Yes, I bought the big camera....

bworthey42 · Oct 20, 2011

I'm going about this backwards - I've already posted, but haven't introduced myself yet.

My name is Brian, I'm 34, married for 11 years and have an 8 month old daughter. I've always been interested in photography and the "big cameras". I worked on yearbook all through high school and college so was always taking pictures of something. My cousin had an SLR camera and I remember messing around with it, having no idea what I was doing, and got some pretty good shots - looking back now, I probably had it on auto or something!

My wife and I bought a Canon Rebel film - only used the auto setting, sort of took a photography class - didn't really teach us anything we didn't already know. Then the digital age hit - we sold the film camera and opted for the Canon Rebel XTi - do we know how to use all the cool settings on it? Not really.

So, I'm hoping to change that. I love taking pictures actually. I see the shots in my head and try to transfer to film, but never can quite "get them" I guess you could say. I've inherited two cameras from my wife's grandfather that I'm having fun figuring out as well and that's kind of sparked my interest back into photography. I don't mean this as any offense to any who is doing this at all - I don't want to take pictures for anyone, or do weddings, or anything like that - I don't want to start my own business with it. In the last month or two in my community alone, I 've see 2 or 3 new fan pages pop up on facebook for people that are doing this - all because they can use the auto setting on their big camera and use picnik! I just want the pictures to be for me!

Okay, so my intro turned into more of a rant than an introduction! Ha! Hope to get to know a lot of you here and get some great tips!

And for the record....I do know what the "big camera" actually is! Ha!

Big Mike · Oct 20, 2011

Welcome to the forum.

So what is the 'big camera'? :scratch:

bworthey42 · Oct 20, 2011

Big Mike said:
So what is the 'big camera'? :scratch:

I was referring to a SLR - maybe not as common to others as I thought! Ha! I've heard other people say it - "I need to get me a big camera so I can take good pictures!" My attempt at humor didn't go over so well I suppose! ha!

Big Mike · Oct 20, 2011

Well, to most of us, the Rebels are small cameras.

dots · Oct 20, 2011

bworthey42 said:
they can use the auto setting on their big camera and use picnik!

LOL and hello! :thumbup:

Crollo · Oct 20, 2011

Man what kind of photography class was that? Doesn't seem like a very great one if it didn't teach you all the ins and outs of the equipment you're using, because it most certainly should have.
That being said, honestly I feel the best way is to read the manual. Yes, it may seem boring but if it's a good manual you WILL learn all the good stuff instead of just full auto.

Netskimmer · Oct 20, 2011

Welcome, I look forward to seeing your work.

CCericola · Oct 20, 2011

The big camera?

2WheelPhoto · Oct 20, 2011

bworthey42 · Oct 20, 2011

Crollo said:
Man what kind of photography class was that?

it was pretty basic really - I mean it explained what shutter and aperture, but outside of that it wasn't much. And I guess some would say - if you know what those are then you'd know how to do what you need to do. Well, I guess I'm kinda in that boat. I know what they are and I know how they "should react" I suppose - it's just getting what I want, I guess. And I"m sure that just comes with practice - something I need to do a lot of!

Thanks for the welcome everyone - and yeah, I'm sure the Canons are "little" in regards to some other cameras. Ultimately, I would like I medium or large format camera. The photographer at our wedding used one and I loved the pictures he got with it - since then I've wanted one - of course I need to learn a lot before tackling one of those!

tevo · Oct 20, 2011

A Canon Rebel? ....a big camera?

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bworthey42 · Oct 20, 2011

tevo said:
A Canon Rebel? ....a big camera

Well, I was really referring to simply the SLR cameras as opposed to a (smaller) point-shoot camera. Having a camera like that with inter-changeable lenses , especially when I was a kid was a big deal! Ha! It's something I sometimes here people say - maybe only something I've heard though!

tevo · Oct 20, 2011

bworthey42 said:
tevo said:

A Canon Rebel? ....a big camera

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Well, I was really referring to simply the SLR cameras as opposed to a (smaller) point-shoot camera. Having a camera like that with inter-changeable lenses , especially when I was a kid was a big deal! Ha! It's something I sometimes here people say - maybe only something I've heard though!