Another Nifty Gadget: Camera Remote Control

I bought myself another nifty little camera doohicky: a remote control shutter release!

This little guy means that I don't have to be behind the camera to take pictures anymore. I can just set my camera to self-timer/remote control, get in front of the camera (!) and then click away - it's super easy to use. It even has a switch to set a two second delay, so I can click, hide the remote really fast!, and then have a super self-portrait.

I haven't taken any actual self-portraits with it yet, but I did test the remote when I got it. The only thing I don't love about it so far is that I haven't figured out how to use the live-view in my LCD screen while also using the remote, so it's a little harder to see what I'm actually taking a picture of.

Hence, all of this:









But eventually I started to get it down:

The trick is to hold it in front of the camera! Duh!

This little remote only set me back $20, so far as camera stuff goes it was practically free. I was a little nervous because none of the websites that sell this remote specify that this works with my new Canon Rebel t3i, but I took a small risk (I really had no doubt that this would work) and bought it anyway. My small risk paid off and the RC-6 remote worked with the Canon Rebel T3i right out of the box.



The plan is to set up my tripod one of these days and try to get some photos of myself with the dogs. It is one of my goals, so I'm going to try to do it before the weather stops being so nice.


In other photography related news: I'm thinking about restarting the 2 Peas Photography "12 Weeks to Better Photos" Course. If you've been reading this blog for a loooooong time you might remember that I completed many of the lessons on my old camera (and then I never finished...). I'm thinking about redoing the course with my new camera to learn more about it, but I wanted to get an idea if there was any interest if I did that.

Maybe a few of you would like to do it too with me? Or if not, is there any interest in reading more posts like that? Or is that a redundant redundancy?

You can see all of the lessons here if you'd like to check it out. It's all online and 100% free. It's basic beginner stuff and the whole course is about learning, so don't feel intimidated if you're not sure about your skills, I remember having a lot of fun with the lessons before. If I started it next week the series would end right before Thanksgiving (think of how great those holiday pictures could be!).

Don't leave me hanging: if you're interested let me know! If not, then that's cool (no hard feelings, promise!), but let me know that too so I know not to bore you to tears :)





p.s. All of these photos were taken with my nifty fifty 50mm f/1.8 lens. Heart it.