by Pyro Veteran | Sep 30, 2023 | Photography
I enjoy cooking, my mother taught me how to cook when I was a kid. When I was in my twenties, I worked at a resort on St. Simons Island. I remember watching the Gourmet Chefs planning and putting together meals for the guests at the hotel, the food looked fantastic. Sometimes there were photographers there to take pictures, I always thought that was so cool. I could not understand how these pictures would come out in such details, especially when I see them in the local magazines. Now, I understand how all that stuff works LOL, it’s the camera they use.
The other day I was preparing dinner (sirloin steak, baked potato, and green beans) and then I had an idea. I wanted to take a picture of the meal just like they do in the magazines. So, I got my camera, one of the settings is used for taking pictures of food, so I tried it. I must have taken ten photos, they looked great on the little LCD camera display. Then when I downloaded them to my laptop my mouth dropped to the floor. The pictures were beautiful for my first time. It goes to show you that anyone can be a photographer (lol). Don’t get me wrong there is much more work involved in photography, I am still learning the basics of it. I am sure you can get good quality photos with the camera on a phone, but the experience of holding an actual camera, focusing the lens (or using the automatic focusing feature) and choosing the correct filter is the fun part of owning a digital camera (in my opinion). See for yourself in the photo gallery below the pictures are really detailed, no editing was done on these photos. So, I guess the mystery is solved, it’s the type and quality of the camera that makes a difference.
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by Pyro Veteran | Sep 20, 2023 | Photography
I just added to my list of things that I would like to do and photography was something that I always wanted to learn. I recently purchased a Canon EOS Rebel T7 . As a beginner I think this camera is perfect, but honestly their printers suck in my opinion (LOL). When I received the camera I read some of the instructions which were pretty easy to follow. I also purchased Canon EOS Rebel T7 book for Dummies which is also a good book to have if you are starting photography. The book beaks things better very simple and detailed.
After going through what I have and assembling the camera, I went outside to take some pictures. At first, I did not know what I should capture, then I looked up in the sky and I said to myself the clouds are pretty. So, I started taking pictures of the clouds. At first looking through the camera display I was already impressed with the photo. I continued taking pictures of trees, clouds, my dog (LOL). Before you know it I had taken 45 pictures in just a short time. When I got back inside, I immediately hooked the camera up to my laptop, my mouth dropped. The photos were beautiful, they looked like they were taken by a professional photographer. I am dead serious, they looked that good.
Getting started with this addition to my hobbies was a great idea. I like using my iPhone to take pictures but not anymore (only when I don’t have my camera). Now this is starting to become addictive. I can understand now why people like to take so many pictures, it’s like those special moments are captured in the highest definition possible. Don’t get my wrong My iPhone does a great job, but the camera makes those images really pop! I strongly recommend if you are planning on taking up photography please conduct your research, read the reviews by experts that using the camera you are interested in and make your decision that way (unless you know without a shadow of doubt what you want to purchase). Almost all of my pictures from my blog are being taken by this camera. From what I am experiencing, this camera is a true workhorse!
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