(<< Rewind <<) chapter 11: winter 2007
A conversion lead me to think of what I was doing in during winter 2007, and it was the trip with family to Chao Lao beach, Chanthaburi, Thailand.
It was the first time that I got to use SLR camera. The camera was in this drawer for years and I have never seen anyone at home in Bangkok use it before. Later I found out that it is my mother’s camera, it was a Nikon F3 SLR Camera. So I took it out from the drawer, spent a few hours to understand how it works and how to open the casing to change the battery and film roll. To be honest, it took me a while to figure out how with the help from internet. Then I took the camera to the shop to get a battery and some film. I then asked the sales representative about the camera. At the store, they were surprise to see the camera because it is really old. Older than me, as it was from 1980. After understanding some concepts and functions about the SLR, I bought with me 4 rolls of 36 picture film.
I used 4 rolls in 2 days during the trip. The unfortunate part of this is that, more than half of the picture from the film were bad due to Under or Over Exposure because I didn’t know how to use SLR camera. Anyways, after much frustration, I decide to get a DSLR, a Canon Rebel Xsi after I graduated from SCI_Arc, Southern California Institute of Architecture. The camera, well half of it because I paid for half of it, was a present for graduation… and because of this present, it accompanies me every where I go, recording pieces of my memory from here and there.
Life is full of distractions, activities, and beautiful memories. Unless we can capture and share all the moments in life with this tiny brain of ours, photography is the only method that I can use to share those moments with everyone.
*The picture was not taken from the SLR nor was it take by me. It was taken with a Sony Ericsson W810i, camera-phone. Thank you to the photographer, for this beautiful moment.
