Point N Shoot cameras

Two days after the Dogwoods Arts Festival Chalk Walk, We had a training Meetup on Lightroom 4 and the new changes. This class was also at the Market Square were I was able to see some of the finished chalk art. The only thing I had on me was my point n shoot camera. This just goes to show you that a point and shoot camera can take photos just as good as the big expensive ones. So if you don't have a lot of money but want to take up photography, Go for it. Here's another tip. Lets say you've taken your pictures but they just need a little adjusting. You don't have to spend hundreds of dollars to accomplish this either. There are a lot of free editing softwares out there. The one I've used in the past is Picasa from Google. I was able to do the basics with it and my photos came out looking great.
So it all comes down to your desire to take good photos that you want to share with family and friends. Practice the fundamentals and have a great time.
Here are a couple of shots from my Point N Shoot.

Dogwood Arts Chalk Walk.

What a wonderful day! Knoxville Tennessee's annual Dogwood Arts Festival is in full swing all month and today was the Chalk Walk in down towns Market Square. The day started out pretty nice and everyone was progressing well with their artwork. Suddenly we got hit by a downpour. The rain lasted a while and was coming down hard at times. They talked about doing it tomorrow but the weather finally cleared up. So some diehards stayed to finish their work, The rest will return tomorrow to finish. I will say that everybody there was smiling and just having a great time. This was one of the best Meetups I've been to. As I always do, I'll leave you all a few photos. But don't forget that you can see many more on my flickr site which is linked on the right side of the page. Remember to take those photos so the memories will last forever.

A little color.

While I was out the other day, I was looking around for some more photography opportunities since I always take my camera with me when I'm out. The sky started to get overcast so I really wasn't looking for any landscape shoots. Don't get me wrong clouds can often add a lot of contract to your photo and increase the appeal. But this just wasn't what I was looking for. I wanted something that reflected spring time. As I drove by a Home Depot parking lot and saw all the plants. I knew that this was what I wanted. As always I put some on the Flickr site but will share a couple of them here. I hope you enjoy these and have a wonderful spring.

Knoxville Museum of Art

We all got together for another meet up this last weekend at the local art museum. everyone had a great time and we had a lot of creativity out of the group. I don't think I've posted any on the flickr site yet but there will be some very soon. Our next meet up will be at Fort Loudoun on the 14th. This was a British fort from the 1600s. There will be the raising of the colors, Artillery drills and Musket drills. this should be a great photography opportunity. I'll leave you wit a couple of the museum shots and you can go to my photos on the right of this page to see more. As always, keep shooting and have a great time.