Welcome to my Blog!

Well, I bought my first DSLR back in 2003. It was a Canon Rebel with a
kit 17-55mm lens. Since I didn’t know much about photography, I started
using it as a point-and-shoot camera and never explored all its
controls and settings. I guess, I have always been overwhelmed and
intimidated with all that comes with photography. I remember growing up
my dad had a Roliflex camera and later on he bought a Yashica.

Anyway,
since last year my nephew who is a professional photographer now and
does weddings got me more intrigued about photography and ended up
buying a used Nikon D300 after I sold my camera and the lenses which
were mostly useless kit lenses on Craig’s list. Right before his
wedding, we were all at my sister’s house and talking shop, when I
started asking him questions. His suggestion was to get a D90. As he
was telling me about what he was planning on upgrading to from his
Canon 40D. It sparked my curiosity about D300…. the best feature I
liked was the 51 auto-focus cross hairs… yes, I was still on the
point-and-shoot mind set. When he heard that, he told me not to waste
my money and get a $150 point-and-shoot camera or learn photography.

Well that made me start learning and ever since I have been exploring
more and more. Currently I have a Nikon 50mm f/1.8, Tamron 17-50mm
f/2.8, and 85mm f/1.8 lens which were all recommended by him. I also
started reading few books and I would recommend any newbie to read
them. First one is Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson and the
other one is Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic
Lighting My main goal for this blog is to share my pictures and
knowledge with other enthusiasts, and get critiques. Its going to be a
long journey but an interesting one. Sincerely, Syed