How far I've come, Part 1: Pointing and shooting

Hello netizens!


I wanted to do this last night but I had other important things to do.


In this post I'll be giving you a brief history of my time with photography. I'll try not to bore you too much, otherwise, there are a lot of pretty pictures to look at. It also lets me look back at what I've done.


So where to begin?


When I was little, I dappled with film cameras but they were nothing serious like an SLR; mainly disposables or point-and-shoot type.

Sony DSC-S70 in all its beefiness.

At the turn of the century, I got my first digital camera which was quite beefy and didn't hold many photos. This was a time where megapixels mattered and this camera had a fair amount of it for its time. Of course, they can pack more pixels and features into smaller devices such as phones (Nokia Pureview 808 has 41 million of them!).This costed as much as a mid-ranged DSLR of today. I can imagine though that DSLRs back then would have costed astronomical amounts.


I lost interest with this camera after a while. Probably because it was to big to lug around.




I can't remember if I got anymore cameras but a few years later, I got another camera that would get me seriously into photography.

My little red pocket partner.

It was another point and shoot. The Sony DSC-P200 and I got it in this colour. This also costed the same amount as an entry level DSLR back then but I think few shops stocked them like today. Or maybe because it was Darwin. I got this camera because of the high megapixel count and stylish metal body.










<These images and many others can be found on my deviantart page nudelbutt.deviantart.com>

Meerkats are probably my all time favourite animals!

These wallabies are trying to figure out what that guy is doing
and if he will feed them.

When I moved to Adelaide, I was a bit more active in my photography. I started off taking pictures of animals because I loved watching them. 


















I tend to take pictures of  animals or abstract things and not much of people. This is probably because of my shy personality and also I didn't know how to take pictures of people.

There is nothing more fun than having things fall onto you...

At this point, I mainly took photos so I can manipulate them in Photoshop. It was something fun to do and I was inspired by the magazines I bought. 
















Eventually I started playing with the manual controls of the camera. They weren't extensive but I enjoyed the control it gave me to do some interesting things. This kindled my desire to do more serious photography.