Simply put, you shoot what you see. Some people deride point and shoot photography. But often these are people who own 1000 dollar cameras and 700 dollars worth of photoshop software. By the time they’ve achieved perfect capture, by following a strict set of rules or using all the right settings they’ve forgotte… Read more

Simply put, you shoot what you see. Some people deride point and shoot photography. But often these are people who own 1000 dollar cameras and 700 dollars worth of photoshop software. By the time they’ve achieved perfect capture, by following a strict set of rules or using all the right settings they’ve forgotten what made them want to raise the camera anyway. Point and shoot is different. Whatever made you raise your camera at that point of time is your sole concern. It’s not about perfect capture. It’s about the subject, the moment and it’s inevitably about imperfection. Imperfection is frowned upon by so many people and especially to many in the 1000 dollar camera club. To them grain and blur is failure, and often they will have no qualms in telling others this. But it should be remembered that this is merely opinion rather than fact! To many imperfection is fascinating so why try to obliterate it. I think it’s true with most things and certainly with people that often that which is imperfect about them is that which defines them. And point and shoot can be a means to realising and emphasising this. Your photos and the comments you leave on mine are a constant and needed reminder to me of the value of embracing such things. Of adoring grain! Of loving blur! Any feedback is great, but often you make mention of things that I did not see or appreciate, at least consciously, when I took the picture. Often it is an education. It is always about seeing!