Sunday brunch in a sleepy town called Siniawan
I recently bought a secondhand Minolta Dynax 300si (SLR) camera for only RM100 (25 american dollars) from my boss. He immediately offered to me when he heard that I was interested in getting an SLR camera. I love the feel of it and the fun of manual focusing (alas, it's not a complete manual camera).Last weekend, my sister and her professional photographer friend took me out on a photography session. I learnt basic stuff like, how to hold a camera properly. :P We later had lunch at Siniawan, a sleepy town (could it even be called a town? It only had two shophouse lots), where I took the below photos, using my digital camera of course. I haven't developed my film yet.
My sis reckons that I'd become a better photographer because developing black film is rather expensive. :P
posted by Cayce @ 5:34 PM
5 Comments:
I had been wondering about the desire to learn about manual cameras but it's all clear now!
The big advantage of digital is the immediacy of the pictures, when i go travelling I never know how good or bad my shots are until I get back home.
This is a good and bad thing, good because it makes me stop and think, plan a picture, see if there is a better aspect or view, it slows down the snapping speed, every shot counts and bad because if even after all this thinking I still take a bad shot I won't know until I get back home when it's too late to go back and get another one!
The ideal is, something I've been considering doing for a while now, is to take test shots with your digital and then set up the real picture.
Next time go out without your digital.....
Can I just say that I am intrigued and somewhat frightened by the "DO NOT SPIT" sign?
Can I just say that I am intrigued and somewhat frightened by the "DO NOT SPIT" sign?
Dermot:
digital cameras = instant gratification!
I'm very glad for my digital camera but yeah, it could make you very lazy. I was so excited about the new camera that I have to admit, I didn't quite stop and think "how could I make this shot worthwhile?" I just clicked, and clicked, and clicked..
Darren:
It's very exciting, isn't it? I'm not sure about posting my first batch of photos just yet -- I predict a lot of black photos. We were in a cave. he he hehe..
Cool photo by the way! HK looks just like Singapore! :P
Eduardo:
I'm frightened by the little spittons underneath the table when the "Do Not Spit" sign is absent.
What's in the cup? Would be nice if you can share some photography theories, hehe...
I like you Iban experience, do they need volunteers? Any contact that might linked-up to them?
Happy photo bugging! :p
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