Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX5 is a more modest, pocket-sized digital camera, and it is likely to appeal to people looking for a classier-than-average snapshot model with the advantages of 4-megapixel resolution and some more advanced features.

These advanced features include a 4fps burst mode, which can record up to seven frames at the camera’s maximum resolution, which is impressive in a digital camera, especially a modestly-priced pocket-sized model like this one.

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One of the simplest ways of giving your portraits more impact is to vary the composition and poses you use. If you always have the person standing in the middle, your pictures are quickly going to be as predictable as another re-run of Last of the Summer Wine.

So ring the changes, starting with where you place your subject in the frame – don’t always have someone dead centre. Experiment a little, and find out what happens when you place them more to one side. Just a slight change can make a big difference to the equilibrium of the picture and a viewer’s experience of it. Read the rest of this entry