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February of 1998, I bought a Kodak DC20 digital camera. The deciding
factor was the price (although it's also very small and light).
I really wanted a digital camera, but I couldn't afford to get a
really fancy one. The DC20 is pretty bare bones -- no viewing pictures
on a little screen, no features except a power button, a trigger,
and an button to erase all pictures. It doesn't even have a flash.
On high resolution mode, it holds eight pictures. |
However, it is a digital camera.
That means no
buying and changing film, no paying and waiting for
developing, and no having to scan pictures to get
them on the computer. Also, it means instant
gratification; I can develop my pictures immediately
if I want to. I also have control over editing them.
I keep a digital album of my
photos. So far, it has
more than 400 of them. I'd like to share with you
here just a few of my favourites.
a view from a street on the north end of the
University of Ottawa campus
taken in a Chinese restaurant;
there's just something special about
the shapes and shadows
another unusual one; I
was attracted to the
harmony of curves and textures
a walk in the woods can
reveal some
very interesting photo opportunities
the Morriset library of
the University of Ottawa
in the early autumn
changing and wilting leaves
of a bush next
to Campus bus station in Ottawa
(people must have thought I was crazy
to be crouching in the rain by a bush)
a great example of taming
light and shadow
into almost geometric order
a misty Newfoundland lake
on a sunny day in a city
park
I saved this butterfly
who was drowning in a brook;
after its wings dried off, it was able to fly away
