photography~

i've always never been an artistic person... AT ALL. i can't draw (as everyone knows D: ) and i reallllly admire people who have some sort of artistic side to them (ie. cylyna)~

so, i've always wanted to learn something that required no actual drawing but which would let me try to show some of my almost non-existent 'artistic side': photography!

i've always loved to take photos of things around me, people around me etc. (a lot of the old pictures on film is in toronto currently though ~_~) so when sillyna decided to come back for the summer i wanted to ask her to teach me about it, and so i can learn some basic stuff from her~

lg718 and silly both know me VERY well, and are telling me to keep playing around, practice with cameras and all, before i buy anything (they say i'm a 'three minute heat' person D:)... and at the moment, all i am doing is really reading up on it, and understanding the concepts .. i think i understand a lot more after silly explained to me in person and let me play with her camera but i'll need to wait awhile before i actually buy a DSLR~

we were looking at cameras the other day, the three of us, (silly wants a digicam haha.. but she needs one that has settings she can play around with, not those super automatic ones..) and i'm now considering a nikon D80.. lg718 has this, and the camera price for it has dropped by a lot. i had considered the nikon D40x but realized that they had made it reallllly 'automatic' and took out a lot of the more manual things. it's a LOT simpler but it's now more like a digicam that can switch lens, and much less like a DSLR. it's not too expensive either, but i decided against getting that...

so, to prove to lg718 and sillyna, i'm going to keep practicing and reading up on this!

Now this is where i regret not being in toronto and having "Mr. T" (i know i shouldnt' be calling u that haha) and jay and all you camera people teach me :( my bro and ray are both photography ppl who learnt on their own as well, but unfortunately, they're both not as 'into' it at the moment ~_~;; talk about bad timing...

on friday (yesterday) i went to tst with silly where she taught me more photography stuff! i realize now how i need to practice with cropping, different angles ect. we took a couple of central side but i gotta see it on a comp before i'll really be able to tell if it's blurry or not~

feeling sick today ~_~ sore throat + coughing.. i'm wondering if this is just 'hot air' problem or if i'm really sick D:

more random pics taken last last weekend:

(try to ignore the dangling thingie on the side..... long story.. haha)


blurry pic :x but the only pic with me in it alone~


rare pic of donb (and me)~


i thought the 'we are your best friends...' sounded kind of ominous when i took a picture of my two miffys for fun D: the lightning in my room is terrible.. @.@ i wish there was more natural light but its been raining every day so not much practicing chances outside D:

current mood: blanked out... what shall i do.....

mr t/lck~ good luck on your exam :D