It’s a blog, not bollocks

Most ppl were surprised to see me payin’ 2000 bucks for a bulky and "old-school" lookin’ G7. "We’re goin’ for compact yet comprehensive camera but you’re goin’ the other way round." I’ve been gettin’ comments like this, in different versions. So, why is it so?

I get real serious with camera exactly half a year ago, yes, last Aug when my brother lent me his IXUS 40 for a company trip in PD. I did "experiment" the IXUS for the sake of takin’ better pic instead of simply point & shoot. Well, indeed IXUS did equip with quite a lot of features and it was then I found out lots of interestin’ theory in photography.

So please don’t be surprise if I haven’t been updating blog for months, cuz you know what I’ve been doin’. Check out my Flickr account at http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenchew instead

Well juz feel like sharin’ some experience here. Bare in mind, I’m not a pro and I’ve very little knowledge ’bout photography. I’m still a novice so please don’t condemn me, but comments are welcome.

I luv to take macro shot (close up). Macro simply gives me a feelin’ that I can give prominence to an object, makin’ the photo speaks for me. But one thing that made macro so fascinatin’ is the blurry effect. One way of makin’ the object stands out is to blur the background. To what extend should it be blurred? Well it really depends. Let my photos tell the story…

Figure 1
F2.8
1/3″
ISO 200

Figure 2
F6.3
2″
ISO 200

Explanation

I stretched opened the aperture to the max (which is F2.8 in my camera) in the Figure 1, so I had a very very shallow depth of field(meaning the area being focused is small). Dun understand? Nevermind, look at the the figurine who sat on my thumbdrive. Can you tell it’s a Garfield? You may; but can you tell me, from Figure 1, what’s the brand of my laptop? (Dun say yes, I’m not gonna believe you…)

On the other hand, look at Figure 2. I slightly increase the aperture to F6.3, so I’ve a wider depth of field. Now, I bet you can tell me the figurine at the back indeed a Garfield (unless you dunno what’s Garfield). What ’bout the brand of my laptop? Unable to see? It may not be as clear cuz I didn’t have it in focus, but try to click on the picture to enlarge it. Still CAN’T? Go get yourself a pair of presbyopic specs.

(Some of my friends said I look like the Garfield. What’re you tryin’ to say? You mean I look as fat as the lazy cat huh?)

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