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Back to a passion – Amateur Photography – Nikon D3100

Yesterday, after doing some research for some time, I purchased a Nikon D3100 DSLR with an 18-55mm, 55-200 mm zoom lens, battery, lens hood, and other accessories for $200 off Craigslist from an amateur photographer who has since upgraded is DSLR. The D3100 debuted 18 years ago as a 14.2-megapixel DX format DSLR Nikon F-mount camera replacing the D3000 as Nikon’s entry level DSLR. I never owned a DSLR before, but I taught myself how to shoot, develop, and print B&W film back in the 1989 – 1994 timeframe, using a Minolta XG-7 SLR. During that time, I purchased everything I needed to go from shooting to print. Outside of the enlarger, I think I still have many of the developer accessories. My favorite B&W film that I shot were Kodak Tri-X plan for general shots, and Plus-X Pan for higher ISO prints, as well as some of the Ilford B&W films. For color, the basic Kodak ISOs (Gold) and some of the Fuji film. In addition, I shot slide film also, primarily Kodachrome 25, 64, and 400.

That time frame of learning really solidified my interest in photography to the point where I started, with a close friend of mine, a small photography business called VisionQuest Photography. Lotsa fun, shooting all over DC, shooting wannabe models, etc.

From there in the mid-90s, I graduated to (and still have) a Nikon N60, with two lenses. Took a ton of great pics with that too, and uploaded many photos to my Flickr account, but then the passion died off a bit. Enter the mobile phone and the advent of mobile phone photography technology. Fast forward to the emergence of Instagram – we all now that is all about uploading your phone pics. I currently own an iPhone 7 which takes fantastic pics and I currently have about 3500 photos in my personal IG account.

After years of using Instagram and rarely using my N60, I slowly (as of recently) began to miss SLR photography. A few of you may have read my previous post regarding Flickr vs Instagram, so you know that I am heading back to posting what I consider my more serious side of photography to my new Flickr account, which will take the place of my soon-to-be deleted personal Instagram account. I hope you’ll enjoy the resurgence of my photography there. In there near future, after I come up to speed with the D3100, I’ll be blogging about the photos with links to my Flickr gallery. This camera, I’m sure, will get the job done nicely.

Way past my bedtime….

Thanks for the read!
Fresh.

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Social Media Sabbatical (SMS): Day 11 – 11 Aug 18

Greetings…

It’s been a day…not a bad one, but moreso a long one. The launch I posted about yesterday was aborted close to 4:30am. The cause was a gaseous helium alarm detected from the launch vehicle, with about two minutes left of terminal count – they’ll try again at 3:33 am, Sunday. I went to bed late (12:30am), got up at 2:30am for the prelaunch activities, but never went back to sleep until 6pm for a two hour nap. That said, I feel kinda…out of it. LOL. I think things will balance out tomorrow. I am NOT getting back up in three hours to watch again.

I’m working on a new music project that I plan to drop in September, so this evening was spent doing sourcing some graphics for the artwork, while reestablishing my Flickr account. You can find me there (soon) for my serious photographic submissions:

Photostream
Profile

This broken sleep pattern has me meh. I did NO coding today…back to it tomorrow.

peace,
F!

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Flickr + Music = some kinda bliss for me

Ever since I discovered Flickr, there has been a love relationship. Not only is it an over expansive resource for photographic imagery, but I’ve never seen an online photo gallery with the finesse, coolness, and all time greatness of Flickr.

Being a musician, I have to, once again, echo those niceties because of the groups I’ve joined and the overall friendliness of the musicians I’ve met as members along the way. I’ve learned a lot about many aspects , outreach in the world of music, which can mean a great deal for the success of your marketing. This brings me to an article I discovered the other day.. Maybe some of the other musicians can agree. Check it out here: Why every musician should have a Flickr account.

Feeback anyone?

peace,
F!

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Fusion: Where Music, Technology, and Artist Creativity Intersect

Coming soon.....

Hello readers and listeners.

I trust all is well today. This post is a follow-up to the previous post about the subject of an upcoming podcast I hope to resurrect entitled Fusion. The concept of this podcast came to me via an off the cuff discussion I had a few years ago with a fellow podcaster/recording artist/graphic designer. Both of us, being musicians in our own right, began discussing our backgrounds and influences in making music, which invariably talking about how technology (past and present) played a role taking the music from inner to outer.

I began to see the different paths he had taken and compared them to mine. I also began to see, along our separate journeys, how there were things we couldn;t *readily accomplish* (but did) that we could easily accomplish now. The conclusion of the discussion led me to develop the concept for this podcast – one that would share the insights of an (generally musical, but not limited to) artist by which they leverage technology to get their art out there – including their journey along the way, their influences etc.

The format of the podcast is to use an audio interview, very casual but basically formatted, and to just have some fun with it (which is the most important part). Being a techy, I have to include the usual aspects of what kind of hardware/software was/is being used, suggestions/recommendations, tips, etc…but fuse the overall flow with some laid back fun.

As said, although the general focus is about music (recording, arranging, creating, production, podcasting), every once and awhile, I’d like to include the same concept with regards to web design, photography, etc. All aspects of using social media, Web 2.0 and the like are definitely topics of discussion as well.

That being said, I’d like to invite all interested in leaving me your Skype ID, Yahoo IM, iChat ID, Grand Central number or even cell or landline number so the audio interview can be recorded to my laptop. Primarily, I’d prefer to do it via net chat, but will consider landline/cell phone interviews down the line (gotta keep it as inexpensive as I can – heh!). If you are interested, feel free to leave your info in the comments section or e-mail me

Thanks (for your time and interest) in advance…

peace!
F!