Because of you my silence has broken
In sight of what no one ever knows
From above I feel a sense of fate
In myself a longing to escape

What have I done what has this come to
To reach the end so soon
A day that past
My life before me
Lost in time
With you

Listen to the voice that cries within us
Forever more a secret that I hold
Don’t lead me into a false existence
For I must stop this hatred that I’ve cast

What have I done what has this come to
To reach the end so soon
A day that past
My life before me
Lost in time
With you

What has come between us
Never leaves us when we cry
When we lie amongst ourselves

Run to you run to you
Away from everyone
Run to you run to you
(Away from all)

From: This Quiet Earth
By Ikon

I’ve had my camera for a couple of years.  It’s a Nikon D70s and I’ve logged about 27,000 pics with it. Still learning photography and I’ve made a lot of mistakes. I’ve also had some successes. My Nikon has been with me through it all, the good takes and the bad. Rugged, dependable and always ready to surprise me.

I started cheap. I’ve watched others start high and purchase as needed, or perhaps wanted. Seems they always are shooting pictures somewhere between trips to the camera store. I bought my Nikon at a pawn shop, for about 400 dollars and its never failed me. Since then I’ve accumulated 4 other lens, memory cards, filters, tripods, the usual equipment.

So I thought I would post a picture of my Nikon, that others might consider the advantages of low-cost photography. D-SLR’s can be expensive and some people balk at the cost. It really is hard to argue the price of expensive equipment in the face of inexperience. Yet, if a person had a low start-up price to pay and makes all the mistakes (again and again, haha), one might find themselves in a position to justify the cost of a more expensive camera.