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Since I've had my camera, I've been trying to get into a photographer's mindset. It's hard for me since I originally just wanted to photograph my origami models, which I control. In order to get good photographs of objects that change or otherwise don't sit still for you, you have to have a different mindset than others. Most people are happy to simply enjoy the moment and allow their mind's eye to remember the scene and setting. A photographer wants to capture and share it for others to experience, which can be a chore. An enjoyable chore, but bothersome at times. One big thing is to have your camera ready for things that catch your fancy. "The best camera to use is the one you have in hand." It's hard to share a photo if you don't even have a camera! With the advent of cameras on cell phones, just about everyone has this covered. I'm trying to take it a step further and carry my T3i with me, just in case. Most pictures don't turn out well, as I'm still learning it's limitations which there are plenty of. I don't know, 1 out of 100 sounds about right for passable amateur pictures that I've gotten.

I've had a strange fascination with clouds lately. Perhaps throughout life I've spent too much time with my head down, watching where I step and being careful, missing out on what is around me. Again, a photographer's mindset is different. You need to see what's around you. So I've been watching the ever changing sky. People probably think I'm nuts but last Friday I went to the grocery after work. The sun was setting, which allow the clouds to change colors as well as shape, so I decided to pull my camera out before going inside. I took a few shots. After one shot I noticed a flock of birds at the edge of the viewfinder. Pretty cool but they were still in a relatively dark area, so I snapped another and this is the result. I would have liked the silhouetted clouds as is but the lucky of having a flock of birds fly past makes it even better, in my eyes. It's the first real photo I feel I've taken that I'm glad to carry my camera around for.

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Since I've had my camera, I've been trying to get into a photographer's mindset. It's hard for me since I originally just wanted to photograph my origami models, which I control. In order to get good photographs of objects that change or otherwise don't sit still for you, you have to have a different mindset than others. Most people are happy to simply enjoy the moment and allow their mind's eye to remember the scene and setting. A photographer wants to capture and share it for others to experience, which can be a chore. An enjoyable chore, but bothersome at times. One big thing is to have your camera ready for things that catch your fancy. "The best camera to use is the one you have in hand." It's hard to share a photo if you don't even have a camera! With the advent of cameras on cell phones, just about everyone has this covered. I'm trying to take it a step further and carry my T3i with me, just in case. Most pictures don't turn out well, as I'm still learning it's limitations which there are plenty of. I don't know, 1 out of 100 sounds about right for passable amateur pictures that I've gotten.

I've had a strange fascination with clouds lately. Perhaps throughout life I've spent too much time with my head down, watching where I step and being careful, missing out on what is around me. Again, a photographer's mindset is different. You need to see what's around you. So I've been watching the ever changing sky. People probably think I'm nuts but last Friday I went to the grocery after work. The sun was setting, which allow the clouds to change colors as well as shape, so I decided to pull my camera out before going inside. I took a few shots. After one shot I noticed a flock of birds at the edge of the viewfinder. Pretty cool but they were still in a relatively dark area, so I snapped another and this is the result. I would have liked the silhouetted clouds as is but the lucky of having a flock of birds fly past makes it even better, in my eyes. It's the first real photo I feel I've taken that I'm glad to carry my camera around for.