Do you have any plans to someday start a business around your photography?
With my reluctance to attend social events and dislike of photographing humans? Fat chance!
Not that I wouldn't like to make a living off something I enjoy doing but... I can have fun with trying to capture motives I enjoy now and failing over and over again until I get it right (or not) but shooting for money? I just don't know... it doesn't seem feasible right now. Besides, I want to keep enjoying photography, not making it a grind. Most of my motives are not even suitable for stock sites. And there's one other thing: my knowledge of photo-editing programs is poor, to put it mildly. And I'm too lazy to learn enough Photoshop (or similar stuff) to be able to manipulate my photos. I prefer them with as little processing as possible anyway.
Monday, 2 February 2009
Sunday, 1 February 2009
Question #4
Show us a photograph you are particularly proud of and explain why it means so much to you.
When I first read the question, I thought it would be impossible to answer. With every set of photos I take I usually go through a process of liking some photos, then not liking them, then liking some and not others, then changing my mind... you get the idea.
I could have chosen a photo I have submitted to a local on-line photo gallery where it received positive critique; I could have chosen another one a friend of mine saw and wanted it framed on a wall and so on... but eventually I decided to show you this:
The photo is far from being technically perfect; it could have been done better. However, this is one of the first photos I ever took with a digital camera. I had no idea about framing, lighting, composition or any other element of successful photography, and yet I instinctively framed it in the best possible way considering the circumstances. I was quite proud if it then and in a way still am today.
When I first read the question, I thought it would be impossible to answer. With every set of photos I take I usually go through a process of liking some photos, then not liking them, then liking some and not others, then changing my mind... you get the idea.
I could have chosen a photo I have submitted to a local on-line photo gallery where it received positive critique; I could have chosen another one a friend of mine saw and wanted it framed on a wall and so on... but eventually I decided to show you this:
The photo is far from being technically perfect; it could have been done better. However, this is one of the first photos I ever took with a digital camera. I had no idea about framing, lighting, composition or any other element of successful photography, and yet I instinctively framed it in the best possible way considering the circumstances. I was quite proud if it then and in a way still am today.
Saturday, 31 January 2009
Question #3
How often do you leave home without at least one camera?
Ha, at least this one's easy. I may go shopping without it, or to a coffee bar, but otherwise I hardly ever leave without a camera. Now, I don't carry my DSLR to work or on errands but my little one is almost always at hand. However, no trip or vacation passes without taking the DSLR with me.
I wasn't asked this but I'll add it here. I find motives almost everywhere but for some reason don't like photographing humans, especially not at social events. Nature has always been my favourite subject, from landscape to macro and everything in between.
Ha, at least this one's easy. I may go shopping without it, or to a coffee bar, but otherwise I hardly ever leave without a camera. Now, I don't carry my DSLR to work or on errands but my little one is almost always at hand. However, no trip or vacation passes without taking the DSLR with me.
I wasn't asked this but I'll add it here. I find motives almost everywhere but for some reason don't like photographing humans, especially not at social events. Nature has always been my favourite subject, from landscape to macro and everything in between.
Friday, 30 January 2009
Question #2
If money were no object, what would be your dream photography equipment?
I have no idea.
No, really... I could have said Canon 1D MKIII with an array of L class lenses and home-made studio with whatever is required for an ideal lighting but, frankly, with my current photographic knowledge all that would probably be a complete waste.
So, perhaps, I should start with what I have now and consider what might be useful for me in the near future.
My current DSLR body is Canon EOS 400D also known as Digital Rebel XTi. I would like to upgrade it to Canon EOS 50D; perhaps later on to the full-frame Canon 5D.
I own three lenses at the moment which more or less cover my basic needs:
1. The universal Canon EF_S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
2. Telephoto Canon EF 70-300mm F/4.5-5-6 DO IS USM
3. Macro Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
I wouldn't mind adding a fish eye for fun effects, an extreme wide angle lens, like Canon EF-S 10-22mm, then perhaps a fixed 50 or 85mm fast lens (like, f 1.4) and an L class telephoto lens with image stabilisation. Then, a macro ring flash and another external flash (I don't have any at the moment).
You have probably noticed I'm a Canon fan. No particular reason for that except that my first digital camera was a Canon and I've been always pleased with it. Also, Canon has a wide array of quality lenses of its own brand so it's easier to build a system.
I have no idea.
No, really... I could have said Canon 1D MKIII with an array of L class lenses and home-made studio with whatever is required for an ideal lighting but, frankly, with my current photographic knowledge all that would probably be a complete waste.
So, perhaps, I should start with what I have now and consider what might be useful for me in the near future.
My current DSLR body is Canon EOS 400D also known as Digital Rebel XTi. I would like to upgrade it to Canon EOS 50D; perhaps later on to the full-frame Canon 5D.
I own three lenses at the moment which more or less cover my basic needs:
1. The universal Canon EF_S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
2. Telephoto Canon EF 70-300mm F/4.5-5-6 DO IS USM
3. Macro Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
I wouldn't mind adding a fish eye for fun effects, an extreme wide angle lens, like Canon EF-S 10-22mm, then perhaps a fixed 50 or 85mm fast lens (like, f 1.4) and an L class telephoto lens with image stabilisation. Then, a macro ring flash and another external flash (I don't have any at the moment).
You have probably noticed I'm a Canon fan. No particular reason for that except that my first digital camera was a Canon and I've been always pleased with it. Also, Canon has a wide array of quality lenses of its own brand so it's easier to build a system.
Thursday, 29 January 2009
Question #1
What first sparked your interest in photography?
I think the love of photography has always been present within me but for one reason or another it never really flourished until the digital era.
My first contacts with photography reach way back to my elementary school days. On my request I was given an old Zenit camera and black-and white film but very little came out of that and I'm afraid no photos are preserved from that time. I was still a kid and there were things more important and less embarrassing (or so I thought) than running around with a camera.
The next time my interest in photography was aroused was when I already had a job and wished to record some moments from my life. I got a wide angle point-and-shoot Yashica from a friend and took some very nice photos from my trips with it. Another Yashica followed a few years later, this time with a zoom lens. However, I found having to wait for the films to be developed too tedious. And once a lab ruined two rolls of my film with what I expected to be wonderful photos from a flower exhibition without even apologising for the damage, I was so frustrated I put the camera away for a number of years without ever considering taking a photo again.
However, with the development of digital cameras my interest in photography was rekindled and at the end of 2005 I was given a Canon Powershot A620, a camera I still use and hold dear. I started taking it everywhere with me so that I might capture some special moments if they happen to occur in my presence.
I think the love of photography has always been present within me but for one reason or another it never really flourished until the digital era.
My first contacts with photography reach way back to my elementary school days. On my request I was given an old Zenit camera and black-and white film but very little came out of that and I'm afraid no photos are preserved from that time. I was still a kid and there were things more important and less embarrassing (or so I thought) than running around with a camera.
The next time my interest in photography was aroused was when I already had a job and wished to record some moments from my life. I got a wide angle point-and-shoot Yashica from a friend and took some very nice photos from my trips with it. Another Yashica followed a few years later, this time with a zoom lens. However, I found having to wait for the films to be developed too tedious. And once a lab ruined two rolls of my film with what I expected to be wonderful photos from a flower exhibition without even apologising for the damage, I was so frustrated I put the camera away for a number of years without ever considering taking a photo again.
However, with the development of digital cameras my interest in photography was rekindled and at the end of 2005 I was given a Canon Powershot A620, a camera I still use and hold dear. I started taking it everywhere with me so that I might capture some special moments if they happen to occur in my presence.
Wednesday, 28 January 2009
Coming soon
So there's this interview thing (meme?) going on in the blogosphere. To be honest, I'm not keen on being interviewed. I'm not keen on asking other people questions either. But (and that's a big but)... I've seen some of my blog friends do the interview and liked what I read. I was tempted to say yes on a couple of occasions but resisted the temptation. However, I have somehow received my five questions which, as agreed with the interviewer, I am not obliged to answer unless I so chose.
I have always been a rule-breaker as far as online awards and memes are concerned. So, given I have not even officially entered this one, I am going to do it my way. One question, one answer per post. The questions look tame but that doesn't make them any easier to answer.
Alright, so let's go break the ice...
I have always been a rule-breaker as far as online awards and memes are concerned. So, given I have not even officially entered this one, I am going to do it my way. One question, one answer per post. The questions look tame but that doesn't make them any easier to answer.
Alright, so let's go break the ice...
Sunday, 25 January 2009
Bored
...with the weather misery we've been having forever and completely uninspired. Today looked slightly better than the above pic suggests but still dismally grey and bleak.
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