Photography is something which I want to do for many years, probably, right from my high school. Initially, we had some basic analog and digital cameras. Whenever, I get to use my uncle’s and my friend Karthick’s SLR cams, I do envy of them.
After coming to Chicago and with part time job, I planned to buy a camera – definitely a DSLR. Apart from photography interest (which I have been putting behind), I had so many reasons – My Birthday, Summer, Canada trip and other road trips. I did lot of research on which model I should go for with budget in mind. I zeroed in Canon rebel EOS XTI over other models and manufactures. Well, to be honest, each and every manufacture has same model features in different name and different price. I got XTI over XSI because of its negible feature difference. XTI would be perfect for me as I am just getting my hands on the DSLR. Bigger ones later!
I bought XTI on a mother’s day deal J - XTI with default and 75-300mm lenses.
Practice makes a man perfect! – During all the trips, I had been clicking lot of pictures. I guess mostly it’s been nature. Another best in North America is the horizon color. Any sun rise and sunset is beautiful. The lighting is a key factor in photography.
I had been referring Flickr for ideas and tips & tricks. When you see lots of amazing photos in Flickr every day, you would be tempt to switch on your creative side and have a photogenic vision gear on all the time. Whatever you see, you would say … well in this angle, with this setting, it would be good shot.
Canada trip was a feast for me. First week, I spent with my close friend Karthick who is using SLR for very long. So, we get to try lot of stuffs and of course, I learnt few tricks from him. That’s when I realized, I should buy tripod and other accessories. After reaching Montreal, the first thing I did was to bug my cousin to go to nearby mall and I bought a tripod. Photography is expensive hobby. I am tempted to buy a lot of accessories. I guess I will once I get into full time job.
You can check out my Flickr and leave your valuable suggestions/comments/criticisms about my pictures.
PS: I will post a blog on my Canada trip. At least, before I do another trip to Canada this winter. 