become as familiar with my dSLR as i am with breathing.

I love my DSLR. We go just about everywhere together now. Even though we have only been together for 8 months, we are very much in love. I have worn him out a number of times, he runs out of puff (battery!) long before I’m done taking pics. He’s even got the charm of a well used machine, a couple of scratches, bits of dust. I do take good care of him, but sometimes things just happen…

We’re still working on taking really awesome pics, so I’m still not as familiar with him as I am with breathing, but we’re getting there…

I have decided I want to take my DSLR (Olympus E510) with me to Europe – but I’m not very familiar with it, or what settings to use for what environments…I’m only a beginner and have an interest in photography, which is why I bought it…but I dont want to come home with a whole heap of crap shots of great things just because I was too lazy to learn how to use it efficiently!!

I need lots of help though – but cant really afford the time or money to do a course…