My Sordid Past

As I've not managed to get out there with the camera this week I've decided to take up a suggestion (thanks Hebrew Hustle) to document my progression as a budding photographer. This was a particularly welcome suggestion for 2 reasons:
1. I didn't have to do anything new
2. It allowed me to be a bit self indulgant under the guise of responding to a suggestion, but at the end of the day this whole blog's a bit self indulgent isn't it? (although it's a rhetorical question feel free to answer it in the comments at the bottom!)

So, I thought I'd run you through my favourite photos from my first digital camera, the then "ultra slim" Pentax Optio 330GS.

I purchased this little number back in 2003 to take with me on my world safari. I was looking at 2 megapixel cameras back then, but decided to splash out for the more impressive 3 megapixel option, and to record these images I went for 2 x 128mb memory cards. All up the whole kit cost me somewhere in the AU$800 vicinity, quite a preposterous amount by today's standards. So, here it is, the very first photo I ever took with a digital camera, a delightful self portrait I think you'll agree.



Next up we've got a night shot I took in Hong Kong a few weeks after buying the camera. In the absence of a tripod I rested it on a wall and experimented with the shutter speeds until I got the result I was after, but not really understanding anything about shutter speed at that time I think it's a miracle this one turned out as well as it did!



Next up there's 4 of my favourite shots from Spain.









And to round things out we've got a couple of my favourites from Torres Del Paine national park down in the south of Chile.





So, there you go, this is what happens when you send someone out into the great big world with a very basic camera and no technical knowledge. Shortly after those last 2 shots were taken this camera was stolen, so for the next installment of my photographic odyssey you'll see what results a hefty 4mp Canon point and shoot can deliver.

Till then.