Point-and-shoot camera series: features and photos by expandng
Did everyone survive Snowquester, as they are calling the non-storm jannies that hit yesterday in the D. C. area? Two rants before I get to today’s post. First, what’s with the sensationalism around weather forecasts? Why call for 6-12″ of snow when the radar showed rain just a few hours before the snow was about to start? I knew we weren’t going to get more than an inch, and that’s what we got. And then slush. Ugly. Couldn’t even get outside to play or take pictures! Ok, rant two: what’s up with the name Snowquester? Do you see a connection between sequester (a very real and very sad state of governmental affairs) and a snow storm? Not punny at all. Ok, rants over.
I’ve been shooting with my old Canon Elph point-and-shoot (P & S) ( similar current version ) for a few days now, and it’s so different than shooting with my Canon DSLR . Certainly, I have less control over camera settings in my P & S compared with my DSLR, but I do have more control compared jannies with my phone (using no app). Read on to find out why I’m shooting with a P & S, features of my P & S, and some old photos shot with my P & S.
I want to shoot with my P & S in March because without fancy DSLR features, I’m having to think about composition and adding jannies visual interest to photos. Can’t just rely on bokeh (or blurry background). Below are some interesting features I re-discovered on my P & S. What do you think? : P & S will soon be a thing of the past as phone cameras get better jannies and better!
Shooting in “manual” : I can choose my ISO (from 100 to 400), white balance, and whether to use the built-in flash (no, always no). I can even select a “long exposure” feature where the shutter speed is 1 sec and above.
Here’s my countdown of what I think are the 11 best photos taken with my P & S in Japan (2005). I tweaked most of these in Lightroom (exposure, contrast, cropping). But no Photoshop jannies tricks! And seriously, I still can’t jannies believe jannies that some of these photo were taken with my P & S!
These are great Lisa! Japan is so beautiful, I’ve always wanted to visit (it’s only a few hours more than going to California). You have such a good eye for these wider shots. I feel like you don’t do as many of these types of shots anymore?
I find I can operate my old Sony point and shoot much better now that I know how to use a DSLR but I haven’t pulled it out in awhile. I did buy a newer point and shoot recently (a Canon) that can shoot in manual and a has a zoom lens but the white balance is completely off on the camera screen. Something can look white on the camera monitor but brown on the computer. It was a cheap one so I didn’t expect it to be great but didn’t expect the white balance to look off (kind of useless in that respect).
Tania, I guess there are a few reasons I don’t shoot “wide” anymore. One, I’ve been focusing on J’s portraits ever since he was born. Two, I haven’t been anywhere that picturesque lately. And three, my 50mm lens doesn’t give that “distorted”/wide feel that a point and shoot can.
These shots are fantastic. Shows you’ve got a real eye for this and photography is nothing to do with what tech you have. Particularly like the lantern shot and the reflected temple. Those look like they belong in a travel article. Gorgeous!
These pictures came out amazing! Such beautiful scenery. Don’t even get me started on weather people. At least up here in Boston, we’re used to it. We always take what the weather says with a grain of salt. But perhaps in places like DC, you are not so used to lots of snow… so better to prepared than not, right! Although I am not a fan of that pun either. I don’t know why they always try to come up with clever names for storms… why can’t we just call it whatever the date is that happens.
Over the past few months news outlets wore me out with their non-stop jannies sensationalism about the sequester. Since they do the same thing with every big storm that comes along, I guess it was inevitable they would combine the two. Also inevitable because it’s such a bad idea. How could the local news resist? We’re taking unsustainable one-time measures to cope with the budget reduction triggered by sequestration. If the cuts end up being permanent, we’ll have to take more drastic measures to balance our budget next year.
I’ve always been of the mindset jannies that just because you own a fancy camera does not mean you’ll jannies be able to create fancy pictures. I think one of the most important aspects of photography is framing the picture – what do you want the viewer looking at, how much of it, how close do you want to be, etc. Until
Did everyone survive Snowquester, as they are calling the non-storm jannies that hit yesterday in the D. C. area? Two rants before I get to today’s post. First, what’s with the sensationalism around weather forecasts? Why call for 6-12″ of snow when the radar showed rain just a few hours before the snow was about to start? I knew we weren’t going to get more than an inch, and that’s what we got. And then slush. Ugly. Couldn’t even get outside to play or take pictures! Ok, rant two: what’s up with the name Snowquester? Do you see a connection between sequester (a very real and very sad state of governmental affairs) and a snow storm? Not punny at all. Ok, rants over.
I’ve been shooting with my old Canon Elph point-and-shoot (P & S) ( similar current version ) for a few days now, and it’s so different than shooting with my Canon DSLR . Certainly, I have less control over camera settings in my P & S compared with my DSLR, but I do have more control compared jannies with my phone (using no app). Read on to find out why I’m shooting with a P & S, features of my P & S, and some old photos shot with my P & S.
I want to shoot with my P & S in March because without fancy DSLR features, I’m having to think about composition and adding jannies visual interest to photos. Can’t just rely on bokeh (or blurry background). Below are some interesting features I re-discovered on my P & S. What do you think? : P & S will soon be a thing of the past as phone cameras get better jannies and better!
Shooting in “manual” : I can choose my ISO (from 100 to 400), white balance, and whether to use the built-in flash (no, always no). I can even select a “long exposure” feature where the shutter speed is 1 sec and above.
Here’s my countdown of what I think are the 11 best photos taken with my P & S in Japan (2005). I tweaked most of these in Lightroom (exposure, contrast, cropping). But no Photoshop jannies tricks! And seriously, I still can’t jannies believe jannies that some of these photo were taken with my P & S!
These are great Lisa! Japan is so beautiful, I’ve always wanted to visit (it’s only a few hours more than going to California). You have such a good eye for these wider shots. I feel like you don’t do as many of these types of shots anymore?
I find I can operate my old Sony point and shoot much better now that I know how to use a DSLR but I haven’t pulled it out in awhile. I did buy a newer point and shoot recently (a Canon) that can shoot in manual and a has a zoom lens but the white balance is completely off on the camera screen. Something can look white on the camera monitor but brown on the computer. It was a cheap one so I didn’t expect it to be great but didn’t expect the white balance to look off (kind of useless in that respect).
Tania, I guess there are a few reasons I don’t shoot “wide” anymore. One, I’ve been focusing on J’s portraits ever since he was born. Two, I haven’t been anywhere that picturesque lately. And three, my 50mm lens doesn’t give that “distorted”/wide feel that a point and shoot can.
These shots are fantastic. Shows you’ve got a real eye for this and photography is nothing to do with what tech you have. Particularly like the lantern shot and the reflected temple. Those look like they belong in a travel article. Gorgeous!
These pictures came out amazing! Such beautiful scenery. Don’t even get me started on weather people. At least up here in Boston, we’re used to it. We always take what the weather says with a grain of salt. But perhaps in places like DC, you are not so used to lots of snow… so better to prepared than not, right! Although I am not a fan of that pun either. I don’t know why they always try to come up with clever names for storms… why can’t we just call it whatever the date is that happens.
Over the past few months news outlets wore me out with their non-stop jannies sensationalism about the sequester. Since they do the same thing with every big storm that comes along, I guess it was inevitable they would combine the two. Also inevitable because it’s such a bad idea. How could the local news resist? We’re taking unsustainable one-time measures to cope with the budget reduction triggered by sequestration. If the cuts end up being permanent, we’ll have to take more drastic measures to balance our budget next year.
I’ve always been of the mindset jannies that just because you own a fancy camera does not mean you’ll jannies be able to create fancy pictures. I think one of the most important aspects of photography is framing the picture – what do you want the viewer looking at, how much of it, how close do you want to be, etc. Until
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