I am here to get active and get going with something i have realized i like a lot and that is Photography .. I am not a pro when it comes to photography.. its just that i love it !!.
It all started.. when in 2006 i went to Australia for some official training and somehow missed carrying a camera along!!Looking back, I think , i'd have deliberately left it as it was a film camera .. (point and shoot ) and digital cameras had in fact arrived big time by then with Mega pixel war at its peak .. and also as i did not know how to put the roll correctly, i would have felt embarrassed carrying that along . So" missed it" is incorrect ... bottom line is I did not have a Camera !! . So we went to Melbourne..All colleagues to attend the training there.. with all the ppl from all over Asia Pacific getting trained in the daytime and enjoying the evenings in what i would say a very thriving city .Beautiful streets , amazing MCG , beautiful girls , old charm to an ultra modern city . We had a gala time to say the least!! Sendoff party at the end of the training meant everyone letting loose ,dancing , laughing , networking , having wine and Beer( the officially allowed baverages in such events ) and yes CLICKING PICTURES.
We had to go to Gold coast for another three days , a smaller group this time and more of a pleasure trip . Amazing place .. Beautiful beaches.. Golden Sand , Blue sky , tall buildings .. PICTURESQUE surroundings .. but no camera. !! . So , i decided to buy those use and throw ones to take at least some memories back with me to India .. Had 26 exposures on that !!!.
View of Gold coast beach using my " use and throw" fujifilm plastic camera . Scanned on my Epson V300 Scanner .
Thoroughly enjoyed my trip otherwise but this feeling of not having a camera was killing me .. At Brisbane Airport like every Indian who is traveling out of India , i went crazily looking for amazing "DUTY FREE " stuff , some good scotch . some exotic chocolates and yes .. there were electronics too .
That is where i set my eyes on Sony Alpha 100 W , Sony's first Digital SLR launched the same year retailing at 75,000 INR back home . available at approximately 1300 AUD that meant i was getting the same with two kit lenses at a price which would be a steal . Out came the Credit Card ( did not have enough cash in all the bank accounts combined..),, and here I was entering the plane with a Brand New DSLR , with 10MP resolution and two kit lenses which read some numbers that did not ring any bell whatsoever ,nor I cared what they were. I was happy as one of the Lenses read Telephoto Zoom . and it anyway had the manuals which i thought i would read in the comfort of my home . Imagining that i am clicking away the pics of my family and what not , like a child me the 26 year old kid slept off as the Quantas Airlines plane cruised towards Singapore.
5 hour stop over at Singapore !!! "Wow " I said to myself , thinking about a corner in that swanky Changi Airport where i will open each and very small box in the big box carrying my camera and understand what all i have been able to get. I had good couple of hours for checking the stuff and i was smiling ear to ear .. i quickly set my luggage for minimum discomfort at security check ins and with my camera around my neck !! Yes!!! i had packed the Box in my bag and in my excitement had opened the camera so as to click few pictures of Airport as well . To my surprise there was no medium mentioned where i could store any photographs .. yes no media card . That meant no photos that day!! "Oh Common,"I told my friend , who was busy buying more liquour at Singapore , "How can they not give a memory card ? " Looking at the bottle of blue label as if he is gonna buy 20 of them he said, "these things you have to buy seperately and they aren't cheap .. " looking at the sales guy he asked the price of the blue label. "This duty free is Bad " he declared calculating the price of the bottle to be around 16000 INR and looked at my camera.. " you have a got a good deal my friend !!! Ab to tu photographer banega !!..aa chal cigarette peete hain !!! "(Now you'll surely become a Photogrpaher , common now lets have a Fag " )
My excitement knew absolutely no bounds as i told the cabbie at Delhi Airport to zip me through the traffic ..
I was going home and a very long late night date with my brand new Camera was about to get started!!!.
It all started.. when in 2006 i went to Australia for some official training and somehow missed carrying a camera along!!Looking back, I think , i'd have deliberately left it as it was a film camera .. (point and shoot ) and digital cameras had in fact arrived big time by then with Mega pixel war at its peak .. and also as i did not know how to put the roll correctly, i would have felt embarrassed carrying that along . So" missed it" is incorrect ... bottom line is I did not have a Camera !! . So we went to Melbourne..All colleagues to attend the training there.. with all the ppl from all over Asia Pacific getting trained in the daytime and enjoying the evenings in what i would say a very thriving city .Beautiful streets , amazing MCG , beautiful girls , old charm to an ultra modern city . We had a gala time to say the least!! Sendoff party at the end of the training meant everyone letting loose ,dancing , laughing , networking , having wine and Beer( the officially allowed baverages in such events ) and yes CLICKING PICTURES.
We had to go to Gold coast for another three days , a smaller group this time and more of a pleasure trip . Amazing place .. Beautiful beaches.. Golden Sand , Blue sky , tall buildings .. PICTURESQUE surroundings .. but no camera. !! . So , i decided to buy those use and throw ones to take at least some memories back with me to India .. Had 26 exposures on that !!!.
View of Gold coast beach using my " use and throw" fujifilm plastic camera . Scanned on my Epson V300 Scanner .
Thoroughly enjoyed my trip otherwise but this feeling of not having a camera was killing me .. At Brisbane Airport like every Indian who is traveling out of India , i went crazily looking for amazing "DUTY FREE " stuff , some good scotch . some exotic chocolates and yes .. there were electronics too .
That is where i set my eyes on Sony Alpha 100 W , Sony's first Digital SLR launched the same year retailing at 75,000 INR back home . available at approximately 1300 AUD that meant i was getting the same with two kit lenses at a price which would be a steal . Out came the Credit Card ( did not have enough cash in all the bank accounts combined..),, and here I was entering the plane with a Brand New DSLR , with 10MP resolution and two kit lenses which read some numbers that did not ring any bell whatsoever ,nor I cared what they were. I was happy as one of the Lenses read Telephoto Zoom . and it anyway had the manuals which i thought i would read in the comfort of my home . Imagining that i am clicking away the pics of my family and what not , like a child me the 26 year old kid slept off as the Quantas Airlines plane cruised towards Singapore.
5 hour stop over at Singapore !!! "Wow " I said to myself , thinking about a corner in that swanky Changi Airport where i will open each and very small box in the big box carrying my camera and understand what all i have been able to get. I had good couple of hours for checking the stuff and i was smiling ear to ear .. i quickly set my luggage for minimum discomfort at security check ins and with my camera around my neck !! Yes!!! i had packed the Box in my bag and in my excitement had opened the camera so as to click few pictures of Airport as well . To my surprise there was no medium mentioned where i could store any photographs .. yes no media card . That meant no photos that day!! "Oh Common,"I told my friend , who was busy buying more liquour at Singapore , "How can they not give a memory card ? " Looking at the bottle of blue label as if he is gonna buy 20 of them he said, "these things you have to buy seperately and they aren't cheap .. " looking at the sales guy he asked the price of the blue label. "This duty free is Bad " he declared calculating the price of the bottle to be around 16000 INR and looked at my camera.. " you have a got a good deal my friend !!! Ab to tu photographer banega !!..aa chal cigarette peete hain !!! "(Now you'll surely become a Photogrpaher , common now lets have a Fag " )
My excitement knew absolutely no bounds as i told the cabbie at Delhi Airport to zip me through the traffic ..
I was going home and a very long late night date with my brand new Camera was about to get started!!!.
good to see you back at writing, Nonu Khorana!...definitely an interesting read!...and informative too - i didn't know about use and throw plastic cameras!
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