6.29.2012

An Amateur

The Saturday after I got home from Portland, I spent the morning with Jack, my CTU partner in crime. (You can call me Tony.) She had invited me to participate in a Downtown Salt Lake City Photo Tour with her.

Now, given my artistic background and training, and the fact that I work with photographers and at photo shoots all the time, I obviously understand a bit about photography. But I certainly don't profess to be a photographer. Because I try to be respectful of trained photographers that really know what they're doing. It would be like photographers calling themselves graphic designers. Which they're not. :) So being the amateur that I am, I was totally down for a chance to play around with the manual settings on my camera while walking the most beautiful city in the country. And to get some professional, technical assistance along the way.


This shot of Jack was my favorite of the day. Isn't she adorable?!

And what I determined was that I really need to invest in a better camera lense. Like a really good, really powerful, really expensive one. I own a Cannon Rebel, which is a great camera for an amateur but I just can't get the impact shots I want with the standard stock lense. So I guess I'd better start saving my money.

Donations welcome.

2 comments:

Jenni said...

That shot of her is really cool! Maybe you can teach me what you know about your camera and reteach me what I USED to know about mine before I got all...uh...distracted.

Jenni said...

And her hat is freaking awesome!