who had bought that camera. Nikon felt they needed to make me really feel privileged, and discontinued the model exactly 2 months after i bought it. And it had lots of issues, to begin with, battery was horrible, charging was bad, optical zoom was 3x and digital was around 10x. Pictures were not sharp, and it needed flash almost always. But then Nikon made me feel privileged. But this camera thought me thing or two about ISO. But it was during these days, I learnt about various types of camera, jargon like lens-kit and similar things. Now I knew what i wanted, but then which one should i buy? The prices were all looking northwards, and my budget was no where close to the equator. Then as luck would have it, I found Nikon D60. And thus started my crawl into the world of DSLR. The first lens that I got was 18-55mm that was shipped along with the body. Those were the days when I began learning and explored more, about photography, from ISO to shutter speed. I thought I knew it all or did I?
I thought 18-55 is an useless lens and got myself an 18-200mm lens, after reading all the reviews I told myself, this is the much better lens than 18-55mm and now I can take all those beautiful pics, just by pressing one small button.
So began my experiment with elements and trying out new techniques of photography. Yes I was learning, but I still was not satisfied. I was not getting that required DOF, my ISO was way off, the photos lacked the sharpness. I bought books, read online tutorials, and did everything that I "thought" was right, but still was not satisfied. I thought i needed to keep clicking more clicks, but it did not really help
Well i thought let me try something in a controlled environment. So it took me to BNP (Bannerghatta National Park). I was with my Nikon D60, and 18-200mm lens. And backing me was my so called "know-all-just-go-click" knowledge.
But then these were in the controlled environment in the zoo. Satisfied with my effort I thought of trying my luck in the wild. I thought "I-KNEW-IT-ALL". And i was impressed with my lens in the controlled environment. All that was needed was going to the wild, and vola i will have some amazing captures.
Well the journey had truley began and there was no looking back.
It was not until another 12 years later when I could afford a camera of my own. And this time I bought a Nikon point and shoot (Damn i dont remember the model, its a N1 or D1). It looked sleek, small and was supposed to be top of the line in the recent launched category. I was very happy, but then the happiness lasted for a very short time. I was probably the only person who had bought that camera. Nikon felt they needed to make me really feel privileged, and discontinued the model exactly 2 months after i bought it. And it had lots of issues, to begin with, battery was horrible, charging was bad, optical zoom was 3x and digital was around 10x. Pictures were not sharp, and it needed flash almost always. But then Nikon made me feel privileged. But this camera thought me thing or two about ISO. But it was during these days, I learnt about various types of camera, jargon like lens-kit and similar things. Now I knew what i wanted, but then which one should i buy? The prices were all looking northwards, and my budget was no where close to the equator. Then as luck would have it, I found Nikon D60. And thus started my crawl into the world of DSLR. The first lens that I got was 18-55mm that was shipped along with the body. Those were the days when I began learning and explored more, about photography, from ISO to shutter speed. I thought I knew it all or did I?
I thought 18-55 is an useless lens and got myself an 18-200mm lens, after reading all the reviews I told myself, this is the much better lens than 18-55mm and now I can take all those beautiful pics, just by pressing one small button.
So began my experiment with elements and trying out new techniques of photography. Yes I was learning, but I still was not satisfied. I was not getting that required DOF, my ISO was way off, the photos lacked the sharpness. I bought books, read online tutorials, and did everything that I "thought" was right, but still was not satisfied. I thought i needed to keep clicking more clicks, but it did not really help
Well i thought let me try something in a controlled environment. So it took me to BNP (Bannerghatta National Park). I was with my Nikon D60, and 18-200mm lens. And backing me was my so called "know-all-just-go-click" knowledge.
But then these were in the controlled environment in the zoo. Satisfied with my effort I thought of trying my luck in the wild. I thought "I-KNEW-IT-ALL". And i was impressed with my lens in the controlled environment. All that was needed was going to the wild, and vola i will have some amazing captures.
Well the journey had truley began and there was no looking back.
Beautiful pic! And the write up inspires a novice to get it going. Awesome start. Keep going!
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