I’m a local photographer from Pontevedra, Negros Occidental, Philippines. A photographer by profession, I had worked once as a clerk in the Local Government Unit of Pontevedra under the Municipal Planning and Development Office before I became full-pledged for this job. My activity as a photographer has brought me much recognition with the locals where I am casually hired to shoot and video on special occasions in my local place in Pontevedra and even in the neighboring towns. Perhaps my most notable work aside from photography is (probably) video editing and making of video karaoke. Sample of the video karaoke I made on one occasion can be watched in Youtube with the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBYIuIsI6aQ
Photography is all about capturing light on a photographic emulsion or electronic sensor. And as such the lens and film or sensor, are the most important components affecting image quality. Essentially, the camera itself is just a light-tight box with a shutter! A camera that allows you to change the lens will obviously give you the greatest flexibility to pick the appropriate lens for the situation. An ideal camera like this is the SLR. Many things about digital cameras are identical to film cameras, a few things are slightly tweaked from film expectations, and a number of features are unique to digital photography. Some of the big differences can actually help you take better pictures than you ever did with a film camera. The way to get the best photos from a digital camera is to do it right from the start. Yet there is an idea that one doesn't need to devote much effort when you have the computer to "help." This idea has sometimes reached almost surreal proportions. A couple of years ago, a digital photography article in a major news magazine said software was available that would automatically transform amateurs' photos into images that would rival the best of pros. That software never existed, nor will it, because good photography has always been about art and craft; about understanding the tools of the craft and using them well; and about perception and the ability to capture an image that catches an audience's attention and communicates well.
Just remember that digital photography is still photography.
MY NIKON D40
My profession as a photographer began when my uncle from London, Dr. Bobi Rodero, also a professional private photographer gave me a compact digital camera- SONY DSC-F707 in August 2007, and it was then that my passion in photography started. Seeing a new perspective in this art I tried to exploit my skills onto it. Our camera is just a tool we used to take pictures, and as many experts say that you and your camera must work together as a team in the process (and that's what my understanding in the concept of photography), one must be creative in this respect to become a good photographer.
I owned another second hand SLR-Nikon D40 where most of the photographs I posted in my gallery were taken with the camera. I bought the camera in May 2008. My sister Tina helped me with the price and her husband Nene complemented the purchase with his own money. It came from my friend Henry who also happens to be a good photographer in Hinigaran. He sold to me the camera as he preferred the 10 megapixels D60 over the D40. Unknowingly he didn't realize that D60 is just a downgraded version of D40 and he would have saved the latter had he known of it earlier.
Photography is all about capturing light on a photographic emulsion or electronic sensor. And as such the lens and film or sensor, are the most important components affecting image quality. Essentially, the camera itself is just a light-tight box with a shutter! A camera that allows you to change the lens will obviously give you the greatest flexibility to pick the appropriate lens for the situation. An ideal camera like this is the SLR. Many things about digital cameras are identical to film cameras, a few things are slightly tweaked from film expectations, and a number of features are unique to digital photography. Some of the big differences can actually help you take better pictures than you ever did with a film camera. The way to get the best photos from a digital camera is to do it right from the start. Yet there is an idea that one doesn't need to devote much effort when you have the computer to "help." This idea has sometimes reached almost surreal proportions. A couple of years ago, a digital photography article in a major news magazine said software was available that would automatically transform amateurs' photos into images that would rival the best of pros. That software never existed, nor will it, because good photography has always been about art and craft; about understanding the tools of the craft and using them well; and about perception and the ability to capture an image that catches an audience's attention and communicates well.
Just remember that digital photography is still photography.
MY NIKON D40
My profession as a photographer began when my uncle from London, Dr. Bobi Rodero, also a professional private photographer gave me a compact digital camera- SONY DSC-F707 in August 2007, and it was then that my passion in photography started. Seeing a new perspective in this art I tried to exploit my skills onto it. Our camera is just a tool we used to take pictures, and as many experts say that you and your camera must work together as a team in the process (and that's what my understanding in the concept of photography), one must be creative in this respect to become a good photographer.
I owned another second hand SLR-Nikon D40 where most of the photographs I posted in my gallery were taken with the camera. I bought the camera in May 2008. My sister Tina helped me with the price and her husband Nene complemented the purchase with his own money. It came from my friend Henry who also happens to be a good photographer in Hinigaran. He sold to me the camera as he preferred the 10 megapixels D60 over the D40. Unknowingly he didn't realize that D60 is just a downgraded version of D40 and he would have saved the latter had he known of it earlier.
My Nikon D40
Nikon D40 may have outweighed D60's performance even though it's only 6.8 megapixels. With the same size of sensor the two cameras are using, D40 can snap pictures faster than the D60 in that the 10 megapixels recording input will have to be cramming tightly into D60's sensor thus making it slower, and giving more hot pixels and noise in low light or night photography. But the two cameras are somewhat identical differing only in the megapixels department and D-Lighting effect which in D60 is a pre-shot feature, and of course, lastly, the price which the inexpensive D40 became so popular all over the world.
But Canon, Sony, Nikon or any camera you are using doesn’t matter as Ken Rockwell said. It’s true. Even experts and professionals were used to be doing trial and error in shooting. You have to make experiments with your camera. You have to shoot a lot of pictures and evaluate your exposures. No one having done all the readings in photography can be able to do things exactly at the first only just by doing so; nor can anyone become a good photographer without doing much practice. Learning your craft--that’s the best way to earn your experience. You have to study to be able to learn. Mastering, and accustoming yourself to the controls of your camera is very important. Once you get through with that then you can do anything you want with your photographs. You can create great pictures as we’re not supposed to take photographs, we create them. And of course, with the aid of Adobe Photoshop (I’m still using the old version CS2 version 9.0). This software will help you improve the quality of your photographs. Remember that this is digital photography and you have the ability to put on some improvements in your photographs through using your computer. That is skill but regardless of anything else, you have to start right the first time and all the time. That means that you have to learn first the fundamentals of shutter and aperture of the camera before digging with your Adobe. I used Photoshop CS2 to improve the lightings and contrast of my pictures when I see in my camera’s histogram that my exposure settings didn’t justify the output. But I used it all the time to improve the exposures of my photographs.
Now that I switch to landscape photography, I feel it more rewarding and challenging.
I am inviting you to visit my website to see my photographs and some other artistic exploits I have been doing now from my place here in Bisha, Saudi Arabia, or should you feel inclined to open your Facebook, you can always check my photographs in my Facebook Gallery. I have my name below.
Raphie V. Rodero
You can also check my gallery in my Facebook account- Raphael Rodero
But Canon, Sony, Nikon or any camera you are using doesn’t matter as Ken Rockwell said. It’s true. Even experts and professionals were used to be doing trial and error in shooting. You have to make experiments with your camera. You have to shoot a lot of pictures and evaluate your exposures. No one having done all the readings in photography can be able to do things exactly at the first only just by doing so; nor can anyone become a good photographer without doing much practice. Learning your craft--that’s the best way to earn your experience. You have to study to be able to learn. Mastering, and accustoming yourself to the controls of your camera is very important. Once you get through with that then you can do anything you want with your photographs. You can create great pictures as we’re not supposed to take photographs, we create them. And of course, with the aid of Adobe Photoshop (I’m still using the old version CS2 version 9.0). This software will help you improve the quality of your photographs. Remember that this is digital photography and you have the ability to put on some improvements in your photographs through using your computer. That is skill but regardless of anything else, you have to start right the first time and all the time. That means that you have to learn first the fundamentals of shutter and aperture of the camera before digging with your Adobe. I used Photoshop CS2 to improve the lightings and contrast of my pictures when I see in my camera’s histogram that my exposure settings didn’t justify the output. But I used it all the time to improve the exposures of my photographs.
Now that I switch to landscape photography, I feel it more rewarding and challenging.
I am inviting you to visit my website to see my photographs and some other artistic exploits I have been doing now from my place here in Bisha, Saudi Arabia, or should you feel inclined to open your Facebook, you can always check my photographs in my Facebook Gallery. I have my name below.
Raphie V. Rodero
You can also check my gallery in my Facebook account- Raphael Rodero
