The trip was an incredible experience. I shot 12 rolls of film and there learned my first photographic lesson - take 200 pictures and maybe one will be decent. Above you can see the best photo I took on that trip, a boat fallen victim to Galicia's low tide. It was my first taste of using light and a rectangular frame to capture life. While not a particularly great photo, it still brings me back to the cool morning I took that picture. The smell of saltwater and the day's fresh catch are still vivid in my mind whenever I look at this shot.
Fast-forward to 2009. For the last seven years I've been "the camera guy." At parties, I'm the savior documenting memories for the drunk. At work, I'm the cheap photographer they use for home-grown events.
Since Spain, my photographic skills have improved. Still, I'm not a pro. Not yet. But I've taken the first step by purchasing my first DSLR, the Nikon D60. Before that I operated on a prosumer Sony DSC-H1. And before that I was on a classic Pentax ME Super. For the uninitiated, the ME Super is a metal-clad workhorse from the 1979. It's a 35mm SLR that taught me a lot of things about light.
Over there is one of my more recent photos taken around six in the morning at South Beach in Miami. It's part of a new habit I'm forming that ensures I make the most of my investment in the D60. Every weekend I take one photographic trip. Sometimes it's down the street. Other times it's an hour or two drive. Eventually, I'd like to take day trips to locals around the U.S., but that'll be after I win the lottery. Right now I'm doing anything and everything to get the proper "dirt time" with my camera. That's what this blog's about. In it I will document my trip form amateur to professional and every false step in between.
Fast-forward to 2009. For the last seven years I've been "the camera guy." At parties, I'm the savior documenting memories for the drunk. At work, I'm the cheap photographer they use for home-grown events.
Since Spain, my photographic skills have improved. Still, I'm not a pro. Not yet. But I've taken the first step by purchasing my first DSLR, the Nikon D60. Before that I operated on a prosumer Sony DSC-H1. And before that I was on a classic Pentax ME Super. For the uninitiated, the ME Super is a metal-clad workhorse from the 1979. It's a 35mm SLR that taught me a lot of things about light.
Over there is one of my more recent photos taken around six in the morning at South Beach in Miami. It's part of a new habit I'm forming that ensures I make the most of my investment in the D60. Every weekend I take one photographic trip. Sometimes it's down the street. Other times it's an hour or two drive. Eventually, I'd like to take day trips to locals around the U.S., but that'll be after I win the lottery. Right now I'm doing anything and everything to get the proper "dirt time" with my camera. That's what this blog's about. In it I will document my trip form amateur to professional and every false step in between.
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