瓶颈

相机买来已经两年有余，突然发现有点不大会拍照了，拍出来的东西总是不满意，要么噪点很高，要么景深过大，糊掉扔进垃圾箱的废片数量每日剧增 —— 瓶颈啊，哀嚎中。

我的 Olympus sp-550uz，刚面世时市场价500刀，我买的时候是250刀。那时被这个价格诱惑得，也没怎么在网上查一下review 就冲到 futureshop 去扛回来了。最近为了能更好得抓拍女儿美丽瞬间，努力在挖掘相机的功能，一有时间就趴在网上看高手的作品。无意中发现了一篇很专业的对该相机的评估报告，结论中“You have to be careful when reviewing cameras that you take a realistic view of how the typical buyer will actually use it, and what they can realistically expect it to do. I say this because the SP-550UZ gave us one of the most time-consuming, frustrating lab tests we've ever done. Why? Because it doesn't like focusing on charts, its custom white balance has a somewhat laid-back approach to accuracy and the mild distortion and curvature of field make shooting anything square and flat difficult. It also doesn't show a full 100% preview on screen (which again, makes shooting charts a nightmare).  “ 着实让我大受刺激同时又对评估中所显示相机的缺点深有同感。作者在文章最后写到：“And yet the funny thing is, that after all that, I actually quite liked it. I guess - in a perverse way - it's sometimes nice to use a camera that forces you out of the lazy 'point and shoot' mentality and reminds you that photographers, not cameras, take pictures.”，

哈哈，此言大意为“次等的相机可以让摄影者不再是偷懒地对焦然后按快门，它提醒了你拍摄的成功在于拍照的人而不是相机”。我很受鼓舞，很受鼓舞啊。我有种醍醐灌顶的感觉，不再抱怨相机，不再纠结是否要烧钱买个单反；我要做的是，如何扬长避短充分利用这350刀来拍出理想的照片。当然，咱不能和专业相机比，这明摆着是不可能的，所谓理想的，就是用我这个非专业的眼光看觉得”嗯，有那么点感觉了，像那么回事了。”我知道我自己现在变得越来越挑剔，这不是坏事，嘿嘿，说明咱脑子里的艺术细胞在健康成长，甚至，进入指数生长期了。

下午，女儿睡了，烤箱里的肉滋滋地冒着热气。我就对着家里唯一的花练微焦，作业如下：

照片缩小了，到底效果差许多，其实花心有一小颗水珠呢，我也是看原图放大到70%了才发现的。嗯，貌似功力比两年前还是有所增加的，继续努力啊。可惜现在外拍的机会少，女儿就是我唯一的模特了。