Either it maintains its state of inertia or I refashion it into a personal-blog-cum-digital-photo-album. After half a year of hiatus, I have realized that I have been remiss in my self-study of digital SLR photography.
Maybe it was too ambitious. Maybe I am incapable of self-study. I need a mentor.
Too technical for me? I dislike memorizing numbers, 1/1000 sec, ISO800, 35mm, f/14.
Lack of time, patience and focus. I did not put it on priority status. But I wanted to be an expert right away.
May even be a commitment issue.
Admittedly, I am not a natural.
So I have decided to just make Shoot and Tell a keeper of my amateur photo shots and maybe some thoughts to go with them. Hehe, all taken on auto mode. Who knows it is through this route I can hone some shooting skills, by playing it by ear, as they say. Is the term oidow? Something like that. If you know what I mean.
I still have to find time and the urge to rephrase Shoot and Tell's description which currently goes along these lines (citing it here for documentation as it is to be ditched soon):
reminiscent of a teaching tool for preschoolers, SHOOT and TELL is a virtual notebook intended to capture and digest the lessons in basic digital SLR photography learned by an amateur photographer with the intent of sharing the learning experience to fellow kindergartners of photography.
