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Leading East London photographic gallery theprintspace has announced details of a forthcoming exhibition to be compiled entirely of work by photographers on Flickr.
A different specialist in the field of photography will select the four best photographs from entries submitted by Flickr users each month to be part of the summer 2010 exhibition, giving budding photographers who don’t normally get the chance, a stage on the big scene.
Truly fantastic opportunity to extend and showcase your best work. There’s a limit of one submission per day. I’ll be submitting everyday.
I took to the streets of New York armed with a great mood, a well trained eye and a desire to test out my new Canon Powershot G11.
The overall experience was satisfying especially more on the comfort of having a small yet well solid built camera that’s not intimidating to whip out when opportunity calls.
I shot entirely on Aperture Priority mode, used RAW format and was amazed by how entertaining it was using the swivel screen to capture those unconventional angle shots or even just photographing without onlookers knowing that you’re actually clicking the shutter button.
Despite the camera being classified as a point & shoot, it’s definitely in the high section of the category and it has all the features to keep you occupied in making adjustments to captures that make you feel like you’re operating a DSLR.
I can see this camera becoming my best friend where ever I go and freeing myself a little of the sometimes burden of a DSLR. There’s a charm about its simplicity, it’s black finish and perfect fit in your hands that just feels right.
The piece I wasn’t crazy about was the camera strap and I’ve been hesitant on relying on one when it relates to small cameras. I just don’t trust them and will be investing on the Camadapter CamStrap to have that extra security in handling the camera and avoid dropping it which I felt like I was going to at times.
Kevin Meredith was the first photographer I had the pleasure of featuring on the Photographer Spotlight Series and throughout the process of emailing each other, I purchased his instructional photography book entitled Hot Shots.
The book compiles a huge variety of photography techniques and provides detailed and inspiring instructions on how to implement them into your shots. No photography book is complete without examples and Kevin did a fantastic job in accompanying each tip with stunning samples of his own portfolio.
With books like these, there’s really no justice in just reading up on what it has to offer so I highly recommend in exploring it’s content with the neat time-lapse video Kevin put together to give you an inside look of what to expect. You won’t be disappointed.
Based on the amount of photographs in my Lightroom library, I’ve contructed this lame excuse to justify the shortage of shots I’ve taken in the year so far.
Photographic opportunities present themselves in countless ocassions and my lack of enthusiasm for taking advantage of them is due because I’m not always being up for carrying around the D90 all the time.
Granted the 50mm f/1.8 is my primary lens so I don’t have too much weight to complain about but there are instances where a pocket-sized camera is all I want to resort to.
Nevertheless, I still want to make sure that whatever compact camera I alternative with, that it still yields the same RAW capable and professional-quality prints that I would expect from the D90. In essence, I’m looking to free myself from DSLR a little.
Traveling and photography has always gone hand and hand for me and whenever I see tourist photographing monumental landmarks with a point & shoot rather than something as robust as a DSLR, I’ve never been one to judge because ultimately it’s what you do within the limits of that camera that makes the difference between a good photograph and a spectacular one.
Not having my D90 with me won’t make me less of a photographer. In fact it’ll grant the opportunity to demonstrate how much more can be accomplished because of it’s versatility.
There’s more to photography than just pointing and shooting. You have to decide on your subject, on framing your shot and in the process make decision on how you want to tell your story and if you can do that with an expensive camera, there’s no reason the same principles can’t be applied with one that doesn’t draw as much attention and make you feel more important.
On Sunday I spent a solid 3hrs reading countless reviews on 3 specific P&S cameras that have caught my attention: The Nikon Coolpix P6000, the Canon Powershot s90 & the rugged Canon Powershot G10. All with RAW support and megapixels higher or equal to 10 and the one that has fascinated me the most has been the G10.
I haven’t purchased it yet but I will be in the next couple of days and what honestly sold me on it was photojournalist Gary Knight’s commentary on how it’s been the perfect street camera for him and that’s exactly what I’m looking for.
I have big hands so I don’t want a camera as small as the s90 because it just feels uncomfortable and the G10 seems like the perfect middle ground and I’m enamored with how many accessories are available to extend its capabilities.
I love my D90 and I’m merely looking or a worthy and perfect companion for it.
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