Olympics and photography
We watched the Olympics opening ceremony on Friday. I was quite excited about it, I guess it's Chinese pride or something. I'm not one of those people who's all like "I'm Taiwanese, I'm not Chinese" (I had an ex-boyfriend who was like that). Even though I've only been to China once, but I still consider myself "Chinese", or Taiwanese Chinese (or Chinese-American, whatever). Anyway, I was excited that the Olympics was going to be in China this year. That opening ceremony was something else. Amazing and awesome are understatements. Politics and all that aside, the Chinese really outdid themselves this time. They showed the world their talent and hardworking spirit. The show definitely wow-ed me a lot of times throughout the performance. And I'm one of those people that gets all choked up watching the march of nations. I don't know why, but I always do.
I took a couple of photography classes in high school and really enjoyed it. We didn't learn too much on shooting techniques, it was more on developing techniques. And I actually loved that part, seeing the images turn out in the dark room and what you do in the process of developing to alter the images. Anyway, so I never really properly learned how to use a camera, but I've always loved taking pictures, especially of food. It's definitely a hobby that I've never developed. I don't understand paintings, but I love looking at photographs. Somehow I connect with them more. Whenever I ask someone about a great photo they took, and if I learn that they had used a SLR camera, I kind of get intimidated by the fancy camera. All the buttons and controls just look so daunting to me. But thanks to
kalispice and her recent posts on photography, I've really been inspired to learn more about dSLR cameras and going out to get one. I would love to learn to take better photos. I do love my point-and-shoot, I think it does a great job for what it is, but I want to develop this hobby more. So I've been reading online about the different cameras and also just bought a book on how to use a dSLR. I think if I didn't do what I did and if I had the proper training, my ideal job would be a traveling food photojournalist. That would be so much fun, all of my hobbies combined! Traveling, eating, and taking pictures. :D
I took a couple of photography classes in high school and really enjoyed it. We didn't learn too much on shooting techniques, it was more on developing techniques. And I actually loved that part, seeing the images turn out in the dark room and what you do in the process of developing to alter the images. Anyway, so I never really properly learned how to use a camera, but I've always loved taking pictures, especially of food. It's definitely a hobby that I've never developed. I don't understand paintings, but I love looking at photographs. Somehow I connect with them more. Whenever I ask someone about a great photo they took, and if I learn that they had used a SLR camera, I kind of get intimidated by the fancy camera. All the buttons and controls just look so daunting to me. But thanks to
kalispice and her recent posts on photography, I've really been inspired to learn more about dSLR cameras and going out to get one. I would love to learn to take better photos. I do love my point-and-shoot, I think it does a great job for what it is, but I want to develop this hobby more. So I've been reading online about the different cameras and also just bought a book on how to use a dSLR. I think if I didn't do what I did and if I had the proper training, my ideal job would be a traveling food photojournalist. That would be so much fun, all of my hobbies combined! Traveling, eating, and taking pictures. :D