Thirteen years ago, I had been shooting with my new Nikon D100 for just a few years. This was my first digital capture DSLR camera.
My daughter and I drove to Americus, Georgia, to photograph the Habitat for Humanity International’s Global Village & Discovery Center for Disney’s Family Magazine.
For the past few days, I have been going through my old CDs and DVDs, looking through my work. In good light, all of my digital cameras were pretty outstanding compared to my days of shooting film.
Indoors with that first Nikon D100, I used flash more than I would have to do today. But the results were just great.
I used the Sigma 18-125mm lens on this camera, which wasn’t super sharp but did great with that camera. I loved not having to carry a lot of lenses.
I was shooting wide with the 18mm on a DX cropped sensor. So I was only hitting about 27mm if it was an FX sensor. It would be a few years before Nikon introduced the entire sensor.
I cannot say enough about Habitat for Humanity International’s Global Village & Discovery Center for those wanting to make a great day trip. You can see how people live worldwide, and Habitat builds different houses depending on the country.
Here the kids see brick made of aluminum and concrete, which they have used in Mexico.
I think this is one of the great day trips for families to see how the rest of the world lives.
Kids and adults can see actual street scenes, homes, and other things like schoolrooms in different countries.
When I was shooting fill flash outside with that Nikon D100, I had to shoot at 1/180 not to see the shutter curtain.
While the cameras today are much better, I believe that no matter the camera, you can get some great photos if you know what you are doing.