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| St Paul's and the Millenium Bridge taken from the South Bank of the Thames |
Talking of short things, life is too short.
Yes, yes, I know that identifies me as middle aged, probably wearing slippers, driving a sensible car and a member of the National Trust.
Still it's true.
So, whatever your age, sieze the moment. Kiss that girl. Take a gap year. Have a mid-life crisis (at least in mid-life you have an excuse.)
The same is true in photography.
Take your camera with you everywhere. I know it's not convenient, but how often have you thought "Oh, I wish I had my camera here!" I know I have.
The picture above is one of my favourites. It was taken when I was doing a charity walk of 25 km (about 16 miles). Now you don't want to carry your heavy DSLR around with you on a hike like that, do you? Especially when the forecast is for rain. However, in the hope that I'd see something worth photographing when the weather was not wet, I took along my Nikon D300.
About 20 minutes into the walk, the gentle rain gradually ceased. I was walking east along the Thames at this point and looked left to see this wonderful view. I didn't have a tripod (or even a bag of rice) but I set my camera upon the concrete wall along the river and got this shot. You can see the full-sized version here.
(For the technically inclined: Nikon D300 with 16-85mm zoom, f3.5, 1.0sec, 16mm, ISO 200. There was no need to up the ISO)
So rule number 1: Always take your camera with you.
You don't want to be caught short.
