klaus_k_nielsen

<p>I have a Canon 7D with a bag of lenses and speedlights, plus a few monolights for portrait studio work.<br> For holidays and social occasions where I am not invited with the purpose of photographing the event, I bring my Canon PowerShot S120. I brought the DSLR on a holiday once, but the pictures were not significantly better for the intended use (Social media and viewing on our tv screen) and I were much more prone to leave the camera in the room or in the car.<br> So I live by the rule that the best camera is the one you have with you.<br> In your case I would sell the Nikon gear and go the Sony RX100 route. Good luck.</p>

<p>As it appears from the Amazon customer reviews, this is a camera with no qualities except for the price. The only thing the bride did wrong was to buy the product, and IMHO the seller should never have brought this piece of flawed technology to market at any price.</p>

<p>Of course you need to learn technique and you have been given some good advice above.<br> Here is a link to a guide to relating to your subjects, a part of the art of portraiture which in my opinion is far more important and often overlooked:<br> <a href="http://strobist.blogspot.dk/2012/08/on-photographing-people-pt-1.html">http://strobist.blogspot.dk/2012/08/on-photographing-people-pt-1.html</a><br> You have to realise though, that if learning portrait photography were just five or ten easy steps, many more people would do it. To become outstanding, a lot of work and thought is required.</p>

<p>A very practical approach to the language of photography is displayed by Andreas Feininger in Total Picture Control.<br> A far more theoretical and philosophical author is Roswell Angier in his book Train Your Gaze which is mainly about portraiture, but covers many kinds of people photography.<br> Good luck. </p>