{"id":9354,"date":"2026-07-06T05:59:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/photography-hack-easiest-camera-use-professional-photos\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:06:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:06:49","slug":"photography-hack-easiest-camera-use-professional-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/photography-hack-easiest-camera-use-professional-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Photography Hack: The Easiest Camera To Use For Professional Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photos are such a funny little thing, aren’t they? They don’t have limits like words do when it comes to telling a story and this is understandably why photography is still one of those things that people across the globe, regardless of what language they speak, can all agree on.<\/p>\n

The first Lumix camera I had was very unplanned. It was a gift given to me back in spring of 2014 (can’t remember the exact month now) and it was just before starting Hand Luggage Only. To be perfectly honest, I’d never even used or considered a Lumix camera back then and in fact, it was the first time I’d ever even heard of ‘mirrorless cameras’. I love my gadgets so I wasted no time in getting to grips with it.<\/p>\n

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Within a few quick photo sessions, I was hooked – the photos that came out of it were so effortlessly brilliant and I have to admit, I took as much credit for it as possible, all the while knowing it was this camera that was doing all the heavy lifting. The camera back then was the Lumix GX7<\/a> with the 20mm F1.7 lens and it was one of the best gifts I’d gotten in a long while. Till date, this camera is still very much in use!<\/p>\n

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Fast forward to September 2016, and just before we went to Peru, I’d decided I’d had enough of a different video camera I’d been using and wanted to get one to capture all the sights properly. I went on Amazon and after about 4 days of searching (and watching A LOT of YouTube reviews), I finally decided on getting a camera upgrade (I’m usually very impulsive so 4 days of waiting to decide was torture \ud83d\ude42 ).<\/p>\n

At the last minute, I remembered how brilliant my older Lumix was and found out that there was an updated version – the Lumix GX8<\/a> which did 4K videos (amongst many other things) and decided to go with that. As soon as I watched back the first video recorded on the GX8<\/a>, I knew I’d made the right decision. 4K video is brilliant! (Plus, you can get stills from the video which helps if you’re trying to capture really fast subject).<\/p>\n

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Random aside:<\/strong> <\/em>One of my favourite things about it is the time-lapse videos you can do on the GX8 – it’s such a fun little feature! Here are a couple of videos we did while we were in Peru (below). They’re posted on Instagram so the quality has been changed (which happens with all Instagram videos) but you can still get a sense of what the camera is capable of. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Here’s what it’s like to be at the top of Rainbow Mountain, even with very little oxygen in the air! \ud83d\ude1c\ud83c\udfc3\ud83c\udffe\ud83d\udc6f\ud83c\udfc3\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udc83\ud83c\udffb\ud83c\udfc3\ud83c\udffb\ud83c\udfc3\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2640\ufe0f . . . . . . . . #RainbowMountain #Peru #Vinicunca #Explore #Travel #Traveler #Explorer #Traveller #Adventure #ExploreFromAbove #Landscape #Wanderlust #Travelphotography #Earthfocus #Theglobewanderer #Awesomeearth #Beautifuldestinations #Ourplanetdaily #Earthpix #Awesome_Photographers #Travel_Awesome #Inspiredbyyou #Instagoodmyphoto #Bestvacations #Lovetheworld #Wonderful_Places #Discoverglobe #Beautifulplaces #Lonelyplanet #Earthofficial<\/a><\/p>\n

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