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Photography for Dummies

It’s sounds stupid but up until recently I couldn’t use my DSLR on manual when I was inside the house. I KNOW. You think because of self-respect alone I would have googled that or something. But no. I just went manual outside and auto inside. Even though manual is far superior and I prefer it. [...]

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My Phone is Making Me a Lazy Photographer

I love having a phone that takes a half-decent picture. It means that when I want to take a photo quickly, I can just grab my phone and snap away. The phone is always closer than the big camera. You add in an app like Instagram which is highly addictive and very fun and it’s [...]

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136/365 Sunday Selections – Going Manual

This post is part of Sunday Selections hosted by Kim over at Frogpondsrock. Head over, check it out and join in! I’ve gone manual on the DSLR. No safety net. I’ve been a little bit hesitant to go all the way manual although I have tinkered from time to time. But catching up on Lynda’s [...]

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Dear SD Card

Taken with my iPhone after the appalling SD card betrayal It was with horror that I discovered yesterday that the little tabby thing that moves in between the unlocked and locked position on my SD card had snapped off – leaving the card in a permanent locked position and rendering it entirely useless to me [...]

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Sentimentality, the Camera and Defection

From birthday presents and scraped savings I finally bought my camera and it arrived this week. I haven’t had time to play around with all the functions as yet – I’ve just been using it on automatic so far. The best thing about it is how fast it is. With our other cameras I would [...]

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