Digital Cameras
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Digital Cameras
My Digital Camera
I got my digital camera and took some quick pictures in my garden, enjoying the very first rays of sunshine after days of torrential rains… and of course I had to honour my special little buzzing friend… the one that gave me my nickname, the . . . “B” ! And most definitely as passionate about fragrant flowers as I am – here a beautiful pink Podalyria calyptrata (also called sweet pea bush) that I initially grew from seeds I collected in the mountains.
Click on the thumbnail and you will see it larger. The original is 3000 x 4000 pixels at 300 resolution… but when we insert our pictures into a website or blog, we have to bear in mind the size and weight of a picture – which translates into speed when loading and opening a page. We have to weigh this against the quality of the picture as when we change the resolution, we lose pixels and… quality.
Further down, I show the same picture – but the whole picture this time – inserted with a width of 480 pixels. I did not change the picture in any way, just added the reflection to present it in a more appealing way.
However, as I lowered the resolution it appears somewhat flat if compared with the cuddly bumble bee we can almost touch in the enlarged overlay of the thumbnail here – just click on it and you see what I mean.
Creating your own Pictures
If the creation of Web Graphics and Images is part of your profession as a Web Designer, then you either have to outsource and buy the pictures and photos you need for your Web Design, website or blog – and while there are literally millions of pictures and relating picture sources out there, this may be very time consuming as you obviously want the picture to match your inner vision of what you want.
Alternatively, give yourself the means of creating your own Pictures. This may be just as time consuming, however, if you are passionate about Photography and Pictures, and you are willing to invest time and effort to learn and refine the necessary skills, then it’s definitely the way to go.
Website Design Tools
You don’t need to become a top photographer – that’s another brilliant profession in itself – you are a Web Designer and working with Graphic Programs and Tools like Photoshop. You are equipped for manipulating pictures in any way you want. We went through some basic tutorials on “How to Create Web Graphics” starting HERE that may be helpful if you are starting out.
I see my Digital Camera as an important Website Design Tool that allows me to create a consistent flow of pictures I will need for my work. Besides, it inspires and motivates me… always giving me some new ideas to explore… and when I write some specific content where a picture is needed, I just go and take it myself. It’s fascinating!
Besides. . . I love spending time in Nature and I find the beauty and abundance that surrounds us … and that we so rarely take time to explore and admire … absolutely breath-taking and incredibly energizing and fulfilling!
Digital Cameras
The world of Digital Cameras today is truly overwhelming. . . and changing extremely fast.
If you do not yet have a digital camera, just shop around on the vast market of digital cameras to see what best fits your purpose and budget.
Once you have the information, go to the local shop and put your eyes and hands on it, feel the weight, how it fits into your hands, how practical it is, how you relate to it. It needs to become a prolongation of your eyes… so identify with it!
Personally, I enjoyed that process as I found so many interesting Digital Camera Reviews and Photo related articles, that it really transported me back into those good old days when I spent days and nights in the dark chamber preparing my black and white pictures. . . sometimes almost collapsing from the poisonous vapours of the chemicals!
These days are over. . . and the era of digital photography has made things incredibly easy and achievable for the normal user as well as those who use photos to create something else – like Artists and Web Designers.
So which Digital Camera did I choose?
NIKON Coolpix P90
As I explained a while ago HERE. . . I went for a NIKON Coolpix P90!
Although I worked many years with Olympus and they have excellent and stunningly designed new digital cameras on the market – although not yet down here in South Africa when I was ready to buy mine -, it’s another price category and… once I had the Coolpix in my hands down here at the local store in Noordhoek. . . it was a perfect fit and my decision was clear!
Besides. . . I got excellent personal and professional service in that Shop from a salesman who was passionate about being a photographer himself . . . plus an even better price than on any South African online site I had studied.
Good to know one’s choices and. . . make the right one!
I’m happy with my Nikon Coolpix P90. . . my first own Digital Camera.
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Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing.
Enjoy your Nikon P90 like I enjoy mine!
I love it … just as I battle with this new French keyboard :)
Delighted that I found your website, fantastic info. I will certainly bookmark and try to visit more frequently.
Hallo Klaus – herzlichen Dank! Viel Freude damit :)
You should add those bookmark share buttons on your site, you’d be surprised how many people actually use them! Unless you already have them and I’m just blind
Thanks, you’re not blind – they will come back!