New blog and first post!

Hi all!

Brand new blog and first ever post here, so for my first post I would like to introduce myself and thank you for visiting and will tell you about the kind of posts you can expect over the next many months

So the idea of this blog is to share some of my stories whilst outdoors or indoors with my camera, so along the way you will read all about my journey in photography which I started to take more seriously as of late last year when I looked into taking my photography from just some basic 'hobby' into something much more, so while I may not have purchased a DSLR camera, because I could not afford many different interchangeable lenses and will not for many years

So for Christmas I asked for a Nikon P510 bridge camera, I wont go on too much about that. But I ended up selling it, soon after that I was an owner of another bridge camera, the Canon SX40HS. Originally in November or it may have been October, it was a battle off between those two, but I chose the Nikon P510 over the SX40 for the reason the P510 had slightly more zoom (42x compared to 35x (1000mm vs 840mm)) and had some cool features like in camera auto panorama stitching, come Febuary I decided I wanted the SX40 instead because I found there was not much difference in zoom for what I would be using the cameras for, and the panorama stitching i rarely used

Cutting to the point... I wanted the SX40 instead of the P510 because they both have similar features, produce very similar image quality, CHDK is available for the SX40, which if you don't know is short for 'Canon Hack Development Kit' which you can load onto the camera and unlock features Canon decided not to include on the camera, otherwise there would be no reason to buy much more expensive cameras I guess, it unlocks the possibilities of RAW shooting and other cool features like time lapse, to find out more go here.

On top of that, it also has something the P510 does not have, which to be honest I thought I would not really need, because I mainly shoot outdoors most of the time, but I know I want to pursue a career in photography at some point, and I know this one simple thing will not get me a career in photography, but I know if I am going to be shooting families, children or get into the modelling industry as a photographer then it is a must have feature, and that is the hot shoe that sits on top of the SX40 and allows for external flash units and if you are a photographer, you know that using on board flash gives a harsh look to an image, like a models face for example

and after all that, I ended up sending the SX40 back! Reason being is because of the size of my hands, they are large hands, and I could just not handle the SX40 as I found it very awkward to handle, and the only main advantage the SX40 had over this next camera I was going to get was zoom, As I write this post, the SX40 is back at the place where I bought it from and I am currently in an exchange process of exchanging it for the Panasonic DMC FZ150

As I receive the FZ150 I will update the blog as I receive it and have had time to play with the camera, but for now I will leave a quick introduction.

So more about me... My name is Kevin, I live in a not so lovely town in Essex, but with nature parks not too far from me, I can't complain too much. I am 28 years old and love photography! Well I guess that was a rubbish introduction, but you know my name, roughly where I live and my age, not sure there is too much else to tell without boring you, Incase anyone wonders what KeCa means, well for those that know my full name, take the first 2 letters from my first name and my surname, stick them together, and you have KeCa, I thought it was kind of creative and does not sound too bad and thought it was something that was easy to remember

Over the coming weeks, months and maybe years as I said earlier I will post stories about my journey into becoming a better photographer, trying to help others who also own a FZ150, and those who own other cameras aswell, such as a Nikon or Canon

For now, thank you for reading and if it was too long and you didn't read it all, well what can I say, no cookie's for you!