WDCash
Loc: Milford, Delaware, USA
I have only recently started playing with a dSLR. My Dad chased pictures as a hobby for 7-10 years. Last year he had a stroke and is now frustrated by his new lack of understanding a camera. Its not just the camera that confuses him not. In order to preserve his picture collection I hijacked his laptop (another great source of confusion for him) and made a copy of all of his saved pictures. I spend days reviewing the thousands of pictures and in the process of selecting and compiling shots to set up on an easier to use tablet viewer, I was infected by the bug to shoot my own.
Shooting a dSLR is a bit of a challenge for me as I have limited use of my right hand and a frozen right elbow. Because of the elbow I can not hold a camera in my right hand to look through the viewfinder. (My elbow will not bend to allow me to touch my face) I started with a mono-pole and an electronic remote shutter release but quickly learned to shoot with the camera in my left hand and the shutter control in my right. I have to pre-think my shots to make speed and aperture adjustments before sighting a shot. Its slower but working.Being a bit of a bird and wildlife fanatic plus a very avid boater provides me with a lot of picture opportunities. Most of you already know what I am quickly learning. Finding a good shot and capturing it are two vastly differentiate things especially when shooting from a moving boat (boats always move) at living targets that move to survive.
So for the purpose of introduction Ill attach a couple shots from taken from the ground at slower moving subjects.
WDCash
Loc: Milford, Delaware, USA
and a little abstraction as well.
Sorry I forgot to mention.
I borrowed my Dads Canon T3i along with the stock lenses it came with. Not great glass I know but able to produce better pictures then I so more than aqueduct for the foreseeable future.
Love the image of the flower. Nice composition.
I am a true lefty. I wish they made a left handed camera.
I’m glad you are finding ways to enjoy this hobby.
I’m sure your dad appreciates you going through his pics. Maybe an electronic picture from would help him. He could see his images without the aggravation.
WDCash
Loc: Milford, Delaware, USA
Thanks very much.
Mom and Dad had a small Samsung tablet that they were clueless to use. I moved all the apps to the background, to remove temptation. Then put about 9500 of his pictures on a 32 gig micro chip. Installed the chip into the tablet and gave them only one app selection.
This way if they get into trouble all they have to do is keep hitting the back button till they refund the home screen.
For now It the best solution I could come up with.
I'm planning on purchasing a picture viewer. We had 3 of these about 5 or 6 years ago. It looks like a picture frame with a blank screen
I'll load a selection of meaningfully pictures to it and it will do a constant slide show for them. With the number of shots available I doubt it will repeat very often.
Welcome! Looking forward to your posts and pictures. Happy shooting!
Welcome to the forum. Thanks for sharing some photos.
Welcome to the Hog WD, enjoy.
Welcome to the forum.
Jack
WD. Nice shots. Welcome. Glad you came here.
Welcome to UHH WDCash, glad you joined us.
Have fun, learn and enjoy the forum.
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