You know you’re crazy over photography when you do things or rather take photos at certain angle or rather that you’re always following time and location of things.

What do I mean by that? Take for an instance, when I was in KL Photography Festival 2008. I practically have to fight my way through to get a nice shot out of the models. Here’s how the crowd looks like.

The amount of cameras… All holding their DSLR just to capture this hot model. Well, Basically you can call it, errr.. why not make use of one’s camera. What they all have in mind, they just love photography I guessed or rather what they could take photograph with it.

And if it wasn’t enough, you also have the licence to take photos, imagine taking model photos where they will willingly pose for you all because you have this big cameras. Willazz, these ass shots are for you. XD

But look at the photographers, darn lot of guys eh… until I usually hear that guys take model shots because they are horny toward girls, but then that’s a wrong concept. You see if that concept is right, then how do you explain the next photo.

Nice lens…. Nice contour… woops… So photography ain’t not just guy’s hobbies. It’s anyone who has the interest in it.

People who loves photography also casually look at their own cameras to study photos, seeing whether the photos were exposed, how they can improve on their shots, and whether the settings are all right. Doing it until they feel that…

“Ahhhhh….. this is the shot I love, my shots so nice… I must be super good with my A200/D60/400D. Thank you my wife” – wife refers to the camera.

LOLOL (Yes, they say DSLR users treat their cameras like their wife or rather to those that are married, as their concubine) How true this statement thus far, just try and ask any DSLR user (unless that fella is a freaking rich person who can afford lotsa cars or just too much money to spend)

DSLR users have a unique way of taking photos. Most of them have the ability to squint their eyes. Unlike most other photographers. What do I mean by that? The photo would do the explanation.

I Squint My Eyes To Look Thru The ViewFinder

Now, it doesn’t always have to be that you have a big lens, a big DSLR body to be able to compose a shot. But sadly, people now buy DSLR for the sake of buying them. Sometimes they just use the camera like any ordinary cameras. There are no composition, no proper learning up. But well, as the cameras get cheaper and cheaper, more and more ‘photographers’ are blooming up.

But so that you know, since you have followed me through for all the typing that I have done, you will know that it’s good to be the cameraman, the photographer. You can just snipe away and have some fun shooting.

Remember the girl on the second photo. There you have it. Taken at the KL Photography Festival 2008 at Times Square.

Be creative, while taking your photos madly. Because sometimes you never know that some photos will come out extra unique.

You wonder, “Many people that photos must compose the model’s face, I say, be creative, take the back of the head” – WTF?????????

Fashion Fusion 2008 Model

See what I mean..

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Now this is a whole new photo taking class. Not really, just a random thought that I have thought of, and since there are pictures for me to use, I would say why not.

Most of us who got their first DSLR, would go trigger happy, without understanding the 1/3 Rule, the bokeh and also many more. The skill of camwhoring also need to be practiced in order to get a proper nice shot. Well, how do one learn how to take photos with their camera.

Precisely, going out with other photographers is one of the fastest way to learn, while sharing photo taking experiences. Sometimes we shoot with our own kit lens, knowingly what we shoot there are certain configurations that needs to be set. Doing portraiture shots, the lower the F value the more blur the background is. That’s why people get portrait lens like the 50mm f1.8/f1.4/f1.2 for this purpose.

A few months ago, I was the only photographer on the stage area to use a telephoto lens instead of my kit lens during the Roxy Summer Splash 2008 event at Sunway Lagoon and people find it weird as to why I use that lens. Well, considering models will do a catwalk, getting a close up while they are walking brings out the natural feel of it. I see many others using portrait lens instead thus having to wait for the models to stop near the center to get a decent shot.

Yes, it doesn’t mean telephoto lens isn’t a great option, but I would prefer telephoto when shooting models on stage. A portrait lens would work better with stationary models that poses though. Though I think many people will beg to differ as there are many more uses and how one uses it.

A telephoto lens (in case one is not sure, are those zoom lenses. For me I own the Nikkor 55-200mm VR) is great for shooting people, animals even for macro shots if one doesn’t have a macro lens. I will usually change to a kit lens if I am shooting landscape or because I just don’t want the extra weight. =D

Though personally, you can tell when someone isn’t a frequent DSLR user if they positioned their hand like the one below.

There might be nothing wrong with the method of holding but it sure is not the standard practice. If you still don’t get it, try to figure it out or maybe some other readers will obliged to say it out.

ps: Post was created out for fun and to educate. Have fun yeah…

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