{Image: Analogue Warrior by Eric Flexyourhead}
Today, as I sat waiting for my Little Man’s assembly to start, the Principal handed me a camera.
“Please take photos. Whenever anyone else does they’re all wishy-washy. You do good. Take photos, please.” were the words she said to me.
Now there’s a little bit of explaining needed here for the above statement.
Since I’ve acquired my DSLR, whenever I get the opportunity, I take photos. I see it as practice for the day when I finally launch myself on the world as a professional photographer. Which means that I take photos at school events. The kids love to pose, I get to practice and the school gets lots and lots of photos to use for PR purposes.
But the camera I was handed today was a point-and-shoot.
Yuck.
No manual focus – just the zoom and pan toggle switch.
No clear view through the view finder – just a blurry version of what my naked eye could see.
And severe lag time between photos.
I was missing possible shots!
Which brought me to the realisation that I am now a camera snob.
Oh, dear… what’s next?
Coffee? (already there on that one me-thinks)
Can you relate to being a camera snob? Have you picked up a worse (or better) camera and thought to yourself… oh, the difference, I definitely prefer (insert your own snobbery here).
Me too, most probably. Actually, when someone hands me a point and shoot, I can’t work them.
I was having the same problem Kellie – couldn’t work the little sucker!
T xo