March 2010
Little Camera, Big Results
March 14, 2010
I've always said that the key to photography lies in the eye of the photographer, not the camera in his hands. I try to practice what I preach each time I go with my family on vacation. I typically leave my DSLR cameras at home, and purposely take a small point and shoot camera. Although I've been a Nikon-man for many years, I actually like Canon's point and shoot cameras better than any other brand. I wish I had I held out for G11, but instead I have the G10. It's still an awesome little camera.
My parents have been "wintering" in Wauchula, Florida. We hopped on an airplane and flew down to spend spring break with them.
Small Cameras are so easy for self-portraits.
This was Laura's first time flying and she wanted to tell everyone!
The optical zoom is also very good on these cameras.
I'm especially impressed with the macro on my G10. The shell below came from about 60 feet below
in a nearby phosphate mine, and was said to be about 2 million years old.
As a photographer I mainly use shutter priority, and use my exposure compensation button to tweak and maintain my exposure. I dialed this photo down to -2 to underexpose it a little and really bring out the black shadows.
Potty on a post!
This camera did a good job of exposing for the exact spot that I wanted, which
was the highlight on the coat.
The zoom lens allowed me to stay back and not get too close and disrupt this
moment between a a boy and Mamaw.
The G10 was the perfect size camera for a trip to watch spring training baseball between the
Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees.
I set it on shutter priority, so that I could use 500th of a second to stop the rain. Then cranked my exposure priority back down to a minus 2 to darken the sky down.
I love eating at greasy spoon dives along side the road.
-30-
