The new baby’s name is Nikon D5100 and it had to see the world through it’s own lens.
I took a walk through the park down to the harbour and played around with my new options.
It’s been a year ago that I started my own blog. I took a lot of pictures with my small compact camera, I used my opportunities and realized my limitations with it. As a birthday present I bought a new camera, one step away from clicking and one step towards professonalizing my photography.
Last night, I felt like I should have a walk outside and take some night exposures with my small camera, to find out what’s doable.
I had bought a tripod recently, but when I finally used it, I realized that I was only able to shoot horizontal pictures as it didn’t had a joint to tilt the camera to the side!
However, the results regarding light and sharpness where quite fine, considering this was a small digital compact camera from the low price consumer segment, fitting in a trousers pocket.
My resume from the night trip was, firstly going try and exchange the tripod and secondly, buy a new mid-priced professional digital camera, with all the options I want for getting more into photography.
I have to admit that doing a blog project with the start of summer actually isn‘t the best timing. Currently I am spending rather some time outside under the blue skies than sorting through my fotos. The awesome weather at least keeps my busy with creating new images.
Last weekend for example, Continue reading