Little Walk By Faith

My Journey Into Photography

Tag: camera

  • What I have to what I want

    Camera, lenses, and more

    Camera bag
    Canon camera
    Kit lens 75-300 mm
    Kt lens 18-55 mm
    Bought 50 mm
    Lens hood
    Bought 500mm
    Extra batteries
    Hood lens
    Barrery charger
    Scan dizk
    Camera bag

    One thing I found out is that you need a good camera bag.  A good bag to hold your lenses and camera when you are out shooting. I found this one on amazon, and I just love it. Lenses and camera not included.

    Kit lens 75-300 mm
    Kt lens 18-55 mm
    Bought 50 mm

    Let’s talk kit lenses. They are not the best of quality, but they will do when you have nothing else. Believe it or not my favorite lens is the kit lens 75-300mm. I love the zoom it has on it, and I think that it takes surprisingly good photos. I use this one the most. If you are just starting out, the kit is all that you will need. Use these to practice till you are ready to go with the big boys. The ones that cost over $1000. At the moment that is out of my price range.

    Bought 50 mm

    If I could get the 24-50mm, I believe that it would be a better lens. .

    This lens is supposed to be for portraits, but I found the 75-300mm lens better for the range I can get.

    This is my wish list. These two are nice lenses, or as photographers say, “nice glass.” I have been wanting to get a picture of the moon, and I do believe that either of these would do the trick. One of these days I will be able to get one of these lenses.

    Bought 500mm

    When buying lenses don’t just buy the cheap one because that’s all you can afford, wait till you can get the one you want. The 500mm lenses was a cheap lens, they came with an adaptor that would take it to 1000mm. sounds nice, but not. These lenses do take okay photos, but they do not have any stabilization built into them. When it comes to lenses, I would suggest that you save and wait to get the lens that you want.

    500 mm

    You can see that this lens does not give the best quality photo.

    Scan dizk

    Scan disk. Don’t just get any old one, you want one with lots of gigabytes. The more gigabytes the more photos. I have some scan disk that have 8,000 plus photos on them and still can put more on them, I also have some that only have a little over 4,000 and cannot add any more. They may cost a little more, but it is worth it.

  • Where I Started

    Photo by: Mandy Haynes

    From then to now

    I like you began your photography journey taking photos of your loved ones. I started with a point and shoot camera, really not understanding the way it worked. I thought, I am smart I can learn this fast, 1,2,3, go. Not so fast.

    You can see that I do not have Aperture, f/stops, or iso listed on any of these photos, which is because I was way new at this and did not understand them. Now I do some, and this is what I am working on with my photography journey. All this will come it time.

    It was to my surprise that it is more than just point and shoot, even with a point and shoot camera. Manual mode, Aperture, exposure, ISO, the list goes on. But I am a trooper, and I started.

    Photo by: Mandy Haynes 11/17/2023
    Photo by: Mandy Haynes 11/17/2023

    I believe that people are so much fun to shoot if you can capture the emotion with them. My journey began with much editing, something I do not like to do. There’s lightroom, Photoshop, and so many other programs that you can use.

    My goal is to take a photo without the need to edit or minimal editing.

    photo by: Mandy Haynes
    photo by: Mandy Haynes
    photo by: Mandy Haynes

    I found out by trial and error that it can be done.

    From then to now, I have made improvements, but I am not where I want to be. I do not do photoshoots for money; I do not have the confidence to do that yet. I enjoy taking photos for the fun of doing it. It is not because I want to make a lot of money, (all though that would be nice) I need to get myself to that spot. For now, it is a learning journey.

    Photo by: Mandy Haynes
    Photo by: Mandy Haynes
    Photo by: Mandy Haynes
    Photo by: Mandy Haynes

    From them to now, images are unedited, but still nowhere where I want them to be. I did find out that I really love the black and white photos. I can get the best of both world by shooting in JPEG/ RAW on my camera.

    From what I have learned so far on my journey is that it takes time. Go outside and just take photos of anything and everything. Watch your setting on your camera, take notes. Lens’s, what lens did you use for your photo? These believe it or not could make or break a good photo.

    Lenses is something I will cover in a different blog. My wants and my haves.

    It is more than just getting the perfect shot once, it is having the ability to do it over and over again. I am looking forward to sharing my journey with you and hopefully sharing in yours as well.