One of the best sites I have found for information on digital cameras is www.dpreview.com. The founder and editor Phil Askely and his staff provide detailed, full reviews of digital cameras, news about up-coming cameras, and forums to post and read other people’s opinions. The site is easy to navigate and to quickly find the information you need. I like the in-depth reviews because it will show you screen shots of every screen and a explanation of all of the items on a screen or dial. Great if you forget what the or mean!

Keep scrappin!

Stan, the DaddyKitty

Aren’t digital cameras great? I got serious about photography when I was a teenager back in the dark ages of the 1970’s. Then I had my trusty Kodak Instamatic camera and photographed everything I could think of in that funny square format. The great thing about it and other film cameras is you had to press the camera against your face to see thru the viewfinder. This forced you to brace your arms in towards your body and hold it to your face - thereby getting sharper pictures.

Not so with a digital camera.

Most people, even if their digital camera has a viewfinder, hold it away from their body so they can see the view screen on the back:

Try it yourself. Go grab a camera - I’ll wait…

See how unsteady it is? It’s hard to hold a camera out like that and hold it still enough to get sharp, clear pictures. To get better results tuck those arms back closer to your body, so at least your elbows are touching your body:

Even better, use the viewfinder (if your camera has one) and use the view screen for taking a look at that great shot after you take it!

Thanks to our top notch model Katie! Until next week - keep scrappin’ and photographing!

Stan - The DaddyKitty