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<blockquote data-quote="Jonathan" data-source="post: 212897" data-attributes="member: 17183"><p>Everyone's right. I took photography up again once my youngest (of two) turned 10.</p><p></p><p>Some thoughts: I suggest you need to get a strap like this (I don't have this particular make): <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/walimex-Quick-Strap-for-Camera/dp/B0047CNWEI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1383039009&sr=8-1&keywords=camera+strap+paparazzi" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.co.uk/walimex-Quick-Strap-for-Camera/dp/B0047CNWEI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1383039009&sr=8-1&keywords=camera+strap+paparazzi</a>. When you're manhandling a child and related kit it keeps the camera out of your, and harm's, way.</p><p></p><p>Do NOT carry the camera bag around. You are almost always going somewhere with a camera with the hope of capturing occasional, real life, shots - you are NOT taking your young family on a photoshoot!</p><p></p><p>Yes, composition is very important. I find post processing is pointless unless there is at least <u>something</u> worth working on. Sometimes that can be a zoomed-in corner of an otherwise crap shot.</p><p></p><p>Take lots of photos, especially of moving objects. I <u>always</u> take double-taps so I can select the best to keep. Of flying birds and the like I just go click-click-click and hope I get at least one good shot! You do, of course, need to be hard and delete all the similar but, ultimately, bad shots. As long as you've got ONE good shot of the subject why keep 10 near-identicals?</p><p></p><p>Decide whether you are actually a happy snapper who needs a compact AND and DSLR. I have both for exactly this reason. Generally, any where I go on my personal time I take my D3100, 18-300 lens and that sling thingy. Other places (like when I travel on business) my Sony Cybershot comes with me. I think many people have both types.</p><p></p><p>In my camera bag sits ALL of my kit as a sort of archive. I dip in and take out what I want for the situation. Rarely do I take the bag itself anywhere with me on spec. If I take the bag it's going to be a photoshoot so the family sits comfortably as they know they won't be coming! Having said that, my oldest (12) has a second-hand D40 (via eBay) and my old 55-300 and 18-55 lenses. My youngest (11) has an Olympus compact.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jonathan, post: 212897, member: 17183"] Everyone's right. I took photography up again once my youngest (of two) turned 10. Some thoughts: I suggest you need to get a strap like this (I don't have this particular make): [url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/walimex-Quick-Strap-for-Camera/dp/B0047CNWEI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1383039009&sr=8-1&keywords=camera+strap+paparazzi[/url]. When you're manhandling a child and related kit it keeps the camera out of your, and harm's, way. Do NOT carry the camera bag around. You are almost always going somewhere with a camera with the hope of capturing occasional, real life, shots - you are NOT taking your young family on a photoshoot! Yes, composition is very important. I find post processing is pointless unless there is at least [U]something[/U] worth working on. Sometimes that can be a zoomed-in corner of an otherwise crap shot. Take lots of photos, especially of moving objects. I [U]always[/U] take double-taps so I can select the best to keep. Of flying birds and the like I just go click-click-click and hope I get at least one good shot! You do, of course, need to be hard and delete all the similar but, ultimately, bad shots. As long as you've got ONE good shot of the subject why keep 10 near-identicals? Decide whether you are actually a happy snapper who needs a compact AND and DSLR. I have both for exactly this reason. Generally, any where I go on my personal time I take my D3100, 18-300 lens and that sling thingy. Other places (like when I travel on business) my Sony Cybershot comes with me. I think many people have both types. In my camera bag sits ALL of my kit as a sort of archive. I dip in and take out what I want for the situation. Rarely do I take the bag itself anywhere with me on spec. If I take the bag it's going to be a photoshoot so the family sits comfortably as they know they won't be coming! Having said that, my oldest (12) has a second-hand D40 (via eBay) and my old 55-300 and 18-55 lenses. My youngest (11) has an Olympus compact. [/QUOTE]
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