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As of late I’ve gotten back into photography. The images I would see in magazines like National Geographic, photography magazines and of course the awe inspiring Ansel Adams just fueled a fire that made me want to participate in this activity. I used to really be into it years ago then the cost of a decent 35mm film camera and the lenses I wanted damn near killed that interest. Luckily a small spark was still kept un-extinguished but an awesome little camera called the Holga.
I dug the Holga. This little plastic “toy” camera was fun, easy and took some really amazing pictures. You could do some mods to it and make it accept 35mm, (it used 120mm) add a flash and more to it. It also had a “built in” pinhole filter, actually it was a known defect of the camera but made the shots that more interesting. Unfortunately I lost mine a few years ago and one of these days I’ll get another. It just hasn’t been high on my priority list.
The photography bug was still there, gnawing away at me. As I would windows shop eBay and drool over cameras I discovered the old TLRs (Twin Lens Reflex). I always thought these looked cool from a “technical” aspect and had the impression that only “serious” photographers used these back in the day.
I happened to stumble upon several that were pretty affordable so I picked one up. I couldn’t tell you the name of it because I can’t read the writing on it but I think it may be Russian. Anyway I couldn’t afford a Flexoret so this one would have to do. I took a few shots with it and really loved the results. Unfortunatley I don’t use it very much as 1120mm film is a little expensive and costs twice as much to have developed. I may look into getting my Flexaret with the 35mm adapter later on.
A couple of years ago my employer was selling a Fuji FinePix S5100.
At this moment in time I was in a better financial situation and could afford it so I picked it up for around $400.00. Now this was my first real introduction to digital photography. The closest I would get before this was with a cheap webcam that had crappy resolution. Heck, my Holga took better pics then that thing! I was very excited and eager to get to work learning and playing with my new camera. The biggest draw to this one for me was the manual mode. I was able to manipulate the focus, aperture and more as opposed to just pointing and shooting. I still lusted after a film camera but the prices were still out of my league. (NOTE: I was only able to really afford the Fuji because I could charge it on my house account.) Starting out I learned all sorts of things about my camera and how to use it but I didn’t learn all there was to it.
Over time I slacked off and got lazy and started using the auto mode for everything. I got somewhat disenchanted with my camera and felt a better one was needed. Also during this time I got married, was involved in the kid’s lives and activities, worked hard and kind of forgot about the camera. It wasn’t until after hearing my wife say over and over that I take such good pictures I started to listen and look at my photos. I realized that I really wasn’t taking that good of pictures and it was because I was lazy and not taking advantage of my cameras capabilities. So I started playing with it again. I rediscovered the manual settings and others along with a few things I didn’t know it had. My fire for photography roared alive again and I’ve been playing with it lately getting familiarized with it. I’ve taken some pretty good pictures as of late and they only seem to be getting better. Now I know I’m limited to a point and will never be able to do the stuff that a Nikon D7000 or Cannon T3i can but I’ll worry about that later, I’m just happy I’m back to photography
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