The beginning...

To anyone who comes across this blog - most likely my friends,

Those who know me will already know that I have always enjoyed taking photos, almost to the point of annoyance. This blog is my attempt at keeping a journal as I try to learn more about photography; about using the manual controls on my camera, shooting in RAW format, digital 'darkroom' editing, and basically learning to take better photos in general.

I am not a professional photographer, nor do I wish to be. For other photography enthusiasts, I use a Canon EOS400D with the standard 18-55mm and 70-300mm lenses. For those who really aren't into it, I have a Digital SLR with one small lens and one big lens :) It is nearly 4 years and over 40,000 photos old - at the moment I can't really see any limitations with it, it works well for me. But in saying that, I'm already picking out different types of lenses I want to get!

So the whole "6 images" thing... As I started reading about photography (In this case - "Creative Black & White by Harold Davis), I came across a quote that I really liked - which basically passed on the advice that you should never have any more than six images that you feel you need to show. That really spoke to me for a couple of reasons: Firstly, I generally take a lot of photos. Secondly, there are generally a decent handful of photos that I like; that I want to show off. So I decided that would be the aim of my blog - not only to act as a diary as I try and learn more about the art of photography, but to force me to be much more succinct in what I would like to display. Hence, my goal is to post a maximum of 6 photos that I take each month. It would be incredibly easy for me to show all the photos that I have taken a sense of pride in - but to limit myself as such is the real challenge. I'll see how I go...