Point and Shoot like a pro

A photographer shares his pictures at a dinner party. The hostess says, "My, you must have a really expensive camera to get such great pictures." He smiles and replies, "you must have really expensive pots and pans to have made such a great dinner."
This is a continuation of my wireless point and shoot trigger and how to achieve dramatic photos using a cheap little camera. I get asked what kind of camera I use quite often and I'm here to show you that it's not so much the camera. Unedited photo taken with my little ole Canon A570 IS
Part I: Water & Sunset
Part II: Land
Part III: Set up and equipment video

Hey, what kind of camera do you use?

That is the most common question I get. My favorite story involves a photographer sharing some of his pictures at a dinner party. The host says, "you must have such a great camera to get such wonderful pictures." He thanks her, smiles and replies, "you must have such great pots and pans to have made such a lovely dinner." So I'm starting a "look what you can do with a point and shoot" and a mediocre one at that series. The following posts will explain how to achieve pictures like this with a simple point and shoot. The picture above was a test shot self-portrait using a ten second timer. Later I will be using a model to show various lighting techniques to use with your point and shoot camera to get better pictures.