So, what is all this?
This is my photoblog. This is a place where you can get to know me, through my photographs. You'll find various styles of photography through which I shall be experimenting and expanding my photographic skills, so bare with me.
About Me
I wish I could say I was a well known photographer, but unfortunatly not. I'm just an amateur photographer with a keen eye on snapping a picture of pretty much everything I see. When I was younger, my father invested in one of the first Canon EOS 5's: you know, the one that uses film? He then later got himself the Canon 10D, of which he still shoots with. Ever since the EOS 5, I've been fascinated with the cameras themselves and by the time I was old enough, I was allowed to use the 10D. Only recently have I purchased my own dSLR and been able to expand further my photographic skills.
Equipment I use
Why that camera and lens?
The main reason for me choosing the 30d was the sheer fact that my family has a history with Canon cameras. The EOS 5 and the 10d stood up to the harshest conditions that my father put them through, which is more than enough reassurance as to how sturdy a camera can be.
The options in front of me were obvious. It had to be a Canon, but which one? At the time the 20d was being discontinued and therefore "yesterdays" technology, which left either the EOS 350d (Rebel or whatever you wanna call it), the EOS 30d and the EOS 5d. I can be quite clumsy at the best of times and with the plastic body on the 350d, I wasn't sure if it would hold out all the bumps and knocks it would get. Both the 30d and 5d have anice magnesium alloy body on them, which like my fathers 10d, was nice and sturdy.
With such a huge price difference between the two, it was pretty obvious that for my first dSLR, it would have to be the 30d. Of course, the full frame sensor would of been nice, but at nearly twice the price it's no camera for an amateur. Fixed to the camera upon purchase was the standard kit lens, the EF-S 18-55mm. Yeah sure, it's a "kit" lens as they say, but it's served me well. With it's Short-backfocus I've been able to get nice, wide views through the viewfinder of my camera giving me a major advantage in closed enviroments. Heck, my first submission on this blog was taken with that lens.
I later purchased the Canon EF 28-135mm because of it's pure Image Stabiliser goodness. It was the ideal lens for me to learn with, to get up close to my subject without getting *too* close and gave me the advantage of being able to use slower shutter speeds handheld. It's pretty much my walk about lens. It's fast to focus and isn't too bulky, so it makes a nice combination when out and about. Finally, the Sigma 105mm Macro lens. I got this baby for my 21st, given to me by my girlfriend. It gives me the ability to get up close and personal to those smaller details that the human eye can often miss, but also giving excellent portrait photographs at the right aperture.
August 2007 saw the investment in the Sigma 10-20mm lens. I primarily wanted this lens for those "close combat" photography moments where you can't get far enough away from the subject, inside buildings and general landscape photographs. Obviously it had to be the DC (digital camera) version of Sigma's lens' otherwise the annoying 1.6x zoom factor would apply. Thankfully, I get the full 10-20mm range on this, giving some excellent perspectives on the world.
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