Every night I stay up just thinking about leaving for Korea and it's starting to drive me crazy. All I can do is daydream about my flight, my 3 days in NYC, and then finally Korea. My mind is always cranking and thinking about what to pack, where to pack it, how to pack it, pack, pack, pack. All I do is think about packing! I've lost my mind already and there's still 54 days until I finally leave. When I get nagged or yelled at to go to sleep, I just get really excited to leave rather than getting annoyed or irritated. If I'm not staying up watching videos about packing, I'm playing games all night.
Been playing a lot of League of Legends ARAM games with Calvin recently.
I've been getting that feeling of apathy and anxiety towards work increasingly as the days drag on. The managers aren't moving me up to a server anymore since I'm leaving in August and as a result, my work ethic has fallen off quite a bit. I was really counting on the money from serving so I could spend it in Korea, but at this rate I shouldn't have more than $1200 saved, while the money from serving should have been about $1800 or so. Since I only have about 31 days of work left, and assuming I make at least $35 a night, it should come out to $1200. I would pick up shifts and try to save more money, but I already don't want to work my own shifts as is (unless I was serving then that'd be a different story).
I don't really regret dropping $300 on my new DSLR though because it arrived today and I love it! Very crisp, clean pictures. It took me a while to learn how to work Manual Mode (since I hate using preset modes), but it wasn't too bad since I used to do film photography with a regular SLR camera. I already know about aperture/f-stop, ISO, and shutter speed. I've mostly been keeping the ISO at 400/800 with a shutter speed of 1/40 to 1/100 and f-stop at 3.6 to 5. I must say that a digital SLR is soooo much more convenient and fun than film SLRs!
Results:
Hanging with my sister in her room. (1/40s, ISO 3200, f/3.6, 18mm)
The depth of field is amazing. (1/6s, ISO 800, f/3.6, 18mm)
I'll miss this bed while I'm gone! (1/10s, ISO 400, f/3.6, 18mm)
The back screen protector on my iPhone and a finger smudge. (1/15s, ISO 3200, f/4.8, 32mm)
I definitely need to invest in a tripod when I get to Korea so that I can take some amazing night time shots without the blur from leaving my shutter open for 2 seconds. Of course I want the typical skyline shot, a few street shots, etc. so I'll need to plan nights where I can go out just to take photos with my DSLR and tripod. I also heard that boys will be placed in Seoul because that's the only city with co-ed schools. The only other location is Incheon, but there's only all-girl schools. I feel really bad for the girls who wanted to be in Seoul, but I must say that I am VERY excited to hear this news. I was worried about commuting just to get to Seoul every now and then.
I can finally get some quality photos on my blog instead of just using my iPhone 5 camera! As much as I love it, the 8MP grainy photos just aren't cutting it. Even the videos are weirdly shaped because of the long screen, but my DSLR has a video mode too! It's a little shaky because I was just testing it, but I still love the depth of field.
I'm in love with this camera so far and I'm really glad I bought it. Hope you guys look forward to seeing some amazing pictures over the summer and then while I'm in New York / Korea! I can't believe I still have to wait 54 days, but I'll do my best to stay sane and finish out my last days of work so I can blow some cash in Myeongdong / Hongdae (while taking photos). I won't be able to fall asleep after thinking about all of this, but I'll just go watch some videos about packing or something haha.
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!!!!!!!!!! YAY IM SO GLAD IT CAME AND YOUR NEW LAYOUT IS REALLY NICE :,D
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