Today’s image is a giant palm leaf that I photographed at the Denver Botanic Garden Greenhouse in early winter 2009, using a ®Canon Point and Click digital camera – my first one – purchased in 2007 to document family celebrations. It was a time of new direction in my life including a recent move to Denver from a place I’d called home for 40 years. Six years later, I find myself once again composing in a new way.
After months of research, and indecision, and agonizing over making few images, and saving money for a possible new camera, I was finally able to name one key reason for my lack of enthusiasm … my now DSLR interchangeable lens camera was just too heavy and the “bells and whistles” of this model were not a fit for the type of photographer I had become. The delight of carrying that first camera with me wherever I went, now seemed burdensome with such a heavy one. Perhaps it also reminded me that a lot of “heavy” changes had occurred in my life during these last 5 years and with the lessons learned, and losses grieved, it was time to “lighten up.”.
Two weeks ago, I traded in my camera and bought new and used equipment to support my current direction and interest. Stay tuned.
IBK
Nancy Haberstich
12 Jun 2015I like it! (the photo AND the idea – lighten up!)
Jeanne Baer
27 Jun 2015Good for you, IBK! Even though I felt like a “lightweight” with those professional photographers in Cuba, I went with my “bridge” camera — lightweight and fast! It’s all I need or want. I’ll be eager to hear more about how you’re feeling about this move.
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