UP AND DROP

Nowadays everywhere you look you'd see someone holding or lugging an SLR.

So how do you begin to take good photos? It's the photographer that takes great photos, not the camera. True. I've seen some people take great photos with a simple point-and-shoot camera, while some take lousy shots with the most expensive SLR.

Just because you're carrying an SLR. It doesn't make you a better photographer. Let me contradict myself for a minute here. Your equipment limits you from creating your shot. One might argue, give me one lens. I'll make a better picture than yours. Sure. Lets say you have your "one lens" now, we shoot macro. Can you beat a macro lens, shooting a single drop of water? No.

(500D 100mm Macro 1/100 f22 800iso)

A few tips thats really helpful for improving your shooting skills

1) RYM (read your manual)

2) Understand the fundamentals (Shutter, Aperture and ISO)

3) Learn the rules (so you'd know what to break)

4) SHOOT!

Nik fancy Macro photography. She took the photo above when we were in UP.

This is the actual picture of her taking that shot.

I really admire her shots. SHHH! Don't tell her.

We're always competing with one another. We even have our Photo Challenges. To better ourselves in taking photos. Its currently on hold. We've been busy doing other projects and stuffs. One things for sure. We're going to challenge ourselves again and settle the score. For the record, its 1-1.

-DIK

Oh yeah.

Heres our DSLR List:

(because we're conceited like that.)

DIK

Body

5D MarkII

1000D - Converted IR 590nm

Lens

35mm f/1.4 L

135mm f/2 L

17-40mm f/4 L

70-200mm f/2.8 IS L

Flash

580EX II

NIK

Body

500D

Lens

18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

100mm f/2.8 Macro USM