Instant Results

Today I met Noel for a one hour one to one lesson. We met at Burrishule Abbey. Noel had a good camera, one of the larger compact cameras. Like so many people Noel only used his camera on Auto.Todays cameras are really really good, and like cars they can be driven in auto, but most people who drive cars prefer to use manuel controls. It is almost an obsession of mine, I would love to teach everybody with a camera to switch off auto. Now I dont think people need to be thinking in fstops and shutter speeds but I do think the photographer needs to exercise some controls. Noel today was a great student and after we carried out a couple of experiments he quickly understood how his camera was working and his photograhy visibly improved. Noel himself was amazed at how easily he could improve his photographs. This is one of the great things about digital photography, you get instant results. I think I have converted him and I think he has switched off "auto" for good!.


I took this panorama on the way back from Burrishule. What attracted me was the colour of the seaweed. It was taken at 1pm, not a good time for landscape because the sun is too high, I must keep an eye open for the same location early morning at low tide, a very low sun could be great on that seaweed.