Photography is a piece of cake ?

I've always considered Photography as an easy thing to do.
Why would anyone use a Manual Camera, there's so many rules and settings, and what's with the special lighting, hellow... we have a built in flash in the digital camera.
So far, being the "family photographer" , results have been good
So... why do people still take Photography classes ?

Well, I had nothing to do the other day and I wanted to try "product photography"

product = shoe

so the story goes :
*take shoe*
*arrange shoe setting on table*
*think to self = table kinda ugly*
*gets table cloth to cover table*
*puts shoe on tablecloth on table*
*just went jogging with those shoes the other day... fear not mum, will wash it later, .....i said later, ok* --> oh so politely
*starts taking pics*
*sees result on camera's LCD screen*
*think to self : hhmmm... some are good, some are a bit dark, some are blurry*
*strategy boost*
*adds study lamp for brighter effect*
*up ISO 100 to ISO 200*
*more pics taking*
*OH NO... results too bright...*
*turns off study lamp, change camera's ISO setting to 400*
*mm.... results not so good* ---> perfectionist , hoho :P
*house survey.... looking for new spot*
*mmm.... need natural lighting.... moves outdoor*
*drag table with cloth with shoe outside*
*arrange positions of "clothes-hanging-to-dry" so they won't show in photos*
*cameras hanging around neck, difficult to manouver, need to protect camera from more bumping into table and wall*
*think to self : needs an assistant photographer*
*calls ucrit, next door neighbour*
*crittt.... come hither crittt.... help me out.... and hurry* -----> leadership is in my blood
*ucrit runs away*
*oh well, i'm independent*
*starts taking pics of shoe*
*every once in a while, snaps pics of clothes-hanging-to-dry*
*snaps toes*
*think to self : need new flip flops*
*exhaustion interfere with ability to concentrate*
*checking photos results inside house*
*uuughhh... eyes need adjustment... can't see jack... too bright outside*
*transfer photos to laptop/notebook*
*searches for usb cable*
*finally, mmmm.... i made some nice shots.... am quite talented*
*but oh but.... how come most of them are not so good*
*re-checks.... can't believe slightly-impaired-sight-coz-the-sun-too-bright that 70% of photos are kinda unusable*
*turns out..... some of them are good, but most needs massive photoshop editing*
*conclusion :................*
*moment of silence*
*so the conclusion is : ....... I AM SUPER TALENTED, ladies and gentlemen, HEAUIHRAUIEHA*
*think to self : but I think I might need some professional help*
---> not the psychiatric kind of help, tho

sooooo.................. results can indeed be improved hohohoho, all those pic taking are mostly experimental, trying this angle, trying this ISO setting, trying that lighting, bla bla.... if I knew a certain technique would give a certain results, or if I knew that technique X would has a certain effect on the results, I wouldn't have wasted a lot of time experimenting.
But don't get me wrong, a lot of professional photographers started by experimenting, if they can, you can too, or you can looks for information on the internet, and there are a lot of infos out there. But if you're really serious with photography, there's no harm in taking a Photography class or joining a photography workshops.
It's all up to you, but whatever you choose, remember what Mr. Steve Jobs said "Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish" so you'll continue on learning :)

(nj / SanggarSeni.com)


oh.. momm.... mommmm...
can you please wash the tablecloth for me ?.... sorry it's kinda dirtyish
i need to study for tomorrow's exam
love u mom :D *grin*