Back from Canada and the woes of an older point and shoot camera

Many photographers will tell you somewhat snobbily that "It's not the camera, it's the person that is responsible for a great capture." I have heard this so many times when a lay person asks something like "This is a great picture, What kind of camera do you have?" Well guess what. I am here to tell you, sometimes it's the camera.

We went to the Wiggles concert in Canada last night. With two children young enough to be considered babies, I in no way wanted to be responsible for my SLR, camera bag, diaper bag, baby food, bottles blankets, etc. So I decided the experience was more important than the pictures. After all, do I think that I will be framing pictures at the concert for display on my mantel? Nope.

I absolutely loved the concert, and I don't think I would have enjoyed it with a heavy camera to protect all night. Unfortunately, there is not one salvagable picture of my son. Or really any of us except The Wiggles. Concert lighting makes it impossible to take decent pictures of both the audience and the performers without a lot of setting changes and using full-auto. When I took pictures of the stage, the great lights made it possible for me to get a decent shutter-speed. Not true in the audience. Motion blur everywhere. And I think there is a problem with this camera Grain at even the lowest ISO. I need to throw it away.

I don't truly regret bringing the old junky camera in as my diaper bag was full, but as you see the pictures weren't great.

If you are waiting for the blotchybaby action tutorial, I will work on it once I have recovered from this cold. Plus I am still waiting for some wonderful person to lend me a newborn picture to work on.