Start the day off at work with things I normally want to write about. Heh, usually by the time I come home, I’m too tired and only feel like doing feel good stuff like chatting online or just reading stuff. The mornings are just too rushed to write about anything. There are some bits of ideas that get written down but don’t get it to the final published post, so I’m a little unsure of what has been written and this is further compounded by the fact that there’s a vague memory I’ve told someone so it seems like I’ve put it down on paper (or in this sense, digital bytes).

Been having lens envy. Something I coined out of the blue. Lens envy is just looking at all the pretty glass online and longing to own pieces of them. So I’ve been looking at lenses a lot these days and finally understand to a certain extent why pros like the lenses they use. Often these are expensive lenses, and for good reason. Better build and better optics. My kit lens is stellar for the price, and can produce sharp pictures when used properly. I find myself taking more low light shots these days as that’s when I’m free to roam about. That’s where the uber expensive lenses come in, with their wider apertures for better focusing in lowlight (the wider apertures allow more light to hit the focusing sensors) and the optics being good enough at these apertures that you still get sharp, contrasty images. Well, this is all just speculation at the moment, as I’ve never handled a professional lens before, but it sounds about right in theory. My el cheapo 50mm lens is a favourite to use at the moment due to its low light capabilities and excellent sharpness most of the time.

Lens envy aside, I’ve been convincing myself that these are just tools of the trade. One still needs to go out and shoot pictures. My shots have felt lack lustre of late, with an abundance of technically correct but emotionally inadequate pictures a plenty. There is just no feel to my pictures, as they are of buildings, motionless flowers and even shots packed with people feel dry. Heh, I am still experimenting with compositing subjects for a good shot and feel a little frustrated at myself. One really does need to go through thousands of pictures to hopefully capture one brilliant image.