Photography - Read The Instructions

Far too often, people tend to not read the instructions of many items.  Instead, they go through thinking that they know how to operate the item they just purchased.  Little did they know, that it's a bit more complicated than they thought it would be.

Well, you dummy, if you would have read the instructions to begin with.  This doesn't apply to just photography, in fact, it applies to everything you do.  Admittedly, some things are easier to work with than others.

Yet, you see it everyday.  Humankind's stupidity takes charge and goes, oh, I can do this.  Yet time after time, they do the same thing, and end up with the same result.  A contraption that they have no clue on how to operate it.  Rather, this is stubbornness more so than stupidity, but it's basically the same thing.

Many people are more stubborn than the want to admit.  We all have certain things that we just believe.  We know it to be true and nothing you can say or do will tell us otherwise.  And then we have to go and learn that's not how it works the hard way.  Often, with complete utter failure.

We can save us a lot of utter failure if we'd just read the manual.  Digital cameras, aren't what they used to be.  Even the so called, simple Point and Click cameras aren't that simple.  Even they have settings on there that most people never even use.  Sometimes, we need to see things at a different angle to really truly appreciate the arts.

So, instead of wasting time, read the manual and learn a thing or two about your camera.  You'll be glad you did.  On top of that, you're photography skills will increase with the amount of features you've just learned how to use, but don't just learn how to use them.  Actually use them.  That way you know for sure which settings are your favorite, for certain things.

Now, if only Life came with a manual.

The Stupidity of People - B.C.E. vs B.C.

Here we go again.  It's stupidity at it's finest.  Can you believe that people are still arguing over whether or not we should use B.C.E. which is now commonly excepted, or B.C. which is fading out?

Here's the deal.  Christians are arguing that B.C. should be used instead of B.C.E.  What is their argument though?  I've seen very little evidence even supporting a good reason why we should.  The thing is, Christians think that they are the right religion.  The chosen religion.  When Jesus himself specifically stated that God will choose from the twelve tribes.  Or something like that.  I can't even remember who said it, but it's in there.

What are the twelve tribes?  Many people argue that they are the twelve tribes of Jesus.  The twelve disciples that have set up their own churches.  But, if you remember correctly, Judas betrayed Jesus.  Can we really count someone who betrayed Jesus as having a church?  If I'm not mistaken, the churches were started after Jesus died.  Therefor, we can't count the original twelve disciples as the twelve tribes.  Bit of a contradiction there isn't it?  But, this post isn't about the bible, or Jesus for that matter.  It's more about the closed mindedness of the Christian people.

Why all the fuss over a simple terminology? Personally, if you ask me, Christians don't rule the world, contrary to popular belief.  Christians don't have the right religion.  If they did, then everyone would see eye to eye.

In my personal opinion, I think that we should be using B.C.E. instead of B.C. simply because of the fact that we aren't all Christians.  The thing is, they still basically mean the same thing.  It's a time period before Christ.  B.C.E. merely means, Before the Common Era.

Some people act like the word Era is a bad thing.  All Era means is a fixed point in which a series of years is beckoned.  For example, all through out history, people often use the word to describe a part of history.  The Napoleonic Era is a period in the History of France and Europe. It is generally classified as the fourth stage of the French Revolution. (Taken from Wikipedia.)


So, instead of arguing over whether or not, we should use a this word instead of this word.  Would that energy be better spent being more productive?  Life is too short to not be productive.  We could be spending that energy towards becoming less and less dependent on Oil for example.