I think it's important to state at the very outset of this blog that I am neither technically-minded nor particularly artistic. The main reasons for my current foray into basic photography are that I get bored quickly and that I enjoy taking 'pretty' pictures of things and embarrassing pictures of people. Therefore when my boyfriend very generously bought me a Canon EOS 400D Digital camera. I was (and remain) quite overwhelmed by the alarming array of possible settings on the camera.