I have a brilliant Canon DSLR camera, a really good little point and shoot Nikon camera and of course there’s the camera on my iPhone 5 which is also a great little camera. I have an extra lens for my Canon and also a brilliant Macro lens for my iPhone.
(It’s OK, I’m not showing off, I do actually have a point to make in a minute!)
I use sites like Picmonkey on my laptop to edit my favourite photos so I get the best picture I possibly can. I actually have about 10 photo editing apps altogether on my phone if I’m honest but I mainly use Instagram to share my photos and to add filters to them to make them look better.
(Again, I’m not bragging – I’m fully aware that my photos are definitely nothing special (except to me) and I’m certainly not an expert in taking them or editing them!)
So why am I telling you all of this today? It’s because I was looking through the little box thing that I store all the photos I’ve taken since I first got a digital camera last night – I can’t remember what it’s called, an external hard drive maybe? Anyway, whatever its called, it holds all of my photos of the kids from babies right up until now. The vast majority are before I had any sort of decent camera and they certainly weren’t taken with any special lenses or been edited in any way.
Half of them are out of focus slightly and I could look at them now and clearly see the difference between those photos and the ones I take now. But…. it’s not the quality of the photos that stand out when we look through them as we did last night as a family. It’s the smiles and the memories that we see when we look at them and we had a lovely couple of hours laughing together at some of the photos and remembering the things we’ve done together.
So, my point (finally) is that it’s great to want to learn to take better photos, it really is. But if you can’t afford a snazzy camera or the completely unnecessary extras you can buy to go with it or you don’t want to be bothered with the faffing about involved with editing your photos, you don’t need to worry. Your photos will be just as precious to you anyway and in years to come, you won’t see the imperfections or the ways you could have taken the photo better. All you’ll see are smiles and memories – just like I did.
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So very true, no matter the quality, it really is the moment that is captured.
This is a fantastic post. No matter what camera you use, there is always a message behind a picture. x
Totally agree! Although perfect pics look better on canvas it's certainly the memories and smiles that matter. x
I have two cameras too but am happy with the pics on my iPhone!
What a fab post, do have to say love my Nikon d3100
it is indeed, but sometimes it costs way too much
I am learning to take better photos and have bought a DSLR camera, but I am just as happy with the snaps on my phone that I edit with some funky apps
Exactly, I have a bridge camera and hubby has a DSLR but some of my favourite photo's or Baby have been taken on my phone xx
True! Photographs are about capturing a memory x
The best camera is the one you have in your hand…it's what I always say, and I'll stick by that – my expensive camera is no good to me, if it's at home and all I have is my phone and I want to capture a memory!
Wonderful pictures, I really need to try and play with apps more I'm sort of stuck at picmonkey LOL x
I totally agree. I've almost finished uploading and saving all my photos to the cloud and I have many, many blurry shots or pictures in bad light etc. They mean so much though that I still love to look at them.
I recently discovered snapseed and love it! I only have one lens for my Nikon but hope to buy some more in the future 🙂
Sylvia @ Happiness is homemade
Very true…people get caught up in having the best pics out there….but it all about memories! Whether blurry or not!
I agree with this. I took photographs on a relaly old canon for years and years and only just upgraded this year and i still love my "old camera" photographs just as much 🙂 x
totally agree with this. of course its nice to have a good camera and improve on photography skills if you want, but if your main aim is to capture happy moments in your family then it doesnt matter about camera or skills, just that you captured the moment 🙂
This is a great post. I am just in the middle of transfering my pictures onto a hard drive now and cannot believe how many snaps I take! Your point is so valid though. Who cares if the lighting in a picture is not spot on or slightly blurred. There our memories and our pictures!
This is so true! It really doesn't matter it's all about the memories for me and what the certain photos mean to me x
I agree with this. Whatever kind of camera that you have it is always depend on your ability to make it look natural and successfully captured. But of course, training makes the whole experience different. Start taking of the training wheels to make your abilities better.
so true , i have soso true , i have so
many gorgeous pics of my little ones and they were used using my phone 10yrs ago x