My original introductory post follows. I have now had my SLR for over three years and though my knowledge of my camera and photography is much more advanced then when I first posted this, I am nowhere near where I was hoping I would be. I like my photos, but as with most amatures, I wish they were better and I hope to reignite the desire to improve by returning to this blog.
The original post:
Welcome.
I have always been a fan of taking pictures but have very little experience beyond the basic point and shoot cameras. When I was a teenager I did play around with some film SLRs, but really didn't know what I was doing.
Within the next few days I am planning on purchasing a decent digital SLR and putting in some effort to become a decent photographer. There are several websites out there that intend to teach people like me how to become better photographers and I plan on using those, books and possible some lessons (not sure about that yet) to better my photography skills.
This website/blog is intended to track my progress. As I learn new techniques and produce post-worthy photographs I will post and discuss them here. I'm not sure who my audience will be, but we'll see how it grows.
I will work with different photographic techniques, mostly in my areas of interest (travel, landscape, sports and general 'life' stuff). I will also try to learn some post processing techniques (HDR, Photoshop manipulation, etc.) and will show and discuss the results. As time progresses I may move out of my comfort areas and work with people to do portraits our more editorial work, and as I become more knowledgable I may discuss equipment in a somewhat intelligent way. I also have some interest in seeing what I can do to bring in some money from my work, but that is in the distant future at the moment. We'll see where it goes.
Originally Published: 07/29/2009
Updated and republished on the date of this post.
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