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Photography is fun!

When I was about 15 my Dad started teaching me about photography. He was a hobbiest photographer who shot a lot of B&W and had also had a full B&W darkroom set up. He started it back in the late 1940's and continued on into the early 1960's and pretty much got out of it after my sister and I were born. He got back into it in the late 1970's and he started to teach me. I fell in love with it and learned things pretty fast. I had a good eye, but my darkroom skills were lacking while my Dad was the opposite as he was amazing in the darkroom but struggled with composition. He died when I was 18 so I inherited all the photo equpiment and continued on with it until I was in my mid 20's. After my son was born in 1989 it was time to get rid of all the darkroom stuff and covernt the bedroom into a nursery. As the years progressed the higher quality cameras and lenses were sold and more basic cameras were purchased for familiy snapshots. Then the digital age came in and the "point & shoot" cameras were the thing to have. Quick and easy, but lacking the ability to expand. So after our trip up the California Coast in 2010 and my wife finally getting fed up with my complaining about the limited cameras, her and the kids bought me a nice Nikon D5000 digital camera with a couple of lenses for my birthday in August of 2010 and I have been having fun with it. Photography has been a lot of fun. I am longing to pick up a couple of other lenses, but that would be about $1500 which would pay for other things like bills and woodworking tools. So for now I am moderately content and try not to grumble too much and let my wife hear it.

So here are a few of my favorites from the past couple years with most from the new Nikon but a few from my higher end Nikon point and shoot camera which does take pretty good pictures in its own right.

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Master CarpenterPermalink Reply by Bob Kloes on September 2, 2011 at 3:02am

Very nice Allen! bob

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Forum HostPermalink Reply by Lewis Kauffman on September 2, 2011 at 6:39am

Beautiful! I especially like the last one.

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Site AdminPermalink Reply by John Morris on September 2, 2011 at 7:16am

Allen, those are nice pictures man. I can tell you have done this before, and yes, you do have an excellent eye. Some pictures folks take you can look at and kind of say, cool, those are nice, nice tree, nice family, nice sunset. But your pictures have a definite air of professionalism, that when I view them, I can stay on one and explore its attributes and actually have fun while enjoying the content of the photos. Those are great shots Allen.

Now, I know I have brought this up before, but what kind of camera would you recommend in the 5 to 6 hundred dollar range for a newbie, and one preferable with a decent video capability.

Thanks for showing these Allen, great job. I recognize a couple of the locations.

John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

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Master CarpenterPermalink Reply by Allen Worsham on September 2, 2011 at 8:02am

John,

I can't really make any recommendations in this category. I would suggest getting into a real camera shop and asking some questions. About the only one around is "Ritz Camera" which is where I got mine. You can go in and fingerprint all the different stuff and they can explain the good, the bad and the ugly about each one. You can find them online"HERE".

They have a store in Riverside on Magnolia about a block west of Van Buren Ave. on the south side of the street.They also have a number of stores down south in the San Diego area since you frequent that direction. Really nice and knowledgable folks and they carry all the major brands. When you figure out what you want then you can check out online for the best deal as Ritz may or may not have the best prices for what you want. Remember that Amazon is your friend with free shipping and no sales tax (most of the time) to CA.

If you find yourself down in Orange County then the place to go is "Cal's Cameras" as they are the largest and best supplied camera store around in So. Calf. They are in Costa Mesa right on the main drag of Newport Blvd. and 18th. They cater to all levels and are the main place that the pros use for gear. They are more expensive than others so I only buy from them if it is something that only they carry or I need it "right now". But they are a wealth of information and you are just a few miles from the Newport Beach Pier so the scenery is nice and you get some beach sand between your toes.

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Forum HostPermalink Reply by Lewis Kauffman on September 2, 2011 at 10:01am

John,

My family just gave me a Canon G12. It is in the price range you mentioned. It is a super camera- from my viewpoint. Now if I can just learn to use it!!

John Morris said:

Allen, those are nice pictures man. I can tell you have done this before, and yes, you do have an excellent eye. Some pictures folks take you can look at and kind of say, cool, those are nice, nice tree, nice family, nice sunset. But your pictures have a definite air of professionalism, that when I view them, I can stay on one and explore its attributes and actually have fun while enjoying the content of the photos. Those are great shots Allen.

Now, I know I have brought this up before, but what kind of camera would you recommend in the 5 to 6 hundred dollar range for a newbie, and one preferable with a decent video capability.

Thanks for showing these Allen, great job. I recognize a couple of the locations.

John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker