they make me laugh.

One frame from the beach on Monday. It was 78 degrees on the ocean. In February. Usually, even if inland areas are in the upper 70’s this time of year, the beach is still chilly. We weren’t the only ones enjoying it. Everyone was flocking to the beach. I love being a part of that herd.

(image taken with my point and shoot. Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3. still getting used to it. anyone have tips on how to lose the digi point and shoot “sharpness” that makes it so obvious the files come from a point and shoot?)

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  1. Hi Tara! I love your blog and you take amazing pictures. My son just bought a Nikon D-something SLR and I sent him your site URL and your “wahts in my bag” list – he is drooling over your Canon 5D!

    I used to work at Orange County Water District so I am familiar with the OC.

    Just wanted to say hi. The picture you take blow me away! I would love to take family pictures like that, but I usually have to threaten everyone to stand there and smile!

    Judy

  2. I have that same camera,
    and my photos SUCK from it!
    I don’t know how to get ANYTHING good.
    this looks awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    better than ANYTHING I have shot with mine!
    I barely use it because I don’t know HOW!
    I need to take a class for it HA!
    tara pp

  3. I have read that the trick to getting a blurry background is to zoom out all the way and set your picture mode to portrait – I haven’t had a lot of success either w/ my P&S but have been meaning to try that.

  4. i always feel super embarrassed that i cant seem to take a good picture with a point and shoot but have no problems at all with a complicated professional camera…..LOL. If you figure it out please share……;)

  5. I have this same camera and have had some pretty good luck with it. I bought it on Nate Kaiser’s recommendation and he has some good pointers on getting the bestest out of it. Here’s what he told me:

    the only thing we changed was to turn on the face detect AF. we also shoot a lot of stuff in full manual. also, when using the flash, the lcd looks way brighter than it will on the computer.

    Glad you got to enjoy the beach. Seriously gorgeous weather this week!

  6. I have the LX-3, as well as a 5D. Of course I love the 5D more (like it’s an extension of my body), but there are some things I like about the LX-3. I love shooting in 16X9. It’s a really fun ratio to explore. Have you tried shooting in RAW with it? (finally available for Aperture and iPhoto, but long available in Lightroom and CS4). Alternately, you could turn the .jpg sharpening down in the camera settings if you prefer .jpgs.

  7. Thanks, Tara. Unfortunately they don’t sell swim wear during the Christmas season in the land where I’m from…the land with no sun ;) I checked online, no luck. It’s darling, though and I’ll be on the hunt for one like it for my girl! Oh, and I think you’re pretty awesome and take awesome photos.

  8. I hated my G11 when I got it too, but then I checked out the discussions on flickr. Have you checked lumix dmc-lx3 group on flickr? They might have posted something useful. I love this photo, it captures the day!!

  9. Nope; I, personally, hate my point-and-shoot. With a passion. I can’t get anything decent from it. Heck, I feel like I do better with my iPhone. It’s nice to know that even a stellar photog like you is stumped by the stupid point-and-shoot.

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