I’ve started reading - On Photography, by Susan Sontag. First off - one thing that surprised me is that there aren’t any photos in the book. The first chapter has been really interesting about the first photography taken. It’s something that I’ve noticed a lot travelling - that tourists all have cameras, taking pictures of every single moment; yet they’re not really looking at what’s around them. Ok - I take quite a few pics, but I tend to leave my camera in its bag most of the time.

Think I’ve finally managed to take a picture with my D-SLR, where the object in the foreground is sharp and the background is blurred. Need to do some more experiments.

Might even go on a Canon training course.