C8 speech（Add Impact To Your Speech, 5 to 7 minutes） by Jonathan Chen
Speech title (Look here say cheese…) Delivered on 2005/02/01(AMTC)
Fellow Toastmasters Good evening
As many of you know, I like to take photos. Many people ask me why I like photography. Where or when do you learn how to take photos? The camera has all the answers to these questions.
Do you remember a television commercial slogan “Konica color ….it catches me”?
My father’s Konica camera didn’t only capture my childhood memory, but it also leads me into the world of photography.
A few weeks ago, when I was preparing my camera gears I took out my father’s Konica and thought…the last time I used this camera must have been fifteen years ago. It is a manually controlled camera. When you use it, you need to adjust the shutter and aperture by hand. After my father bought an automatic camera, it was left behind in the corner.
I remember when I attended my graduation trip in the elementary school, only a few students brought cameras, and their cameras were automatic. I was the only one who brought a manual camera. When they pressed one bottom and took a shot, I was still adjusting my aperture and focus. It might be slow, but it looked more professional.
After that, I had a hobby that is expensive to maintain---photography. I began to save money to buy photo gears. Finally I bought my first SLR (single lens reflex camera). It changes lens. One of its features is that the lens can be changed, which means I can buy different lens to fit it. Do you think that’s enough for me? Of course not! Now is the digital era, everything becomes digital, and I really want to see my photo within the next second. One year I told my friends, if you worry that you don’t know what a good birthday gift for me is then I would tell you that I need a digital camera. That year, I got a Digital camera.
People’s desire never stops! You get one then you want more. I have a SLR camera and a digital camera! If I have both, it is better! Of course! YES! NOW see my Nikon D70 – digital SLR can change lens with the old one!!!!!
Everything seems perfect!! But can I take good photos by that good camera?
The more photos I take, the more questions I ask from my heart?
A few days ago, I surfed on the Internet and I found a LOGO “LOMO” I had heard that before, what special feature does the camera have? It breaks the rules of photography. LOMO users can take pictures conveniently anytime, anywhere.
When you walk on the street, you find something you like, give it a shot using LOMO. Express your feelings directly! I think that’s whole purpose of photos “to capture memory” for example Wade shared his daughter’s pictures with us. Why? Because he wanted to share his feelings and happiness with us so he recorded them by using the camera.
Do you like photography? You don’t need to buy an expensive camera; you can also be a good photographer. Capture what you like and seize the moment. Fellow Toastmaster! Say cheese…………
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