Learning more

For someone wanting to get serious about photography, I would reccomend checking out the 10 lessons on this website: http://www.morguefile.com/archive/classroom.php

It will help get you familiar with some of the terminology associated with the hobby, as well as help you understand why people like certain pictures.

...is what I got

This post is for all the people who want to know what kind of camera I use.


I use a Nikon D80, which is a Mid-Range Digital SLR. For a lens, I use a cheap lens that came with the camera. It is a Nikon brand 18-55mm 3.5-5.6.











All in all, you can get a nice camera and a good lens for under $1,000. Most people stick with Canon or Nikon, though I hear Panasonic and Sony both offer pretty nice cameras/lenses now.


For gear shopping, I usually use one of two places,
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/ and http://www.adorama.com/

Adorama also does a pretty good job at printing photos at decent prices.

Starting Now

Starting now this will just be a place for me to discuss photography. Here's the quick and dirty background:

December 2002: I get a 3.2 megapixel point and shoot.
January 2003 - April 2008: I take crappy photos.
May 2008: I start taking decent photos with the same point and shoot.
May 29th, 2008: I get my D80.
May 30th, 2008 - Today: I am trying to take good pictures.

I am pretty compulsive about not using crappy stuff so I dropped a pretty good chunk of change on a nice camera. You can take good pictures with crappy cameras, but having a nice camera sure makes it a lot easier. What's even better is that when it is easier to take good pictures, it motivates me more to just go places and snap away.

I'll keep this first one short and just post a link to my flickr where all of my photos are available for viewing. www.flickr.com/myotomy

Thanks for stopping in!