Photography resource 2

Anybody interested in taking a photography workshop with National Geographic? You can find out more here. These guys are still into film SLR and by the looks of it you probably need to be a veteran photographer to join one of these workshops, besides being costly for me ( my choice workshop to Venice would set me back by about US$4,000+ and that does not include a return airfare home). So I think I will stick with experimenting through trial and error for now (by understanding and applying the fundamentals of course).

Speaking of fundamentals, came across another site on photography by Sean McHugh. Quite a technical site and very resourceful on the fundamentals of photography. You can see his tutorials here. His gallery of images taken around Cambridge is quite spectacular too (he uses these compositions to illustrate certain techniques. You can view his gallery here. Well, now there is quite bundle of information that I have garnered, all I need now is the actual camera (and the accessories) to put all these theories to practice...........

Just in:

Another reason to wait for me is the news of Canon's 350D successor: the 400D. Slated to be released in September in Europe and America, I hope it hits our(my) shores around then too. This supposedly the first in Canon's line to introduce the EOS self cleaning system. You can check it out at Canon's site, dpreview or CNETasia. Or just google it!

Scenic Spot Setting 1

Came across this link whilst looking for photography workshops in Malaysia. This site belongs to a 'at-least-I-think-he-is' Malaysian photographer. It's an album set taken around the locale of Bukit Tabur, Selangor. I have not even gotten my SLR and I have already found a place to do some shooting. This would be a great day trip spot for shooting. For those interested the link is here.

Photography resource

In relation to my last post, I would like to share here a link I stumbled across whilst doing my research on photography. I was looking for basic techniques and any information on photography and came across Dan Heller's site. Quite resourceful (at least for a beginner like me) and plenty of interesting compositions. A decision I have recently made upon this is to start off with a mid range lens preferably with a focal range from at least 28mm up to maybe 100mm or lesser (i just hope this is NOT sending my wallet into space! Coz' I know my dream startup lens,Canon's EF-S 17-85mm f/4.0-5.6 IS, would require me to save for another whole year.. so for now I guess I should stick with the 'kit' lens) .... and so my quest goes on.

To D or Not to D, that is the question....

Been thinking about diving into the realm of serious photography after many years of just yearning for it and deciding on a vehicle to start on my journey. Canon and Nikon were recommended by my peers based on their wide customer base and hence wide availability of accessories as well as their reliability. Tentatively decided to begin my journey with Canon's 350D (it recieved an editor's choice and readers choice award on CNET Asia) ..



A friend said this cost around RM2800 but after checking out some stores it was slightly over RM3k. Sigh...hopefully due Christmas when I am planning to get it the price would be reduced (here's to hoping)... or someone could get it for me as a Christmas present. Now that would be great!! If so, might as well the Canon 1D MkII.... :). Thanks ahead...

Life's Lessons in Four Seasons

Came across this in my emails a couple of months back. Normally I don't do forward mails, but this deserves a special mention. And instead of forwarding to a select few ( and be labelled a spammer..haha), I'll share it here. There were beautiful images than came along with it but the images were corrupted. Anyway, here it is:

There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look
at a pear tree that was a great distance away.

The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in the fall.

When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen.

The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted. The second son said no it was covered with green buds and full of promise.

The third son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen.

The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.

The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but only one season in the tree's life.

He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.

If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, fulfillment of your fall.

Moral:

Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest.
Don't judge life by one difficult season.
Persevere through the difficult patches
and better times are sure to come some time or later