So far...

What two and a half months with a camera has thought me...

1. Camera doesn't matter much, since you would need it to take photos. If it gets the intended job done, its golden.


2. Same thing with the lens. Think first, with steps, like feel, ask, refine then finally, take the picture. FARTing is what newbies like me keep on forgetting since we would tweak the DSLR first, as we are still learning what to do with the giant log. DSLRs are complicated, even if one knows the basic of exposure. Simple is best. Makes you focus more.


3. Don't worry. Keep shooting. What is important is to learn the mistakes that we made.


4. Henri Carier-Bresson (The guy who shoots with a Leica and a single lens throughout his life) was right when he said "Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst". In fact, in digital, its more like 20,000-100,000 cause maybe we are 10 times more likely to take useless crappy photos. (Ever used your camera phone to take pictures of the floor, toes, wall, etc. and then delete them?) What is important with digital, is that to learn. Like students, we are forgiven (somewhat) when we make a mistake (like in a test or quiz or exams) where no lives (significant) are at stake. If we don't learn, we don't pass.

An example of me learning is, when shooting the drift event, using a fast normal lens, i.e. the 50mm f1.8 is far better, since the wide aperture allows me to lower the ISO, giving better results (less noise).


5. Experiment. Just shoot, don't research stuff online, cause you will forget it by the time you've read this sentence. Doing is learning. Reading and not applying is just spectating. Just like watching football doesn't mean you know how to play (well).


Well, that's all. Thanks for reading.