Tuesday, December 11, 2007
In a fever-ridden rush to pack my bag for a very promising guided tour, I tripped and my DSLR slipped onto the floor, from only about 2 feet high. And it broke. A hopeless attempt to fix the camera for the next hour ensued. In vain, needless to mention. I was very sick and quite weak the day that happened (having a fever, bronchitis, laryngitis, sinusitis, and feeling more than ready to be exorcized), so it was not that surprising I tripped.
Now, I have been without my main camera since past Friday, and I have to realize: I am not whole without it. I am just not whole. It is only now that I realize how much photography is part of me. Some people may say “it’s only a camera”, but not having my camera is like missing an important personality trait. I’m restless, I think of the camera all day, I want to take pictures, and I can’t. It’s almost like a friend of mine was sick. Only I was more than devastated. It is a very emotional thing for me.
Luckily, I think the body itself should be okay and I assume only the lense is broken. But since it is the only lense I have for the camera I am now desperately seeking for a replacement. An affordable one at that.
So, I went to this guided tour of the Tempelhof Airport, biggest building in Europe, with a lot of history. I went to parts of it that are not open to the public and that seemed to have nothing to do with an airport at all. And all I had with me was my camera phone with crappy resolution. I didn’t have film for my other cameras, but seen as they don’t have flash, I wouldn’t have been able to take decent photos with them anyway. The airport is going to be closed and those guided tours are rare events, even more so that soon, there will be no more tours.
I can deal with a missed photo opportunity, though. But I can’t deal with being without my camera.
Now, I have been without my main camera since past Friday, and I have to realize: I am not whole without it. I am just not whole. It is only now that I realize how much photography is part of me. Some people may say “it’s only a camera”, but not having my camera is like missing an important personality trait. I’m restless, I think of the camera all day, I want to take pictures, and I can’t. It’s almost like a friend of mine was sick. Only I was more than devastated. It is a very emotional thing for me.
Luckily, I think the body itself should be okay and I assume only the lense is broken. But since it is the only lense I have for the camera I am now desperately seeking for a replacement. An affordable one at that.
So, I went to this guided tour of the Tempelhof Airport, biggest building in Europe, with a lot of history. I went to parts of it that are not open to the public and that seemed to have nothing to do with an airport at all. And all I had with me was my camera phone with crappy resolution. I didn’t have film for my other cameras, but seen as they don’t have flash, I wouldn’t have been able to take decent photos with them anyway. The airport is going to be closed and those guided tours are rare events, even more so that soon, there will be no more tours.
I can deal with a missed photo opportunity, though. But I can’t deal with being without my camera.
Labels: broken, camera, cameraless, tour
Saturday, August 23, 2003
hey, it's a saturday evening and i'm sick of trying to empty my mail box! at least i finally got under 1000! i can never part with anything really! ;) i'm in a weird mood really, my tooth hurts again, which is scary, as if it continues to hurt, they will have to cut its root! yikes!!! and i would hate to spend yet more time at the doctors'! i just had my kidneys xrayed for 90 minutes last week... ugh... i'm trying to dream myself away to italy, ireland and scotland. i'm reading "dragonfly in amber" at the moment which pretty much helps with the scotland part... sigh... it won't be until october that we can finally go to italy again. this is going to be our first and only holiday this year... and it really is about time! i'm longing for a bit of nature, some small mountains, i want to watch a starry nightsky and hear nothing but a distant train and some animals. i want to sit on the porch in italy and read a book, or lie in the grass, without zillions of people and cars passing by. that's what's really bothering me about berlin: that wherever you go, there are always so many others, you can't have it quiet, and you're never alone anywhere, not even in a BIG park! i need that holiday! and i hope we will be able to visit rome again, we also hope to see pisa and florence this time. two more months... :)
Sunday, June 22, 2003
I might add that it's already Sunday, June 22, 8:25 am as I write this! NOT Saturday, June 21! I hope I can edit time zones in here! :)
Hello everyone!
I just thought it was about time to go online and share what's happening in my life or going on in my mind! Let's see where that's going to get me! Yay, I will finally be able to spill any nonsense publically... muahahaha! ;) Hope it will be fun!
I just thought it was about time to go online and share what's happening in my life or going on in my mind! Let's see where that's going to get me! Yay, I will finally be able to spill any nonsense publically... muahahaha! ;) Hope it will be fun!
