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3KCBWDAY2 –Photography

I apologise because todays post will *not* be my best work.

I had an interview this morning, I think it went okay- I’ll hear back next week. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

Today is all about photography. I must admit I’m a big Instagram fan, and LOVE that they’ve recently brought out an Android app so I can actually create photo’s rather than drool over my friends who have iOS’s photos.

I do however have a real camera and I love it.

(Photo from Amazon)

It’s a Panasonic Lumix TZ10; and yes I do have the red version. I’ve been a Lumix fan since Christmas 2008 when I bought a TZ5. These cameras are not cheap, and even though I was very rough with my first one it’s still working well (he has a home with my sister). The secret to the TZ series is that hidden in the small shell is a very long zoom. I can fit the camera in my jeans pocket with ease, but there’s a 12x Optical zoom in the TZ10. I took some amazing shots with the TZ5, but upgraded to the TZ10 because of the manual functions. Although it lacks the option to manually alter the zoom like with a true DSLR the TZ9 and above all feature manual modes. That’s full manual, aperture priority, shutter speed priority and that final one that I’m not sure what it does but it lets me set my white balance properly. Along with Lumix’s intelligent ISO modes and a wide range of situation specific modes that’s common on most cameras today.

Since I bought this camera over a year ago there’s been 2 new models come out. The TZ’s seem to update in March or April. If I land this job I’ll probably be looking to upgrade again next year, or probably the year after. I won’t upgrade every year- the extra features on the TZ20 (they skipped up from 10 straight to 20 and the new one is 25 for the lower end and 30 for the high end) seemed awesome, but it was things I can live without. Especially because I can’t afford to drop £250 on a new camera each year! The TZ30 improves on the very few things I find lacking in my camera which is night time sensitivity. That said I’ve not found a camera that shoots at night to my satisfaction at all. Everyone insists on having flash! Turn off the flash and you get better photos, I guarantee. Yes that includes you 13 year olds at gigs. It’s just embarrassing; stop it.

I’m still learning, as you guys can probably tell. I love reading about how to get better shots and then trying to implicate them.

So given how busy today was I should have planned in advance. I didn’t, and between here, knit night and trying to wait for inspiration to arrive….

 

YarnHeart2

This is what I came up with. A Yarn heart with some of my favourite yarns that turned up in the stash fling for yesterdays post.

It’s been a long day so I’m headed to bed, excited for what tomorrows post will bring!

3KCBWDAY2

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