This is great photo, but it still doesn’t beat this.
Archive - February, 2008
My First DSLR Camera
After breaking my second expensive point and shoot camera in as many years, I have decided that it is time to do what I have been wanting to do for a while now, and move to a DSLR. Aside from being slightly more bummed when I smash this camera too, I am hoping that with this new purchase I can start to become a bit of a better photographer with some new, and slightly more sophisticated equipment.
Though my friend Duncan made a good point, saying something along the lines of “sometimes getting an SLR can make you take worse photos, due to the desire to tinker with settings you know nothing about” (I am paraphrasing), I am hoping to learn enough of the basics to actually make it a worthwhile purchase.
While I wait for the camera to arrive on Monday, I have been watching some great little tutorials over at DSLR Tips, which has some great information on how to use your DSLR camera effectively. As someone that is not one to sit with an instruction manual for hours, short instructional videos that show me how to get some of the more common desired effects, are right up my alley.
Check the tutorials out here, and hopefully if you are a hack DSLR user like me, you will find them valuable. I know I have so far.
Once I get some photos taken, and put my newfound knowledge to work, I’ll post some results and you can judge the results for yourself.
There Goes The Neighborhood
I love my neighborhood (Allston/Brighton) in large part because of the divey, cheapo, college vibe that permeates it. But it seems as of late, things are getting more and more frou-frou.
First, I see that the “379 Club” is opened up on Cambridge Street, which bills itself as “Metropolitan Grooming For The Metropolitan Man“. Gag.
Now I see that sites like GridSkipper and Daily Candy are pimping a new swanky swank sushi bar called Privus.
I was so excited to find out that the renovation next to the Kells was a swanky, tasteful martini/sushi bar, and not another crappy take-out place that Allston is saturated with. (more)
Though the latter of the two is something I will likely check out, I still feel a bit less than jazzed to see this stuff moving into a block that is best known (and best for) it’s eclectic mix of charmingly sketchy eateries and beer bars. I’d prefer Allston keep it’s Allston feel, and that the chic-Back-Bay joints stay over in the Back Bay, which isn’t that far away.
Oscar Winner Poll
Actually an Oscar Winner Survey. Pick your Oscar Winners!
