New Gear!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 9:55AM So y'all know that I recently had a birthday. My folks and The Candyman got together and got me an extraordinary gift. It's something I had been coveting and saving up for for several months. This is what I got!
I am so excited because this means I get to actually take pictures again! Like, maybe good pictures - not just point and shoot bullshit. I mean, I do have a camera other than a point and shoot. This is what I've got:
Totally hot to death retro, right? Old school, for sure. It belonged to my dad and he gave it to me in high school. I used to shoot and develop a lot of my own black and white, but that was a looong time ago. I have long forgotten the meanings of apertures and f-stops and white balance and all that crazy photography lingo. Oh, and have you checked out today's digital image editing tools lately? Holy crap. I am WAY in over my head, but I'll learn it eventually. It's a process and a hella-fun one at that.
So you know what this means, right? Yes, you are bound to be subjected to my forays into digital photography. Forewarned is forearmed, people. But try to look at it this way, at least you will no longer be subjected to my lame, LAME attempts at cool photography with my point and shoot.
So I turned myself loose in my backyard this weekend and took my little 40D out for a spin. Here's what I came up with. I don't thinks these totally suck (not that the material is all that exciting), but practice makes perfect, right? Oh, I'm having so much fun!
I sent one of these to the friend we bought the camera from and his reply? "Tack sharp!"
Woot! Woot!
Anyway, hopefully I'll have new pictures up of my TruLu Couture stuff since what I currently have is dog shit. But that might have to wait until after the move. I mean, we're up to our eyeballs in boxes! I can't believe all this stuff is like, happening.
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Oh! What a great birthday present. I am completely envious. I, too, had an Olympus like that as my first camera in high school and dark room equipment that I used to set up in our hall bathroom (Mom was always irritated with me for staining the grout in the bath with developer). I moved on to a Nikon 8008 in college. For the last few years I have been camera-less. I miss it.
Your butterfly shots are looking fab.
Nice! I LOVE the detail, and all the color! Keep sharing them with us...
Do you have Photoshop? If so, you can bring back a lot of the sharpness lost when you compress the image for the internet by running the smart sharpen filter (under filter > sharpen) and messing with the value.
I'm slightly jealous... my DSLR is old and on its way out. Happy shooting with your new baby!
I just realized that my previous comment sounds kind of like an underhanded hint that your photos are not sharp, but I didn't mean it that way! I just effing love the smart sharpen filter and was reminded of it when you were talking about the crispness of your photos.
@Lyn - I love the sharpen tool as well! No worries! Love the feedback!
So. Jealous. Can you feel the jealousy through your keyboard? You should. I want one soooo bad.
Oh how fun! I just got a Nikkon for my bday last month too and I've been trying to find the time to actually learn how to use it :)
Happy belated bday, btw!
Woohoo, congrats! I'm still busy looking for my SLR!