Nearly three months have passed since I got my Digital Single Lens (DSL) camera. It has been a challenging relationship - I wanting to control the focus - my camera being overly sensitive to my every suggestion. I found myself reverting to old passive aggressive patterns of angry sighs and silent treatments while giving in to shooting in automatic mode.
And to add fuel to my disappointment, I lost over 3,000 pictures from my external drive (I know, I know, I should have used an on-line back up center). I spent a good deal of time practicing gratitude last week as I indulged in a five day pity party.
However I can feel myself settling down, surrendering to what is and forgiving myself for disrespecting Lola (that's the name I have given my camera).
Ahh, things are improving. Lola gently hung about my neck while at JD's and Tara's the other day and we happily worked together. I forgot about getting it right and simply tried to capture the precious moments in time spent with Tornado and Boo.
Ahh, things are improving. Lola gently hung about my neck while at JD's and Tara's the other day and we happily worked together. I forgot about getting it right and simply tried to capture the precious moments in time spent with Tornado and Boo.
I've had fun fiddling around with an editing program too. I am finding it much easier to manage this computer program than understanding the light coming into my camera (and it's all about light - well mostly, anyway).
I walked around the house yesterday and took a variety of shots using my manual mode. I played with angles, light, ISO (camera's sensitivity to the light) and the aperture settings until I felt more comfortable speaking Lola's language.
I saw improvement from many of my first attempts three months ago, which I can't show you because my external drive crashed, but I am over it.... really I am. I am not brooding about the years of documentation I have lost or what I don't have or how unfair it is that I spent money to buy the better unit and took time to export all my photos (nearly 4,000, or did I already mention that) from flash drives to what was supposed to be a safer external drive. Really, I'm over it.
...and if you believe that, I've got some great land for sale in the water district of Florida.
Seriously, Lola and I had a great time together yesterday.
59. I am grateful for relationships that build over time.
I hope your Monday offers you a reason to rejoice. I hope you receive a better understanding of something or someone you have been struggling with. I hope you can let the past go and capture the precious moments of today.
Yaya
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