to take a photo... digitally

yesterday morning
i did something
i've not done
in a long time
had a friend
that needed some headshots taken
standard 8x10
black and whites
well,
ever since the surgery
i found i cannot see through my right eye
and when shooting through my left
the photos turned out differently
like, badly different
framed really funny
as if my left eye doesn't see the world
quite the same as my right
so for the last 4 years
i've pretty much been out of the photography thing

anyways,
i used my brother's tiny little digital camera
(it's a canon elph thingy)
and after messing up a few shots
got out my old tripod
(can we say overkill?)
and used it to steady things
and ended up shooting
for about 4 and a half hours
it was really cool
because
the digital display at the back
allowed me to see the shot i was framing
with BOTH eyes
which really made a difference
my right eye still gets multiple images
but is stabilized by my left
in any case
we took over a hundred shots
(not including deleted ones)
and the neatest thing was
i could ask the subject for feedback
on how she wanted herself to look
right then and there!
no more waiting for proofs
or a contact sheet to be developed
and hoping you got something
that they feel is "them"
it's been a neat experience
revisiting something i used to do so much
and love so much
but which has been amputated from my life
for the last 4 years
it's like rediscovering a love
for old things
and that was super cool
with my jury-rigged background
(basically taking things down
from the fireplace mantle
and around it...
covering the plants with blankets
*cheer black and white*)
and my amazingly unprofessional lighting
(retractable desklamps
some of which i held by hand)
to try to give the photos
somewhat of a "pro" look :)
anyways,
i got some really neat photos
of her eyes
so what i'll likely do
is post a few of them in a later blog

now i'm thinking
of getting a digital slr
to go with my pentax lenses...
hehehe
but i think i'll still hold off a bit
for the technology to get a lil better
in any case
it's been fun
and i hope to have
some neat stuff ta show you all!
:)