In view of countering my boredom which induced into me after studies, studies and more studies, I started picking my digicam day-in and day-out as a refreshment tool!
About a year back, I bought a Canon PowerShot A480 just to lock in the moments-of-importance in and around my family, but since a last few months it served me a lot more than it is supposed to. I started clicking all sorts of snaps but then I stuck to something more specific – it was close-in snapping, Macro Photography as all say.
I found myself loving this art of going as closer as possible to objects and then with all that hard-work of being steady, try and get the best click. For my instrument, it is just alike a novice. It cannot even help set custom shutter timings, but with programmable mode – I always kept the shooting mode to ‘Macro’ and clicked the pics.
More sooner than later I found another pre-installed function of the cam. It was ‘super-macro’ and certainly was hidden somewhere, so not all find it. This mode was the most amazing modes I ever used. It just helps you make wonders; it won’t ask you to set the apertures, focal lengths, ISO and would take care of all as according to the object being focused.
Coming out of the PowerShot, I’ve been clicking close-ups of plants, trying to get clicks of insects and have some fireworks’ pieces too. I, as my professionalism, have a photo-blog to look after and am looking forward as a certain passionate-photographer in the near future.
Though I have not much experience, my friends and relatives want me to click their occasions – yes, I ain’t gonna get bucks from them, one reason for them to be calling me; but why I’d go is to fulfill my passion ?
And talking about passions, I was never a photo-passionate person and only a cricket-passionate person. I am an amateur cricket-journo and at a rookie age of 17, I find being ‘amateur’ the most feasible option! And for the future, I’d love to pursue a photography-class, know about ISOs, Focal Lengths, Apertures in detail – though a Science grad, I need to learn how those affect the god-darn photography!!
And for the career prospects, I think photography will be also my one kind of job, apart from journalism. I would love to click monuments, sports’ situations and modern infrastructure, apart from my first love of macro-photography!
Fun profile & cool shots! It made me laugh how you dug out the super-macro mode of your camera. I always love macro shots that others take, but it’s one area I’ve never delved into myself. Nice that your friends and family all want a piece of you too – I think having someone you know take your photos is nice because you feel more relaxed with them than with a stranger. Thanks for sharing your story with us!