I was walking to work when I saw this tarpaulin banner by the library. It was entitled as such, except in Filipino, and got childish drawings of indians (no, not those people from India, American Indians…)
I was at first confused as to the message. What are they aiming at here? I looked at the sub title, and it said something about point and shoot seminar for kids.
They’re teaching kids archery, are they? That’s cool.
Then I re-read it, and realized… Hey, this is not archery, it’s photography!
I actually laughed at myself for not getting it in the first place. I looked at the indian drawing again, and saw that aside from holding a bow in the right hand, he was holding a camera in the left.
I actually blurted aloud, “Oh, I get it!”
Then I caught myself, and quickly looked around… Thankfully, there were no one around. They would have probably thought I was crazy or something.
For someone who uses a point-and-shoot camera, I like the idea of teaching kids the basics of photography. People have the tendency to think that awesome tools make awesome results. Well, of course they do – with the right hands, of course. But, if it is in the hands of an ordinary person, well, the results can be quite ordinary.
Take a DSLR camera. I was able to try one out a few months ago. Yes, it felt cool and awesome trying to use it. The shots were of high quality and resolution, but my shots looked mediocre. I had to make use of the “automatic” settings for me to make a decent shot. When I tried to use the manual settings by myself, it took a bit of time. Thankfully, my manual shots were not that far away from the automatically-set shots. But that’s besides the point.
My shots using the DSLR camera were just the same as my shots using my point and shoot camera. Of course, the quality of the image, and the zoom were better, but the composition and style were the same.
But that does not mean I would not want to have a DSLR camera. In fact, it made me realize that there is much more that I can do with a better camera. I can make better macro shots, a different landscape shot, and a lot more creative shots that I could not do with my ordinary point and shoot. Although I would end up carrying a heavier set of equipment, compared to a point and shoot that I can just strap on my belt…
So, yeah, I have to agree with the seminar. I’d love to participate in it and say my point as well, or probably register in it, if it ain’t all kids, but the schedule seemed not in agreement with mine.
What about you? What is your opinion on this matter? Do you prefer a high quality bow? Or would you rather have a high-quality shooting skill, like Robin Hood?
Have a nice day.
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