i'm a self appointed travel photographer

i've always liked photography. my first slr was the canon eos 620 which i would later sold to finance my eos 3. i also have several lenses that reinforce my film camera. with the arrival of digital cameras, it took me awhile to decide to buy one because initially, prices for digital slr is way beyond my budget and i opt not to buy compact digital cameras because i am not happy with the short battery life and slow shutter response from the first models that came out.

but last year i decided to buy my first prosumer digital camera, the canon s5is. it is placed somewhere between the point and shoots and the digital slrs. the large 4gb memory space that it provides leaves me shooting anything from people, landscapes, rocks, flowers, insects, and other objects that catches my attention. i also bought a waterproof and shockproof olympus sw-850 camera to complement the s5is in unfriendly environment situations.

and so, now i'm happy firing away shot after shots of scenes, unmindful of the limited film count my old trusty eos3 has. i've documented our travels in lucban, baguio, batangas, sagada, banawe, bontoc, subic, davao, and countless family occassions such as parties, graduations, school activities much to my delight. though i can never be a professional portrait or wedding photographer, my family and friends hail my travel photos a lot because of the way i record details that help remember our stay in those places.

i miss the feel and magic of my trusty slr though, but i know someday i can use my old lenses again when i get my hands on my first digital slr.