Some good friends came for a visit from another state and one of the things I have suggested while visiting Brisbane is for them to come and see Mt. Cootah. As the name suggest, Mt. Cootah is a tourist destination high up in the mountains overlooking Bribane.

Up in this marvelous location are restaurants, a coffee shop and a small souvenir store. As I have been here before, I thought it would be quite an ordinary day. It would be even less ordinary as I forgot to buy some batteries for my digital camera. I'm not that much of a camera buff but I manage to  to take some remarkable shots considering my camera is only a digital point and shot type (with a few extra ordinary features).

My friends bought their own cameras as well and were asking for a few pointers on how to take good shots. I taught them some of the basic lessons I have learned from my brother who is a professional photographer.

Off centre photography. This concept is quite simple. Instead of capturing the subject at the centre of the photo, try placing the subject on the centre of the photo's quadrant. So if you equally divide the photo above in four - that basically creates four quadrants.

Angles and Vanishing points. This photo on the right is more dramatic because of its angle. The off centred principle is also applied here as you can see, my friend is not on the centre of the picture. The stair rails vanishing towards my friend gives this photo an additional depth compared to the photo above where everything seems to be flat.

The good thing about having a digital camera is that once you made a mistake or didn't like the picture, you can always take it again without additional cos of developing the picture (which is how it was in the olden days)

At the end of the tour, Mt. Cootah did not disappoint. I saw breath taking views, some really nice snapshots and some really wonderful friends

What more can you ask for?.