Meet “Little D”
No pictures please.
Hipster D and I were a mere 22 when we met and fell in love. I had no idea at the time my dating career would end so early, but in retrospect I thank god for getting me out of the hell hole of single life as early as he did. I don’t feel like I missed out on anything since I still managed to get into my fair amount of trouble (fun), I just had a partner in crime by my side throughout.
My love meter held pretty steady until the boys were born, which more than made up for all the crushes I missed out on in my 20’s, but one does have to ask themselves “Is this it?”. Well, I am happy to report there is a new love in my life, a new man my entire family is happier for my meeting. His name is D50, Nikon D50 to you.
O.K., so maybe his feet are a little cold in the morning, but “little D” (as I will now call him) makes me so very happy. I checked into his big bro, the D70 but decided that the newer technology in the D50 along with a more reasonable price made him the perfect man for me. It feels so good to be in love with my camera again. You can actually depress the shutter and take a picture without having time to paint your nails in between. My old camera was a presence to be reconed with, and quite honestly I missed the feeling that I could swing through any security check point fronting as a member of the press due to the massive size of my “gear” (my inner man talking there). Once you get used to covering every minor family event with the care you would use in shooting your cousin “Slappy’s” wedding, well, it makes a point and shoot just sort of sad.
Not that I’m above point and shoots, the Sony will still see much play. It’s just hard being an SLR girl in a point and shoot world. Some people like fast cars, I need shutter speed baby. Until now digital just wasn’t giving it to me. I know little D isn’t the fastest in the land, but he’s fast enough to get shots of the boys I have felt like I have been missing ever since film became a dirty word. I also missed being able to take a picture without a harsh “mug shot” like shadow trailing my every subject. Now the baby blues are big and the lighting is soft in every shot. Above all, I piss At-man off less now since I don’t have to follow him and Em around for an hour with a camera flashing in their face just to get one decent shot.
I never thought I’s feel like this again. Thanks little D.
Congrats on your new man! I had to laugh when I read this. We just got the D50 not too long ago and I talked about mine like a person, too. lol
(http://wizzywigz.blogspot.com/2006/03/life-flavored-nuggets.html)
I’m pretty much an amateur but the slow-ass point and shoot was driving me insane. As you know, little ones don’t smile when you tell them to so ya gotta be FAST!
Did you get the way cool $300 flash for it? We didn’t but maybe later this year…
Anyway, nice meeting you, HM. Enjoy your camera
Comment by Izzy — March 24, 2006 @ 12:48 pm
Hey Izzy, Thanks for checking out the site. I did end up getting the SB-600 speed light. I like the soft look of the bounced flash. Plus, both the boys have baby blues and we end up with way too much red-eye using just the pop-up.
Comment by Administrator — March 27, 2006 @ 9:35 pm
Oh man! is THAT how everyone gets their photos to have that beautiful golden glow? I’ve been puzzling over that and wondering if it was the killer flash.Seriously, is that one of the benefits of the SB-600 speed light? I hate how cold and bright my photos always look, no matter how great the camera is.
Comment by Izzy — March 28, 2006 @ 12:24 am
Any shoe-mount flash with a tilt head would work for the soft effect. It resembles Kodak “Portra” film which is what most wedding pros use to get their soft skin tones. Basically the idea is to get the flash as far from the shutter (or in the case of digital, “shutter”) as possible.
Comment by Administrator — March 28, 2006 @ 12:37 am