Many friends of mine have been hooked to photography. They have been trying for some time to convince me to join them in their club meetings, also recommending for that purpose certain camera models, ranging from great point and click digital cameras, to low end SLRs or single lens reflex cameras, to really high end digital SLR cameras, with different and varying features, depending on your photography requirements, and likewise depending on your level as a photographer, whether amateur, learning or already a professional. After some prodding, I finally gave in. I still had to borrow my sister’s point and click digital camera. But after that first meeting where I seemed to enjoy the speakers’ sharing and tips, and after pats of approval for lucky shots that I also thought looked great, I myself was hooked. Not long after I did get my own camera, one that is point and click (some call it point and shoot) but with the quality and features very similar to SLR cameras.
Other friends tried to dissuade me from engaging in photography as a hobby, saying it is a very expensive one. I don’t think so. Gone are the days when people would spend a fortune to sustain a hobby such as photography; when photos still had to be printed to see the results, which means high probability that you will be wasting a lot of money finding the best shots of a single subject. Nowadays, with digital cameras and digital SLRs, all you need is view pictures you have just taken in the provided LCD screen of digital cameras, and see for yourself right there and then, and determine whether the shot is worth printing. Not only that, you need not organize an exhibit in a formal gallery of sorts just for you to display your great shots. The world wide web now abounds with so many websites with photography design that enables web users to share their best shots with others through photo sharing sites. In these sites, the background photography design alone is enough to keep you hooked to photography – the desire to capture something of splendid beauty and magnificence.
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