I am Not a Photographer
dallin July 5th, 2009
I have always enjoyed taking photos, but I have never done very much of it. For a long time, the biggest problem was probably the waste of film and money associated with developing it. Because so few photos could betaken on a roll of film, and developing a roll of film was so expensive, I was always very reluctant to take a photo.
Thankfully I live in the era of the digital revoultion, and it’s fantastic! Since I got my first digital camera (about 2001), I have had more freedom to take photos, and attract less criticism from my older, female sibling. For Christmas 18 months ago, mum got me a new digital camera, an Olympus u830. I’ve been really impressed with it – it’s not a proffessional unit, but for a point and shoot it does a great job.
Recently, Kathryn has begun a ‘Photo-a-day’ project – taking a photo of something every day, and recording some brief journalling about the event. This has led to taking photos of some more random and odd events. It has also led to taking more photos in general. A lot more. So with all of that disclaimer and introduction, I want to share a few photos that I have taken over the last few months. I won’t commit to posting photos regularly (clearly I’m not good at updating our blog), but I’m going to try!
A ladybug on the front wall at home
The RAA came to look at Kathryn’s car on this day, and while I was out the front, I noticed a whole heap of lady bugs on the front wall. I took a few pictures of them, but I think this was my favourite one. These lady bugs were all quite orange, rather than the more traditional red. It was pretty cool though. And then that afternoon, we heard the school kids out there finding and looking for them.
The Adelaide Temple
This is a picture of the Temple on the day that Tracey and Jonathan were married (May16th). It rained a bit through the day, but there was some blue sky in the morning, allowing for some lovely Temple shots like this one. I love the Temple, and I love photos of the Temple, and this is one of my new favourites.
If anyone is interested in full-sized copies of any of these or other photos, I’d be glad to e-mail them to you.
*Edit* – I’ve just added a simple way for me to add new photos to the random banner up the top, so you should hopefully see some new pictures in there if you refresh a few times, too!
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