April 16, 2004
Yours truly, Jack The Ripper
Given the recent photo by Sonny, my guess is that you must be getting sick and tired of seeing my ugly mug around. That didn't stop me from adding a new photo, however, this time a self portrait with experimenting with my new digital camera (yes, I was unable to resist).
A good photographer like you, given a high-Mpixel a light-sensitive digital camera, can work wonders and experiment as much as you want without the traditional costs of developing and printing film. Bravo!
What exactly did you get?
Posted by: Rique at April 16, 2004 08:37 AMThanks for the kind words, my friend. I ended up going for a Digital Rebel. Here we are, from the same experimentation session.
It's a neat camera and it behaves mostly like what I'm used to with my EOS 3. I don't have quite the same level of control, but then again, to get that level of control on a DSLR I would have to pay about the cost of a small tropical island.
And you are right - since getting this camera I've been experimenting much more than I ever did with film. The sole fact that I can see the results right away have two great advantages: first, I can see immediately if the experiments are going anywhere or if I should try a different approach; and second, I can make small changes and see the results on the spot, which not only appeals to the control freak in me but works as a learning tool.
Hopefully soon enough I'll move on from the cat portraits and we'll see some interesting results.
Posted by: Ricardo J. at April 16, 2004 09:52 AM