You know, I’m not very much into gadgets. Or things. I’ve always been a thrift store maven, content to go hunting for mah stuffs than to spend exorbitant amounts of moolah on this, that and the other, especially when this will be out of fashion in two hours and that has a planned obsolescence of three days (at best). Having said that, I have learned, via the Hard Way, that anything that requires electricity and has a “bought new” value of over $100 should be purchased at a store. (And don’t ask why: You really, really don’t want to get me started on the TWO computers I purchased used, back in the days when I was earning $13 an hour and budgeting down to the penny, literally. That is a bit of self-righteous indignation that we could all live without.)
Anyhoo, I had a father who was an absolute nut with a camera. He fell in love with photography back when he was stuck in Vietnam and found a warehouse full of unused photography equipment. Me, I discovered photography at about the same age, also living in Asia (but by choice, not by draft). I purchased (used – in Japan, everything works whether it’s new or used) a lovely Nikon FA that is still taking amazing pictures 27 years after it was introduced into the marketplace. Internet, if you want a fabulous film camera, and don’t mind searching high and low – and paying through the teeth – for film, BUY A NIKON FA. It’s a gorgeous camera.
But as time went on, and my budget grew to include things like, oh, I don’t know, a mortgage, and my hobbies grew to include, you know, a blog, it became apparent that the time had finally come for me to make the leap into digital. It was not an easy transition: I still don’t have a DSLR, and I’d never heard of this thing called “shutter delay” until a friend gave me a term for the frustration I’d been experiencing for months. I never saw myself as the type of person who would have “brand loyalty” – even the thought makes me feel like a sheeple and I have to hold myself back from an anti-materialism, anti-consumerism, hating-on-the-conspicuous-consumption-of-my-age-group rant. However, there is simply no denying it: I love my Nikon Coolpix, and when I FINALLY buy a DSLR, it will be a Nikon.
[And hey! Nikon!!! If you are reading this, and, oh, I don't know, want to give me one, seeing as how I just loved all over your product line, that's cool with me!!!]
So, Internet, I guess you must be wondering why you never get to see my pictures? I mean, I promise you that I take them, I swear I do. You probably think I’m hiding, right? That my photography is so amateur that I don’t want to embarrass myself? Well, you’d be correct that I am mortified when I look through them – I mean really, I’m in marketing – but the reason I rarely post them? Well, that’s because I purchased a gazillion gigabite memory card. Which means that by the time I upload them to my jump drive, seven years has gone by since I’ve taken them, and I totally don’t remember what or who or where they were anymore. Oops.
But if you’ve seen that damn site recently, you’d have noticed that pics are required for posting. So I’m going to try to be better. I’m going to upload photos regularly, so that friends can have copies of their kid’s 1st birthday (before said kid is in college), and so that mah bloggity blog looks all purdy. In fact, I am working on a couple of picture posts today. YIPPEE!!! In the meantime, I leave you with a pic of my beloved Hooghley, who hates having her picture taken (I like to torment her whenever possible):
I still love the old cameras – film, developing and all. Something magical about the whole process. Ah well since I have a blog now and FB and all those other internety tools, I use our small digital canon – it's okay, it does the job but not like my old school Canon. .. No brand loyalty or anything
I am sure your photos will be beautiful. I still use a point and shoot, and dont see it changing. I really am just not that good. Thank goodness the scenery here is good, or I would be tanked. Thanks for your comment.
Kristin – Yes, I want to move to my own domain, but having lots of bumps in the road. I've owned the domain for over a year, but it's been one thing after another. Does anyone know any banner designers? I could use one…
Nikon Chicas In Da House! Can I get a "Hey Hay!" gots ta represent. I finally bought my Nikon D200 used (from an awesome amateur photographer who was upgrading to the D300). The D90 is looking pretty sweet. Please post photos whenever you can. Thanks!
Love the kitty pic. Whats the scoop on that other site? Are you moving the blog or what?
Looking forward to the pics!! And your Hooghley looks a lot like my Jasmine!
Oooooohhhh…..someone else who loves to torment their cat as much as I do! YEA!!!!
Can't wait to see more of your pics – I am sure they rock!!!
P.S. – sorry about the BFN but I hope you have been in a Pina Colada induced coma ever since!
May IVF be your "golden ticket"