So, someone gave me a Nikon FG. It’s a pretty cool camera; I’m liking it a lot so far.

I’m running into a, well not an issue, but a hurtle or something like that.  I really want to learn how to use it and take good photos, but I’m hearing and reading the strangest things.  People compare film brands.  I understand comparing them for which one’s better, but I’ve been told that Kodak is good for pictures of people, while Fujifilm is good for landscapes and other things.  Off brand films might be Fujifilm, or some random brand.

I’ve also looked at filters.  There’s far too many.  I understand the ones for different lighting, and some people say to use them in unintended environments for cool effects.  Somewhat easy for me to understand.

The main thing I have issues grasping is how people know what settings to use on the camera.  I’m guessing it comes with experience.  I love film cameras, but when I don’t have the experience, sometimes I wish I could see the results instantly instead of taking a number of shots and waiting for a surprise from the photo lab.  But it’s all fun none-the-less.  The main confusing part is the f-stop or aperture setting.  I understand it changes how much light the lens lets in, but it still bewilders me.

Anyways, I bought some film to play around with, and hopefully I can get a hang of it and take the camera off of automagic mode.  There’s supposed to be a photo center that offers lessons, but they specialize in digital cameras, and I’ve been told they aren’t cheap…  So I’m hoping to go the experience route

Anyways, I’ve started a new photo blog which will hopefully be kept alive.  You can see it at photos.km-w.net

Word Processing is quite frustrating for me lately.  I tend to work on several different types of documents, and as most of you know, I believe that certain tools are better for different jobs/tasks.

I do love finding a program that I say, “Oh, I can do all of my needs in this one application.”  It’s awesome because I feel less bloated in a way.  Take for instance, VMWare Fusion and Parallels Desktop 5.  They both do the same thing, but VMWare Fusion has (in my opinion) a better Unity mode than Parallels’ Coherence.  But Parallels has better support for OpenGL and 3D Graphics on their virtual machines, but VMWare feels more stable with the features it provides.  So, what do I do?  I have both (and use the both evenly just to let you know).

Anyways, back on topic.

Word processing has always been an issue for me on a Mac.  Windows keeps it simpler, somewhat.

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So in good or epic news!

I start taking courses for my Master’s next year, and I finish my Bachelor’s at the same time.  I got into an elective I think will be interesting (World Folklore).  All of my classes fit in, and I can sleep in next semester (YAY!).

In other news, school has been draining the life out of me.

The Play was a success, and now that it’s over, there’s a lot of work to catch up on.

The play was awesome.  I played “Pierre Pourri,” the “International Playboy,” which doesn’t fit my image at all.  It was odd having to play the roll.  I’m not one to touch, let alone touch other people.  So it was awkward, but people seemed to like it none the less.

In terms of work.  I have two programming assignments to catch up on, an essay or two, and a lot of studying that needs to be done.

The good news is there’s only 5 weeks left in the semester.  The bad news is there’s only 5 weeks left in the semester.

Hopefully I can pull through with flying colors…