The Camera - Thematic Photography

I rarely took good photos with cameras before digital cameras came along.

It was as recent as 15 years ago that I bought a FinePix 2600Zoom and gave my Olympus 10 to my younger son (who promptly sold it!)

FinePix 2600Zoom

I was upset when the FinePix stuck as you see it now with the lens extended. I was even more upset when the Fuji dealers said it could not be repaired.

Later I invested in a Panasonic Lumix, the one you have seen before.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50

This is the camera I use most of all - in automatic mode and for macro shots.

In the last few years I also invested in a Sony digital HD video camera recorder with which I took the shots of the FinePix and the Panasonic. Its only slightly larger than the FinePix and can be carried easily in my trouser pocket.

Sony Handycam HDR-CX250

In the photo mode the zoom is superb, so much so that I can see the pattern on the wallpaper in the bedroom across the road!

I have to confess that I regard the phone on my camera as a toy and rarely take photos with it.

Nokia camera

I never seem able to hold it still. Usually I will go back to the same spot and use the Sony instead.

My wife has an i-Pad Mini which gets used occasionally. This was one of first shots taken with it.

i-Pad Mini

I wonder what happened to my head.

For other cameras in use check out the links at Thematic-photographic-341.

Messy - Thematic Photography

"To find a form that accommodates the mess that is the task of the artist now."

If you substitute photographer for artist in the quote from Samuel Beckett you get the task that Carmi has set us this week.

Where to begin?

Messy corner

Having loaded up with cameras, backpack and hat I only had to travel to the bottom of my drive for another messy corner created by a sycamore tree losing its leaves.

Autumn's first mess

With autumn taking a step forward, it does seem to have been long since something in the pink has turned into a messy sight.

'Browned off hydrangea'

Then there is a mess that is becoming more useful as it ages.

Maturing horse manure

And a sign that nature can take care of its own mess as it rots.

Blackberries past their best

Some autumn sights add colour to a scene.

Grass verge carpeted with leaves from an ash tree

But there is some mess that I wish some people would not leave behind.

Messy litter (5 months old) dumped in a lay-by

Have I succeeded with this 'messy' post?

"Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made of things." (T S Eliot)

To view others' posts check out the messy links at Thematic-photographic-310.