Still on my wish list is a large diffuser that I’ll probably make myself. Most of my photography occurs on the back wall of our outbuilding. The problem with that wall is it gets bright, direct sunlight in the morning, which washes out my photos. In the late afternoon, once the sun has passed pretty far over in the sky, the light takes on a gray tone, which also doesn’t look great in my photos, so the best time to take photos is from about 1 – 3 pm. That’s a very small window of time, so I hope that I can extend it into the morning hours by diffusing the direct light.
I know many of you have commented that you are hoping to move from a point and shoot to a DSLR camera, so I thought I’d share my purchases with you. I’m very much a novice, but hope the information will be useful for some of you.
Angie
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Hi Angie! Thanks for your camera info. I also have a Rebel and am trying to improve my photography skills. It is a great camera, and certainly suits my needs for now. Good luck with your efforts! Sue
My level of photography expertise is similar to yours, so when I got my camera I took the free classes that the camera shop offered. They suggested I buy a clear filter for my lens. It was less than $20 and protects the lens when people like you and me plunk it down wherever. You can take photos with the clear filter in place. If I scratch the filter, I can afford another so I leave the lens cover in the camera bag. Hope this helps!
You will love your new items. I have all the lenses I want now but you do need different ones for different things. Looks like you got a great buy.
Great tips Angie, thank you! I purchased my first DSLR Boxing Day… what a delight to use! Those lens cap clips are a wonderful idea – my problem is, whenever I put the cap down, Dakotah thinks it’s a toy and bats it off the table and around the floor like a hockey puck. I am amazed I haven’t lost it under the furniture yet. Darn cat! 😉
Tamron offers some great lenses for a fraction of the cost. I’ve been really happy with the ones I’ve used in the past so I’m sure you’ll love yours. I still don’t care for the Canon I bought a year ago, it’s the first one I’ve had and I’m definitely going back to a Nikon, but the Nikon I wanted is ten times the cost and I too am SO hard on my cameras! The one I have now wasn’t exactly cheap and I’ve only had it a year but it’s already slathered in paint, dirt, sand, been dropped, kicked, sprinkled on… so I just haven’t been able to justify going to that professional level yet. Your pictures absolutely have evolved to that magazine quality though Angie. I LOVE and truly appreciate all your photography!! Thanks for sharing