While strolling around it is always good to look for unique photographic opportunities. After awhile when you look at your surroundings it’s almost as if you are looking through a camera’s viewfinder, or these days the LCD screen. On many an occasion you will be able to use some of your surroundings to actually frame your selected image. On this particular occasion I used the silhouette of some plants to frame this picture I took at Hamilton Island.

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As this photo shows there are photographic opportunities everywhere, even in your backyard garden. All it takes is looking at things in a different perspective.

I took this shot of a simple celery leaf one morning I tried to frame it in such a way that it would catch the different green hues as well as the different layers. This was naturally helped by the natural light conditions. You will probably noticed that I took the shot right after it rained which I did to add a little more character.

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One thing that you will learn in your endeavor to become a photographer is patience. There will be many occasions when when will find that a good photo just does not come your way, as it will take persistence, and yes sometimes luck, to get just the right shot. Sometimes, say when you want that spectacular landscape shot, you may even have to go back in the hope that the conditions you are looking for are all present.

I reckon it took about 20 different takes before I found a bee who would pose long enough for me to take this particular shot.

You will notice how the DOF makes the bee really stand out. Not too shabby for a small digital. I am planning to get a nice SLR digital camera soon and it will be interesting to see the quality of photos I can post once that happens.

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Getting in close to a subject gives it a whole new dimension. Sometimes using DOF will help to make the subject stand out, on other occasions framing it with a contrasting background can also have a remarkable effect.

Most digital cameras will have a ‘macro’ setting that allows you to capture this sort of image, the only thing stopping you is your imagination. Remember with a digital it is best to take a lot of different shots until you get the desired effect.

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There are many reasons why people take photos and I would say that the most important one is for recording memories. People take photos of memorable occasions such as weddings, the birth of a new baby, christenings, birthday parties or when their daughter’s dog does something unbelievably funny.

This is a photo of my daughter’s dog Zak, but I reckon we should call him The Hulk because of the green complexion he got after rolling in the freshly cut lawn. I almost killed myself running down the steps in my rush to get the camera. There was absolutely no way I was going to let this moment slip by.

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