Well, it’s almost 3 years since I bought this camera. It’s my favourite camera, my every day camera, lightweight and easy to use, it’s always at my hip – even when I’m out in the garden here at home. When I first got the camera I quickly realised I didn’t like the neck strap –…
Category: Hints and Tips
A sharp eye and curious mind
I often get told I must have sharp eyesight. I tell people I’m always on the lookout for a change of shape, change of colour, movement and sound, when out and about. It helps if you revisit the same areas often as you get to know the trees, fallen logs, bushes and so on. You…
Shutter Count
Have you thought about how many photos you can actually take with your camera? It is possible to check how many have been taken for many cameras via sites that check the actuation, or shutter count, of an image you upload. In 2008 my husband bought me the new Nikon D90. I loved that camera…
The cameras I use
I got asked today how many cameras I have. It’s not the first time I’ve been asked that and probably won’t be the last either. Many years ago I had a little pocket Kodak that just wouldn’t cut it when I was trying to photograph my husband and his team out mountain biking. Then I…
Movement, Sound, Change of Colour
I often get told that people miss seeing the things I see, or they’re not lucky enough to see these things. I thought I’d share on how I manage to find all the shots I do, and the subjects too. Movement As I’m often walking along in parks, reserves, even my own property, I don’t…
Photography and Social Media tips
I’ve been a blogger for many years, since 2005 in fact, and own a few blogs on various topics. Firm believer that you should keep your blog focused on one topic – although you may have many categories under that one topic. In this case, this blog relates to photography and the categories relate to…
Managing your photos
If you enjoy taking photos, as I do, even if it’s not quite as many, have you thought about how to manage the organisation of your photography files and folders? I’ve sometimes wondered how others do it but worked out a system that seems to work for me and, pending finding anything else that might…
Taking a photo a day
Hi, have you missed me? I have been around, mostly at Facebook, and life before Christmas was incredibly crazy. But I don’t stop taking photos almost every day of my life. A great way of improving my skills, getting to know my camera well and seeing things in a way that I might not have,…
Business cards for photographers
If you are into photography, as I am, at some point you will have either already thought about, or will now you’ve read this post, getting a business card designed. My first photography business card came from Vistaprint and I liked the design so much that I had a graphic designer do a similar style…
Great use of a fisheye lens
I hang around various forums online. Not all are photography forums, some relate to my work as a Virtual Assistant and others relate to things of interest, and in this case, mountain biking. Regular readers will know that my husband is a mountain biker but currently not participating in events as he’s recovering from a…
Lulu.com – they are listening
Further to my two recent posts about concerns that people could use images created by other people for photobooks, I’ve had this answer – they are listening and you can add your voice too! Thank you for your email. At this time, Lulu is not removing this option. However, It is only through customer feedback…
Wrong answer Lulu.com
Many saw my post last week about using other people’s photos when using Print on Demand services. I got comments via my blog as well as at Facebook, Twitter and photography forums I belong to. I had queried Lulu.com and they’ve sent back an answer. In the meantime I’ve discovered other photobook printing services also…