Photography and the Scout

Photography has been in the Scouting Awards for a good while going well back into the period film photograph was the only game in town.

Today of course it is different although there are those who still prefer to use film but one constant attitude you tend to hear is to take good photographs, you need expensive cameras and lenses regardless of media.

This is simply not true although better equipment can afford possibilities not always available on less expensive equipment but take this Scout here for instance.

He is using a fairly simple digital compact camera with a single built in zoom lens highly likely to be one of Canon's which by coincidence I do own although I have a Nikon Digital Single lens reflex camera with seperate interchangeable lenses.

He is quite capable of taking some very good general photographic images with his because I know I have got very good results out of mine some of which are in this blog and others in my main one on what is an inexpensive model.

Most things come down to technique which you can learn and developing an eye for a good picture as you go about such as at camp or whilst hiking.

Just go out there practise and DO IT.