Originally posted on Rendição!, the blog I kept on UOL (diegodotta.zip.net) in 2004, and translated from the original Portuguese. This is the only post the Wayback Machine kept, and only one of its three photos.
About two months ago I bought a digital camera (an Aiptek DV3500), and that’s when I started getting into photography. Only as a hobby, though, because I’d rather have a simple amateur camera I can take anywhere without worrying about outside factors (theft, loss, accidents)… Every photo you’ll see or have already seen here with the site’s signature was taken with this camera. I recommend it for anyone who wants to have fun and doesn’t have $.
Today’s photos were my first ones with this camera. The quality is so-so, I didn’t know how to adjust the camera’s settings yet.
A pipe covered in dead vines, which I edited a little, nothing major. (Photo lost.)
A sunset on the Beira-Mar, which is where I noticed the difference between an amateur camera and a professional one. (Photo lost.)
I kept shooting with that camera for the rest of the year, and those photos are in My First Camera (usefilm, 2004).