School examination, photography, et cetera.

CAUTION: This post may causes madness. Or hatred.

Here I come again with some random, rubbish thoughts.

Alright, since there's no exam today (national holiday, oh yeah), and I ran out of everything I could do, so, yeah, I think updating this stuff is the best decision I could make at the moment.

Well then. Currently, I'm doing my school examination this week, but as I told you before, I got a holiday! Until now, I think I did it quite successfully. Especially, for the mathematics exam! I'm so damn satisfied with it. Usually, I always got around 7 for the markings, but I think I'll get much better this time. And with science, too. The biology questions are completely similar to the exercises and try outs that I've done! You can imagine how surprised are we.

Enough with that, yesterday I just caught something to write in my mind.

I've told you slightly in an old post that I have an enthusiasm in photography. Since when, you might ask? Well, to be honest, actually it all started with a little of curiosity. I was around 11 or 12 years old when I made some mess in my parents' bookshelf, looking for something interesting, and then I saw a book about photography. When I read it, I was like "What's this?" "Seems interesting!" "I want to do this!" and so on. My dad has the Canon EOS 600 (the analog one, with film rolls inside it), and he used it to capture my childhood. Hehe.

But due to the change of time (?), he never uses that again. Instead, he stored it in the wardrobe. Hm. And about 2 years ago, he bought the small Canon EOS 1000D, my new best friend. I like this camera, but as it turns out, I realized that the 1000D is (probably) Canon's most basic DSLR camera. Well, it doesn't bother me anyway. I believe that the quality of the image depends on the photographer. Am I right? :D

Have I told you that I joined the journalistic extra curricular in my school? Well, I do. Three years in a row! Which means I always join this activity since my very first year in junior high. I love seeing how much this extra have improved. In my senior year, I'm being an "unofficial leader" on photography group. I write as well, but 2 years in writing group shows that my writing skill doesn't improve that much. So, I moved to photography.

That's not my point. I'm going to talk about today's trend. You might see that nowadays, there's a lot of teenagers (most of them are girls, yes) want, or have a DSLR camera. And I must admit that... yeah, they have better DSLR than me. Like, let's just say, Canon EOS 600D, Nikon D90, or even the big Canon EOS 1D. But that doesn't guarantee that they have captured good photos. I'm going to be a little bit rude. Some of them captured rubbish. And self-portraits, oh my God! You know what I mean, right? Narcissism everywhere. I admit that I did the self-portrait. But once. And I deleted it right after I took it. HAHAHAHA.

I understand, even I appreciate their high enthusiasm in photography. I'm quite happy with it! But rather than take self-portrait with your DSLR, why not trying to explore something new? If you want to take only self-portrait, use webcam. Or your phone. Or whatever. Yes, I'm going to be soooo rude. Sorry. I once saw my little juniors on photography group were taking self-portrait while we're supposed to hunt photos around school. Such a waste of time, you can take it by yourself at home right? We're here to learn about photography, girls.

Yes, I have to admit that sometimes I get frustrated on those who don't know even a bit about their camera. Like the settings for example. They don't know how to change the image settings, et cetera. This happens to my 12-years-old sister. She takes a lot of self-portraits almost everyday, and she even doesn't know how to adjust the settings (like change the effects of the image). She just knows how to turn on the camera and press the shutter button. Just. That. I know I'm supposed to teach her but she forgets easily. And she's spamming the memory card with rubbish. Even my mom once suggested me to just delete her unnecessary photos. Well, haha. I'm going to do that later. :v

Good equipment doesn't guarantee your image quality, I must say. It only helps you make a good photo, but still, the quality of the photo depends on the photographer. The man behind the gun. Even though I only have the 1000D, I still feel like I have to get know more about the camera. Oh, and maybe the 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens is just enough for this time. I have to explore much more and more.

Well, just a thought. I think people become more consumptive these days. Buying something that isn't necessary just to fulfill their desire. Get what you need, not what you want. And be grateful on something you have. Who knows if you can capture better photos than they who have more sophisticated DSLR? :D

By the way, as you might see, I just changed my blog title. Although my blog isn't all about photography, I think it represents me. Small, loves photography, and loves the number 13.

One of my friend once told me that I'm the only one who can makes the 1000D looks bigger. I mean, am I that small? ._.

That's all I think.

Love,
K.