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Hello! I am back into regular, personal blogging after a short hiatus, thanks to NASA 🙂 If you are visiting this blog from NASATweetup, here are my personal recaps of Shuttle Endeavour’s launch journey:
Day 1 – Houston, we have a problem
Day 2 – Scrubbed!
Day 3 & 4 – RSS Retraction & Lift Off!
DSLR or Camera Phone?
There are many times when I often contemplate carrying my huge and bulky DSLR. Even for a pleasant brunch or a casual weekend outing. Cell phone comes to rescue most of the time. All images below are taken with my eye-phone. Unless you follow me on Twitter, where I often tweet similar images on-the-go.
This was taken while watching STS134 Endeavour coverage on NasaTV
The quality isn’t that great using a camera phone…
Perfect brunch & outing weather
but love how much flexibility it gives if I were to forget lunging the DSLR, from one handbag to another. That’s another story 😀
Out on a brunch
Truth to be told, I find it least intimidating to photograph a friend’s meal with my phone. DSLR is just too huge for me to shove it at my friends face while he or she is devouring food. The fact that I could tweet/facebook immediately from my phone gives me the added advantage of using my eye-phone and not a point-and-shoot camera. Hoping I’ve cleared the mystery of not owning a point-and-shoot as a DSLR substitute.
Brunch: Waffles, my favorite breakfast!
H20 in a Coke glass - great drinking encouragement
Hubby's lunch: Chicken sandwich.
After brunch, we casually strolled along and witnessed an open auction in a huge furniture store. I won’t mention names, but was sad to witness the state of our economy. This was a well known store, selling exclusive merchandise and they were closing out. The prices sold during auction was shockingly low. We have a monthly spending budget, so this place was a huge NO for us. Not that we weren’t tempted to splurge! We’ve never been to an auction before and was shock at the speed of an auctioneer’s speech in offering bids, taking bids and then selling items to the highest bidder. I am sure that takes helluva breathing practice and loads of saliva.
Auction at one of well-known furniture store
Onto other news, it’s bug season now in Florida, which can be truly bugging. Hoping to spend some time on the beach this weekend, with yours truly and some DSLR action.
Do you click a photo using your phone? Or are you a point-and-shoot person?
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I prefer a camera phone – its effortless to carry, and mine even takes good pictures. The only drawback is not having a manual zoom. I was thinking, if Sony Ericson’s camera phone might be better?
Destination Infinity
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DI,
I haven’t tested any latest Sony Ericsson phone’s lately. The one I had a few years ago was not a pleasant experience. That is when a point-and-shoot comes in handy with light and compact features.
I am a terrible photographer…I know I’ve written that here before. But really, it bears repeating! So I really don’t even try anymore…instead I bring my camera phone with me and use that now. I didn’t even take a real camera on my trip to London/Paris last month! But I know that people don’t come to my blog for my picture taking abilities so I’m at peace with my shortcoming!!
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Ameena,
Truthfully, your photographs aren’t bad as you depict. I am an active iphoneographer myself. It’s not about taking a perfect shot. More about making memories. As long as the images are clear enough in terms of quality 🙂
I don’t have a DSLR and my photo is currently being held together by scotch tape but I’m inspired by your photos here! very impressive!
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SLB,
I am so happy you are inspired by my photography. What is your equipment? Do you use a camera phone or a point-and-shoot?
Ha ha , i know and i dont even have a DSLr but use a point and shoot and yet have to ”tag”the cam along 🙂
Am sorry coz i wasnt around either 🙁
Ur brunch foods are making me sooooo hungry babe!
Happy day and sunshine smiles!
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Mia,
On some days, I wish I had a point-and-shoot instead of dragging my DSLR every where. No doubt, DSLR has its own perks. Love your photography skills 🙂
I have no problems with shoving a DSLR in my friend’s faces…. hehe I am awesome.
Sana,
Love your enthusiasm gal 🙂
Nice photos .. I am a photographer too but still i have a lot to learn :-).
Gowtham,
Welcome to Chatterbox, and thanks for posting your comment with compliments. I truly appreciate it 🙂 I always think the learning curve in any hobby or industry is continuous. Best of luck in your photography!