Saturday, January 15, 2005
I'm not sure whether I should thank Rich or curse him. You see, several months ago, Rich was bitten hard by the photography bug, and ever since, he's been doing a lot of shooting. He learned the first rule of photography really well (better than I ever learned it) -- to carry your camera with you everywhere you. At any rate, I'm envious of his discipline.
Of course, Rich isn't the type to talk about all of his hobbies or anything. I've heard him chat about photography a couple of times, and I've mostly just stayed out of the conversation. Even with my bit of formal training, I'm a pretty piss-poor photographer. Like a lot of photographers, the good shots I occasionally get come after hundreds of bad to mediocre shots ... and even those rare good shots are by pure luck. I'm just not much of an artist. So anyway, I've mostly listened whenever he's talked about photography.
Last night, Rich, Rawl and I went out for a few drinks at the Bear & Firkin, and at some point in the evening, I engaged Rich on the topic of photography. Digital, 35mm, video, photography as art, photojournalism (which I only brought up to say that while I loved learning about photography as art, I really hated photojournalism), online photography sites, going out on shoots, etc.
Well, now the photography bug has bit me. It's been awhile since it struck. While I do use my Minolta digital camera a bit (mostly for snapshots), I broke it and my Pentax K-1000 35mm manual camera out this morning with the intention of taking them out and doing some shooting over the next few days.
Thanks, Rich. And curse you.
Of course, Rich isn't the type to talk about all of his hobbies or anything. I've heard him chat about photography a couple of times, and I've mostly just stayed out of the conversation. Even with my bit of formal training, I'm a pretty piss-poor photographer. Like a lot of photographers, the good shots I occasionally get come after hundreds of bad to mediocre shots ... and even those rare good shots are by pure luck. I'm just not much of an artist. So anyway, I've mostly listened whenever he's talked about photography.
Last night, Rich, Rawl and I went out for a few drinks at the Bear & Firkin, and at some point in the evening, I engaged Rich on the topic of photography. Digital, 35mm, video, photography as art, photojournalism (which I only brought up to say that while I loved learning about photography as art, I really hated photojournalism), online photography sites, going out on shoots, etc.
Well, now the photography bug has bit me. It's been awhile since it struck. While I do use my Minolta digital camera a bit (mostly for snapshots), I broke it and my Pentax K-1000 35mm manual camera out this morning with the intention of taking them out and doing some shooting over the next few days.
Thanks, Rich. And curse you.
// posted by Chris @ 9:34 AM 
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