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Photography

Theo is a photographer and he shares his thoughs on cameras.

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Hi! my name's Theodore and I'd like to talk to you a little about photography. When I first started studying photography I bought myself a fairly good film camera but since then digital cameras have been getting better and cheaper and recently I bought a somewhat expensive digital camera which I think can do just about as well as most film cameras for most things.

I'm particularly into photo-journalism so digital is fast and it gives me all I need for photo-journalism. And some people say that it's starting to get better quality than films, so I think digital is the way forward in the future.

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first started

When I first started studying photography, I bought a film camera.

To 'first start' something is to begin it for the first time. Notice the following:

Did you make a lot of mistakes when you first started?
Yoga was really difficult when I first started.

bought myself

I bought myself a fairly good film camera.

If you 'buy yourself' something it means that you use your own money to buy something for you to use. Notice the following:

I bought myself this new purse a few weeks ago.
She buys herself all her shoes.

film camera or digital camera

I bought a digital camera which I think can do just about as well as a film camera for most things.

A 'film camera' is a camera that uses a standard roll of film. A 'digital camera' doesn't use film, but stores the pictures digitally on a disk. Notice the following:

I can't believe you still use a film camera.
How many pictures can your digital camera hold?

particularly into or photo-journalism

I'm particularly into photo-journalism.

If you are 'particularly into' something you really like it. 'Photo-journalism' is a type of journalism where the photographs dominate and are more notable than the written information. Notice the following: