Clare Henney: Being Practical

My father used to love photography. When I was little I remember watching him carefully clean his SLR camera (Olympus) and I looked on in fascination as he placed it on his tripod to take photos of the family during special occasions. He had more than one camera and more than one type of lens. I distinctly remember a telephoto lens that was longer than my arm! I had no idea when and where he used it but I know he loved it. I used to tell myself that when I grew up, I’d want to try photography myself.

When I entered college, I initially took Communication Arts so that I could learn more about photography. As luck would have it I had to shift to a different course and I ended up not taking any photography classes at all. I was still determined to give it a shot but I decided it was something I could still learn and get into once I graduated and had a job of my own.

By the time I was working, the whole digital photo thing started to become more popular. I managed to save enough to buy my own DSLR camera and bought a lot of books on photography to give my childhood dream a shot. The good thing about this digital era is that it’s made photography less expensive for a newbie like me. I could review the photos before I had them printed so there was no worry of wasting money on film and developing costs. I love the quality of photos produced by DSLR cameras compared to ordinary point and shoot ones but I have to admit, if you don’t take things like composition and lighting into consideration, you can still take bad pictures no matter what camera you use.

Last year I sold my DSLR. Why? Because I was starting to see that everybody had one to the point that it was practically a must-have accessory. That’s a big turn-off for me. If everyone’s into something like that I tend to go the other way. That’s just the way I am, no offense to the people who got into this thing when it became popular.

Lately I have fallen in love with my Canon Ixus. It’s a point and shoot but it does take good photos (and videos in HD). I’ve also realized that while some people may brush off any good photos that I can take with my camera because it’s not a DSLR, I don’t care. If I can take photos that look good and make me happy, I’m OK with that.

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