I’ve been wanting to upgrade from the point and shoot camera to a DSLR  (entry level at least)  and finally managed to buy one a few days ago - A Nikon D5000. Being denial for a few years that my point and shoot camera can achieves what a DSLR can do(I photoshop alot) but on the day I’ve got my hands on it, I was totally blown away! It was like having a new sets of color or brushes to paint on a bigger canvas!

I don’t have time to go out and put on extensive tests with the camera yet but here’s a few shots I that I did so far. All pictures below were taken using 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR Lens (kit lens) – since this is the only lens I’ve got for now, I don’t expect to achieve the best results from these tests. None of these images were photoshopped.

Focus Test

Subject Focused

Background Focused

Using Natural Light Source

The weekend - 24mm; IS0 320; 1/25 sec; F/4; +0.7

I Will Shoot You - 48mm; IS0 400; 1/30 sec; F/5.3; +0.7

Macro Test

The Cap - 48mm; IS0 640; 1/6 sec; F/5.6; +0.7

Wild Flowers - 55mm; IS0 320; 1/320 sec; F/10

Miscellaneous

With Flash; 38mm; ISO 200;

Optimus - 32mm; IS0 500; 1/25 sec; F/4.8

All this while, I’ve been installing the latest version of WordPress to other website except my own (version 2.5.1).  Well its about time now – I’m quite impressed with the changes on the admin area and security fixes/bugs with the latest version. I’ve managed to upgrade em less than an hour (if not for the File Transfer, it’ll probably less than 10 mins). It’s easier than I thought ;). Check out the useful link below if you’re wondering how to do it.

Useful link: http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress

After 6 years of freelancing on website design and development, I have come to a point where I feel that I’ve reached my goal. During these years, I honestly can say that its not worth the money (it can’t really pays the bill), but the experiences and knowledges earned were priceless and personally rewarding. I’m not ditching any of my current clients, I’m just gonna stop doing new projects thats all.

My next project will be something that I want to do, that challenges me, and that is exciting and new - It doesn’t has to be IT stuff. It could be painting or cooking or designing as long as I get to be the one who is ‘in charge’, someone who desides things this time.