Really interesting words to go here, well I will think that they are….
Now where did I put that AI assistant ?
So a Little About Me
You have probably guessed from the above that I am old, not very old, just old enough to be able to use (and with confidence) “I remember when”. I do still have a few more years to go though before “In my day” can be used.
I am kind of retired, I say ‘kind of’, because it was presented to me earlier than I would havce planned, but not so early as to be a major concern.
All those jobs that have needed doing but that have been building up will finally get done, though the problem is that I got them all done in the first month. So, looking to work on this site again, but struggling for inspiration
Photography and Me
I have always had a great passion for photography. Way back, I all but stole my first wife's film based SLR,. I moved through a selection of my own cameras but really fell in love with the Canon 7D DSLR. Unfortunately, this is now displaying an intermittent fault with the shutter. So, I have invested in the mirrorless Canon R7
I have to admit that digital is so much more convenient, you point, you compose, you click and you see the result. Don’t like it, get the Photographic editing software out and start correcting what you couldn’t quite do with the camera. That said I do like to try and use the camera setting to reduce the need for image manipulation if I can.
Now film, that was a completely different beast. For starters, you had to decide on the ISO which was the actual film, and once loaded that was it till the roll was done. Then you point, you compose, you checked everything, then you clicked. Now I never went in for home processing of the film stock, mainly because room was an issue, so it was off to the local print shop or chemist.
In the latter days of film you could get one hour processing, but when I first started it could be a week before you got to see what you had shot, A WHOLE WEEK! Every roll had me feeling like a five year old again and waiting for his birthday or Christmas. When they arrived, there was the anticipation on opening the envelope, then the mixed emotions as each was inspected for the failures and the successes, and the best bit was the images you had forgotten having taken but worked.
These day’s I have slowed down a little on the taking of pictures, need a kick up the bottom to get me shooting again. My problem is locally I have pretty much exhausted the usual places. So I need to get the kit packed and in the car to seek out strange locations (maybe not too strange) and new inspirations and the new camera should help with that too.
