I use two cameras - one a Samsung PL 120 digital camera, which I keep in my bag, so I have it 24 hours a day at the ready. My other camera is a Canon EOS 1100D which I take with me if I am planning to take photos at a function (I do the Wynnum Chamber of Commerce events), and I do take it when I am looking for special shots, travelling etc.
When travelling it is always useful to have two cameras, though I recognise that I could use my mobile phone too. I once in China my digital camera died, and I had a lot of challenges getting another one. They all seemed extremely expensive, and I eventually had one posted from Australia - and that was another challenge, as for some reason the post office wouldn't deliver it to me. A long and amusing story for another time.
I always struggle with the finer points of using a SLR, so mostly will use any of the automatic options available to me, but I know they are limiting and I know the camera and I can do much better if I knew (or remembered) the settings when I was out and about.
The course through Take Better Photos yesterday, has been very helpful and given me many ideas for taking photos on my journey. I have done two other courses but this one was the best by far. So professional too. I received a notes folder that looked much smarter than the few printed pages I received on one previous course, (and another more expensive one provided no notes at all!). But best by far was the 'cheat cards' a collection of 5 small laminated cards with all the information I need - settings etc. They came with a ring to attach to my camera, so they are always there, and a tiny light, which we used to take this photo.
I had not driven around the north side of Brisbane for a long time - well, at least not around the Chermside area, and boy, it has changed. We used to live there, and on my way to the class - I was very early, I passed by the house at Aspley that we lived in, in the 1980's (unchanged), the house we lived in at Stafford Heights (major changes there with a huge deck where we once considered doing so, and a garage on the front of the house and fencing, and the house at Chermside West, which was also unchanged.
I can use any of the above cameras for video - which I do use from time to time. Also I have ordered a mini digital camera, which will afix to my windscreen somewhere, so that I can record some detail of my travels as I drive. Am hoping to catch some images of camels, kangaroos or emus on the side of the road. Dangerous things on the unfenced roads of the outback.
When travelling it is always useful to have two cameras, though I recognise that I could use my mobile phone too. I once in China my digital camera died, and I had a lot of challenges getting another one. They all seemed extremely expensive, and I eventually had one posted from Australia - and that was another challenge, as for some reason the post office wouldn't deliver it to me. A long and amusing story for another time.
I always struggle with the finer points of using a SLR, so mostly will use any of the automatic options available to me, but I know they are limiting and I know the camera and I can do much better if I knew (or remembered) the settings when I was out and about.
The course through Take Better Photos yesterday, has been very helpful and given me many ideas for taking photos on my journey. I have done two other courses but this one was the best by far. So professional too. I received a notes folder that looked much smarter than the few printed pages I received on one previous course, (and another more expensive one provided no notes at all!). But best by far was the 'cheat cards' a collection of 5 small laminated cards with all the information I need - settings etc. They came with a ring to attach to my camera, so they are always there, and a tiny light, which we used to take this photo.
I had not driven around the north side of Brisbane for a long time - well, at least not around the Chermside area, and boy, it has changed. We used to live there, and on my way to the class - I was very early, I passed by the house at Aspley that we lived in, in the 1980's (unchanged), the house we lived in at Stafford Heights (major changes there with a huge deck where we once considered doing so, and a garage on the front of the house and fencing, and the house at Chermside West, which was also unchanged.
I can use any of the above cameras for video - which I do use from time to time. Also I have ordered a mini digital camera, which will afix to my windscreen somewhere, so that I can record some detail of my travels as I drive. Am hoping to catch some images of camels, kangaroos or emus on the side of the road. Dangerous things on the unfenced roads of the outback.
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