Alley Cat's tips to great photography

There is a variety of camera equipment. It all depends on the amount of money it costs, and remember: It's not the camera, it's the photographer. Photo by Alison Watkins.

Follow this column for photography techniques and advice from Alison Watkins.

COLUMN
By ALISON WATKINS
fhspress.com Editor-in-Chief
Posted September 18, 2017

Chapter 2: Cameras!

Not everyone can drop $6,000 on a camera, but that's not the end of your photography career. There are more options for every budget.

Nowadays it seems that everyone has a camera in their pocket. Whether it be Apple or Android, both can have exquisite cameras.

Within the past three years the cameras in our phones have been getting to a point to be just as good as a compact digital cameras (commonly known as point-and-shoot cameras). Phones for the most part have fixed lenses but some companies have made lenses to fit over phone cameras to achieve zoom and fisheye, which gives the photo a stretched look.

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ALLEY CAT PHOTOGRAPHY: CHAPTER 2
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