Another Post....

Working on how to divide my blog into various topics, e.g. Arts, Science, Philosophy, Information Technology, etc.

This will be a photography post today. 

I've been interested in photography for a long time since I was kid when parents had a Kodak Instamatic 110 camera with flash-cubes. Then another box-like Kodak Instamatic Camera with an interesting film cartridge....not the 110 but 130something.

Always thought 35mm cameras were the bomb back in the day and wanted one...Nikon was the brand I like and thought it would be great to own and they were way expensive.

Currently have a few Nikon Cameras now, FM10 a film camera also an F50 film camera, D200 DSLR, D300 DSLR and D700 DSLR. 

Photography is an interesting journey and it is fun to learn about. Film photography can be fun with a simple camera like the Nikon FM 10, which helps one practice the exposure basics, Film sensitivity, i.e. ISO, Aperture Settings and Shutter Speed. Composition is helpful in how we want our photos to look.

On a humorous note on shooting film. One day was at Liberty Park in Salt Lake City capturing pictures of geese, ducks and other birds near the pond at the South end of the park. Thought I completed the roll of film and couldn't figure out how to get it to rewind. So, took the camera to a local camera shop and asked what was wrong. The put the camera into a small black box and told me there was no film in it....wow.....so I put a roll of film in it and took some more photos to see how they turned out. They turned out pretty good. Was shooting with a 50mm lens.

Shooting film is fun when I can....always great to practice the basics.

Also, the D700 is a lot of fun to work with. Working on saving up for a 24-120mm F4 lens for this camera. Also, has a nice G Series 50mm lens which is great. 

Everyone have fun as you read this and let's keep improving ourselves in this regard.

Here is a photo from inside an abandoned service station in Utah along I-80 WestBound.

Enjoy and there will be more photos to share later. Can't say the composition is perfect and hope this is communicating decay and ruin in a creative way.

Thanks everyone!

TommyJ