Botanic Bleu: A Camera Right For You

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

How do you find the camera that is right for you?

A question that everyone ponders...

maybe only 30 minutes,
(fast shoppers)

or a couple of hours, or maybe longer...
when camera shopping.

Current Camera - Received as a Birthday Present 8 Years Ago

Do you walk into the closest big-box electronics store

and start looking at cameras on display?

Or, perhaps you are in the store already for something else,

and the camera display catches your eye,
the cute little red one (blue one in my case) that is on sale?

Then when you leave the store you have a cute little ~~red~~ blue new camera.

Some of my cameras from MANY years ago

I've bought point-and-shoot cameras that way all my life,
using them for travel and for family photos, but if you are like me

and are considering buying your first DSLR (Digital Single-Lens Reflex)
that costs a lot more than point-and-shoot cameras, you probably
could use some tips for choosing such a big-ticket item.

Are you ready to start your quest to find a camera right for you?
In a series of posts, you will read about how to search for
the camera right for you.

Get organized by keeping notes on your search
in a special notebook (hard copy or on your computer)
because what you find will include
facts, figures, and prices that will become a jumble
in your mind unless you write them down.
Include the dates, sources, and web addresses where you found the information.

Now might be the time to create a new PINTEREST board
dedicated to your search for a new DSLR camera.
Begin by PINing this first post and then PINing
all of the posts in this series as they are published.

Ready...

Suggestions for how to choose
the camera that is right for you.

✯ 1... Analyze how you will use the camera.

Look at the old photos that you have taken to see patterns

for the kinds of photos you take or that you want to take.

Do you take pictures that show full views of rooms,

photos taken under several kinds of light sources, close-ups of

food for sharing recipes, telephoto shots of birds, outdoor scenery,

super close shots of plants and flowers with blurred backgrounds,

or video demonstrations for DIY projects?

Knowing what kinds of photos you want to take helps
in choosing which kinds of lenses and what accessories you may need.

My list of the kinds of photos I want to take includes
close ups of decor arrangements, full views of rooms, outside shots
of the deck and gardens, and zoomed photos of the garden shed.

That is my list of subjects, but also high on my wish list
is to take photos that are S U P E R S H A R P with bright white lighting.
No more dark, blurry, yellow-y, g.r.a.i.n.y photos for me!
A new camera does guarantee all this... right?

If you are ready to find a camera right for you,
then begin with analyzing how you will use the camera.

Make your notes,
and come back for the next post,