With just a cheap digital camera,photography can be an inexpensive and satisfying hobby. In the past, before the advent of electronic cameras, it was much more expensive, time comsuming, and tested your patience whilst you waited for your results from the processing lab. The captured image is now instantly available. If it is not what you wanted, you can take another one or digitally alter it on your computer.

If, like many of us, you need a reason to get out into the fresh air and walk, A perfect hobby for you could be photography.Nature Photography can be very rewarding. Once you start to look through your viewfinder, you will discover that the whole world looks different with exciting possibilities. Different lighting and aspects will make images take on different forms.

There are a number of different types of photography and they can be split into two different  catagories - those taken for payment (this will include wedding photography etc.) and those for personal use. Sometimes these will not be quite so easy to differentiate when the photograph you took intending it to be a memory, turns out to be special in one way or another .

The photographs taken for personal use can again be split into two main areas, memories - photographs of your child's first step, bike ride etc; holiday photographs; Family parties, anniversaries etc and 'art' photographs - Images that impressed you, often of common articles taken in striking lighting or unusual settings. Light frequently plays an important part in these types of photographs.

Once you get hooked on photography you will find that you will never want to go out without your camera. Once your camera becomes part of your regularly carried accessories, you will be able to capture anything you see that excites your imagination.

Be it a baby held in loving arms or an elderly couple sitting on a park bench, everytime you take a photograph, it is important to carefully compose the image to create the feeling you are trying to convey. The outsides of the picture are as important as the central image, it should be well balanced and most of all sharp and focussed (unless of course you are trying to convey movement which is a whole different ball game). whilst modern Digital cameras can greatly improve standard protographs, they can also create difficulties if you are trying to be creative. If you are trying to depict speed or movement, it is often harder to do this with modern digital cameras with anti-shake, and auto focus functions.

The more you analyse the images you capture, the more satisfying it will become and the better you will get at it. Whether you are eight or eighty, simply by looking at the world through your viewfinder with imagination you can take good photographs. Age is unimportant.

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