Yes, this was taken with my simple Canon SD10. Cool, eh? |
I googled "photo club London Ontario." Found the local photo club and checked out the images. Wow! These shooters are good.
This does not come as a total surprise as years ago I wrote a photography column for the local paper. One column dealt with the The London Camera Club. I interviewed the then president and featured some of his work in my column.
Canon has released a new camera. This would hardly be worth mentioning except it has one feature that puts it apart from the crowd: An f/2.0 lens. I'm talking about the Canon SD4000 IS.
With my Canon SD10 I found pictures just outside my door. |
I loved that little SD10. With only an f/2.8 prime lens, it taught me to see the picture in the overall scene. No zooming in to crop out unwanted stuff. Make a composition or move was the demand. I got a lot of exercise running about taking pictures with that camera. And it was worth it.
Go to my site Rockin' on: the Blog and scroll down while looking on the right side of the screen. You'll fine a little slide show of images almost 100% of which were shot with my ultra-compact SD10.
Don't get hung-up on equipment. Get hung-up on photography. Get hung-up on you. Go google "photo club" and add your own hometown. Find some like-minded keeners. Document your world and enjoy.
Once you can shoot successfully within the confines of a simple camera, you are a photographer ready to take advantage of the almost unlimited world of high-end DSLR photography.
My SD10 taught me the importance of composition and light. |
"Don't get hung-up on equipment. Get hung-up on photography." - I love this quote because it is so true. Cameras are becoming more high tech every day and sometimes we loose focus in what is their fundamental function i.e. simply to take pictures. So many whizzbang features that I just don't need like GPS, Wifi and "facebook integration" which is why I purchased a 2nd hand HS10 in 2012.
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