This *is not* a professional photography service.
Now that I cleared that up, I want to take this opportunity to share with you all a hobby of mine. It’s a family trait. It started with my grandfather, who was a avid photographer and then my dad and now me. I love to take photos and as you’ll see in my galleries, it is primarily of landscapes and sporting events. With some zoos, conventions and parks thrown into the mix.
I have three cameras that I use (four, but I sold that one). My first digital camera was a Olympus C750. Pretty lowend on the digital point-and-shoot cameras that look like SLR cameras. It was a 10x optical zoom at 6 megapixels. It was a decent camera.
My next digital camera (which I call my main backup) is a Canon Powershot S5. Released last year, this guy is at the high end of Canon’s point-and-shoot cameras. This is a 8 megapixel 12x optical zoom camera. I have two accessories for this camera. A telephoto lense extender (pictures are shot and not that great) and a wide angel lense.
My “new” main camera is a Canon EOS digital rebel XT (350D). This is a DSLR camera and is at the low-end of Canon’s DSLR line-up. The model is about three years old, but is till one of their popular entry level DSLR camera’s. It’s 8 megapixels. I have the following accessories: Speedlite 430EX Canon flash, 18-55mm lens, 28-105mm USM lens and a 75-300mm lense. I love the camera already. But I won’t kid you. Going from point-and-shoot to DSLR is not easy as it sounds. Practice makes perfect, they say. All of my lenses are Canons and if I can, I intend to keep that way.
Now someone might ask, why did you go to a DSLR camera that requires lenses. Well, for starter, a DSLR camera gives you a lot of options. Now, even though my Canon Powershot S5 can be called a DSLR wanna be (you can pretty much make it act like a DSLR), it didn’t offer me the features that I wanted from a camera.
My next camera is one of those pocket digital cameras. This is a Kodak. It’s about the size of the credit card and about 3/4 inches thick. Takes pretty decent pictures. And if you don’t require a zoom, then this camera is pretty easy to use if you just want something to take photos with at a moment’s notice.
I’ll try to take a pic or two a day and show them off. 