Lumix DMC-G7MKII
I have always liked photographies, they are like small windows into the past. But for most of my life photography was a cumbersome method of practicing art. You needed a camera, film rolls, explosimeters, flashes, and if you really wanted to get the results you were looking for, you had to learn how to develop your images, since if you went to your local photo store in order to get your film rolls developed you had to pay quite a bit of money, all for postal card size images that almost always looked like a bleak memory of what your eyes had seen.
Then came digital photography, really rough and lacking quality at first, but improving month by month. So I initially had a Canon point and shot, a couple of years later I got my first digital point and shot, a Canon PowerShot which gave me the chance to start taking images that were not actually embarrassing. This camera died ignominiously in the glove box of a car that had been parked for too long under the summer sunlight.
I replaced it with another Powershot, an A620, which I still have, but haven’t used in quite a long time. It produced some quality shots , at least for that era (early 2000s).
I quit taking photos for a while,until I got a LG G4 smartphone, which had a really good camera. I started to try its functions and features until I started to feel proud of some images.
The LG G4 died by overheating. A design defect doomed these devices about 12 to 13 months after purchase.
My next camera was also a smartphone, a ZTE Axion 7. It died about a year ago. And then I had the chance to visit Japan, where I found a second hand camera store called Map Camera. For less than half of the list price I got Lumix mirrorless camera, some lenses, a tripod and polarizing filters.
Suddenly I discovered a world of possibilities, I could capture landscapes, moments, faces, and places, all with smooth and sharp color. Sometimes the photos looked better than my memories of the subjects.
So I started to create a portfolio of what I consider were my best shots, and tried to order them in series or conceptual essays.
So far, the continuous process of learning to take photos it has been a lot of fun and a very rewarding experience. I’m taking shots that I once thought were out of hand for an amateur.
And also I discovered how little I knew about the art and technique of photography.
So this is a work in progress.
You can visit my portfolio following this link: https://www.behance.net/mirkotorrez