I am a photographer that loves to be ready as you never know when the moment will strike where you need your camera. It doesn’t matter what camera you pick up, as long as the moment is special, capturing it with any type of camera is better than none at all. In a related post, I talked about reaching for the nearest camera, which is the best tool you could have at the moment.

A special moment hits in split seconds. When you recognize something worth capturing, it takes only split seconds for that moment to erode. When you reach for the closest camera, turn it on and take the shot. Don’t worry about settings or exposure or even focus. It takes merely 2 seconds for the camera to boot up and fire the first shot. After that, you can look at your settings and adjust it for the situation as needed. Too many times, people worry about their settings and by the time they are done fiddling with their camera, the moment is lost. You never know when a photographic opportunity awaits you.

My favorite go-to camera is the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 10.1 MP Digital Camera with 3.8x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3.0-Inch LCD – In WHITE of course!. Most of my photos are taken with it because it takes no time to boot up and the photos taken by its “Intelligent Auto (iA)” mode is spot on, sharp, dynamically bright, and amazing overall.

Nice photo of Amanda and Mojito with some color tweaks for artistic purposes. All other pictures can be found on my flickr site.

Amanda and Mojito having a stare-down.

I had nothing better to do today than to torture my Mojito by putting him in a Molson Canadian box. LOL he’s so cute.

Remaining pictures from the heavy machinery graveyard at Spruce Grove and Mojo with his super long tongue sticking out.

Amanda and I took Mojito (left) to the Terwillegar dog park where we met this little cutie, named Chiquita (right). It was chihuahua heaven. For post-processing, I corrected the color balance and that was it.