As previously explained, the trigger for writing my photo guide was Albert, who had acquired cameras for himself and his wife, and wanted to know how to use them.
He had worked through the guide, pretended it was useful, and so today we decided we would all go out for a practice shoot. It was a Micro 4/3 only gathering:
</a Panasonic GF1, Olympus EPL-1, Panasonic GF1, Olympus EP1. Floral arrangement by she who must be obeyed.
We did the usual tour of the temples round the lake, Silverlake, and Buddha mountain. Nobody shot using Auto mode, there were discussions on aperture, fill flash came into play, and hopefully they took some shots they will be pleased with.
My haul of snaps was pretty dismal, I shall blame it on being in consultant mode. But I did take the LX3 along to take the camera group shot, so I pointed it at a flower full of insects:
