The Herald is a labor of love, and sometimes that means scraping by with a 10-year-old point-and-shoot when the budget won’t allow for something fancier. The weapon of choice: a Lumix ZS-100, which was way cheaper when I originally acquired it. That puppy is a $600 eBay buy now; Zoomers are snapping up easy-to-use cameras that can free them from the confines of a high-tech iPhone.
All that to say: Summer is officially over. It was a big one for the Herald team: We relaunched our summertime magazine, Do the Shore, into a full-fledged editorial publication that can stand side by side with our flagship product, the Cape May County Herald.
Most of the photos in the magazine – many of the cover shots, photos for feature stories, photos in the introduction – were taken by me on a beat-up Lumix ZS-100. Zoom is its biggest challenge, and the display sometimes glitches out and turns off right when I’m gonna nail a shot.
It’s important to me that our magazine be filled with beautiful images. I’m no photographer, but the task fell on me. I think I became a better shot as the summer crawled by. Displayed are what I consider among my best shots. Take a look!
Contact the reporter, Collin Hall, at chall@cmcherald.com or 609-886-8600, ext. 156.
