Vallejo, California is on the northeast extremity of San Francisco Bay, with ferries running to San Francisco. I recently found the ferry terminal to be an interesting place to eat lunch, and I used the opportunity to take pictures — of course. I wanted to take a panorama of the scene outside the large windows. My first attempt lacked a few things, like a ferry and people. In mid-sandwich I saw the ferry arrive and went back to the spot for another try. In the meantime a man had taken up a chair in the corner, and I only had to wait another moment for cyclist to take a position.

We’ve produced a twenty minute video tutorial on the basics of pocket cameras. It includes operation of the camera controls like the zoom and close-up mode, coping with batteries and memory chips, and the mechanics of downloading photos into Adobe Photoshop Elements™. It’s intended for people just getting into digital photography who need an orientation to what’s going on.