Point, Click - Shoot !

The floods did something very interesting. I did some amateur photography using my Nokia 6630 and video shooting using my Sony handycam. Its purely for my own records.

This rekindled my old passion. I have always had a fascination with photography. Dad used to click some really cool B/W photos and had a Yashica-D camera back in the 1960s something. I have still preserved it though It does not work. I think I got the photography gene from him.

Its time to get that Canon EOS 66 camera out from the cupboard. Its been quite a while that I have clicked some decent snaps with my 35mm SLR. I bought it about 2 years ago from Mustafa center in Singapore. It came complete with an international warranty and was box-packed with a Canon quality seal.

It has an amazing battery life with its special 2 x CR123A lithium batteries. For film I always prefer Kodak ISO 300 film. Thats the best you can get in India.

The camera was quite expensive in India when I bought it from there. It was a long pending wish for me to own an SLR Film Camera. Just like the professionals. Ok the EOS 66 from Canon is not the greatest SLRs out there - but then I am not the greatest photographers out there as well.

I thought Canon for two reasons. The Nikon F-6 was more expensive for the same features plus what impressed me about the Canon range was that the same set of lenses fit all EOS Film as well as Digital SLRs. So If i decide to buy a hi-end digital SLR the same old lenses will do. Nikon I believe has a high end lens line only for their high end cameras. I also like their For Life's Important Moments catchy line for this product.

I bought Film again as there was not much of an option to buy a digital SLR - it was damn expensive - plus at that time anything above 5 megapixel in SLRs was 10 times the cost of a film SLR. However I have on my mind to put some money in to a Digital SLR camera. It would make logical sense to invest in a Canon SLR, so that I can share any lenses I buy for either of the systems and any other accessories.

I have clicked some real brilliant snaps with the SLR I have and they are a joy to watch. I do seem to have an "eye" for photography. I do get some nice compositions and perspectives most of the times.

I guess I will do some cleaning of the SLR at home and do what I do best - click Eesha :)

This is a snap I took of her when she was one year old. She was lying on the bed and was really lost in her dreams with her eyes wide open. I thought I would loose this look while I took out the camera. but there she was still lost while I clicked away. I call this photo - "dreamer" . what she must be dreaming about ? the looong life ahead of her where she needs to go to school, learn the alphabet. or maybe she was dreaming for her "prince charming on horseback"


Some Links
http://www4.canon-asia.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=camera&prod_type=eos66
http://www.fodors.com/focus/focresults.cfm?aid=75
http://www.geofflawrence.com/photography_tutorial_cropping.htm