seankelly

Today, I went on a photo journey with a photographer friend of mine, Alex Udowenko. He taught me a lot, and I got some good practice in. A few of the photos can be seen at my flickr, and here is one experimental shot :)

Picture and Sound.

I don’t know how or why it happens, but sometimes I totally forget that I have great headphones. Today, I saw them on my bookshelf, put them on, and was amazed at the poor quality that I generally listen to. Music is such a better experience with good headphones, so I might as well enjoy it to the fullest…right? Also, every time I put these headphones on again, I feel a strong need to listen to crazy techno music. Nothing has changed, and today I found some new electronica bands and listened to old favorites. It’s weird how you find out about bands sometimes…

Only a few days left until I go back to school, so I’m working with my mom’s DSLR while I have access to it here. When I go back to school, it’s back to my mediocre point and shoot. It’s fine for taking snapshots and to have in your backpack or something, but it doesn’t give me really any creative control over my pictures. I’m waiting to buy a camera until October, when the Canon G11 comes out. I’m so psyched! I’ll be buying an external strobe as well, or waiting for Christmas to afford it. I love the way photography gives me an outlet to express myself. I’m not artistic at all, and I haven’t been the most creative person in the world, but give me a camera and I just want to show people how I see the world. Once I get a good camera and go back to a city environment, I’ll be able to do what I want to do with it.

I’m very shy when it comes to people photography, even if it’s with my own friends. I hope to get over this nervousness when I get a new camera that isn’t so wimpy looking. Going up to someone and taking their picture will be very awkward with a little dinky thing that doesn’t even have a viewfinder.

While I’m thinking about photography, I have found out that I have had a bad habit that many other people my age have…and that is uploading every stinking picture you take! I see facebook photo albums with hundreds of pictures, and they contain maybe one or two gems. I want to be taking more and more pictures, and uploading less and less. If I go somewhere to take pictures, I hope for one or two good ones that can represent the experience.

I’ll write more about photography as I get more into it. It’s a very complicated art (doesn’t seem it does it!), and there is much to discover and learn.

Cheers!

~SK