I'm in that place again. Restless. I have plenty of things to do. Trust me there is plenty of housework, laundry, dishes, organizing that needs to be done. It's not my forte. I try each day to focus on one area and get it clean. But a whole house type of job is overwhelming to me and I shut down. So while there is plenty around here to do, I feel restless on the inside, in my brain. School kept me preoccupied for a few years. Working took over when that was done. But things are now in a rhythm and that's when it sets in. I guess I'm a syncopated kind a gal. Just need something on the offbeat to break things up a bit.
I have been inspired lately by friends and family who have taken up photography. Learning about the camera, its ability to take images, learning about lighting, about exposure, and capturing emotion. Its on the bucket list. I want to learn earlier than later. Just need a camera, time, lessons, and I should be good to go right? So maybe this next year I will start looking into this kind of challenge. But to start I need some advice. So, budding photographers, and well experience ones too, tell me what kind of camera to purchase. I don't want to do this professionally, but everyday, for my own enjoyment. But I want it to be nice, not a quick pocket type camera. Oh, I would take any advice on Internet sites, community classes, etc... that might help.
Lara,
ReplyDeleteThat is exactly what I have been doing with photography the last year or two. It seems like everyone I know takes it up and immediately starts a business, but that really wasn't my goal and I have to sometimes remind myself that it is perfectly fine to simply have a hobby because I enjoy it (with out feeling I have to make it a business to make it worthwhile). Anyway, it has been tons of fun and I think it is amazing that something that would have previously been only for the elite can now be for pretty much anoyone thanks to internet, digital cameras, etc. Anywho, I haven't even taken any classes, just slowly picked things up from reading and talking to others, etc. Having just travelled that "beginning" path, I would be happy to give you any help I can if you decide to persue it! I spent the first year not even worrying about learning how to edit or anything, just enjoying learning what a camera could do and how to shoot in different lighting, etc. I don't know much about Nikons (though I know they are great), but if you end up looking into Canons, I can give you a bit of advice. The Canon 5d is thousands and really, probably beyond the needs of anyone who isn't getting pretty darn serious about photography. I got the Canon EOS 50d -- which was probably in the thousand dollar range (I know, a lot), but it is really great. I love it. However, I think that the Canon Rebel is about half of that and would really probably have nearly suited my needs and would likely be enough to do what most hobbyists would ever really need. At the time that I bought mine I don't think it had an iso as high as I wanted (that is what allows you to shoot in increasingly dark conditions with out having to use your flash), but I think the newer Rebels might go clear up to 6400 iso which is even higher than mine! Anyway, along with the stock lens it comes with throw a 100 dollar 50 mm lens in (so great for blurry background portraits of kids), and you are pretty well set! There is so much info out there it can freak you out, but just read a few straight forward things about shutter speed, aperture and iso and you will really have a pretty good start on what matters knowing. Good luck!
I long to do this too. I can't think about it because it makes me sad. My babies' years are being wasted on phone photos! I researched which was the best camera (I mean not THE best but the best for our purposes, you know) while I was pregnant with Jonah, and I don't remember what it was called, but I do remember it cost $1,200. Ouch. I never got it.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Be grateful you're in the restless place. It means you are not in crisis/survival mode. I long for restless.
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