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Photography
Canon PowerShot SX120 IS
About a week ago, I caved and bought a new piece of Technology. Yes, as the title of this post suggests it is a new camera. Not just any camera it is the Canon PowerShot SX120 IS. Although not that much better that my S5 IS it is really the form factor that made me buy it. On the down side first it is a smaller lens and only mono audio of the video, I can’t see the viewfinder for taking great one try self portraits and I can’t set voice memos for the photos. On the good side it only takes 2 AA batteries, and it is 10 mega-pixel with 10x optical zoom (my old cam is 12x).
If you are wondering what the pictures look like, the strawberry waffles were taken with this camera. This has pushed me to update my SnapShots gallery that it is now run by WordPress and Gallery is about to be shut off, I just have the 2 largest albums to go through.
Today, is Election Day. Sure I could write about the election but, instead I’m going to write a self-help post about one of my favourite hobbies, photography.
The first tip to long exposure shots is use a tripod. What is the fun in that. Knowing that your shot will be perfect first time, every time.
That leads to tip 2, lean on something. It is almost given that this will work best most of the time. Tip 3 is to hold your arms close to your body. Rhea are the main tips that most people who teach photography will say but I have a few of my own that wort better in a digital world.
Tip 4 is to use the delay timer set to like 2 seconds. I find the movement of pressing the button haw ruined many photos. Tip 5 works off the same idea. Use the multiple photo mode. You are likely to get one of many right.
Next tip is to use the LCD screen. There is no way you can hold it still enough up to your face. If all else fails then my last tip is fake it in PhotoShop.
CEFM Snapshots
