My little Lumix is brilliant - not the same as an SLR in terms of picture quality, but so much better in so many different ways. I had a big Canon which took beautiful photographs but was impossible to be subtle with, so I’m loving literally the experience of shooting from the hip these days, and getting completely candid shoots. 90% of the time the pictures are awful, but occasionally there is a gem which makes it all worth it. I don’t want to tell you not to buy an SLR because they are brilliant in some ways, but I must admit that I’m really enjoying the versitility of my new toy. You should definitely try out some of the smaller manual cameras and see which is right for you :)

Massive congratulations on being published!! Which was your story? I thought the standard was amazing. Looking forward to reading more of your stuff. Thanks for taking the time to send a message :)

 ~Jess