Shaken

One of my early concerns about having Parkinson's was how it was going to impact my photography.  Pair of Razorbills getting to know each other again after a winter at sea I had pictured my retirement involved a lot of time striding (ambling?) across remote coastal headlands carrying a camera and a big lens, when the consultant started talking about 'degenerative neurological condition' and I suddenly could see the stiffness and tremor (in the arm I use to fire the camera shutter) whisking away my plans.   The meds used to treat Parkinson's may not have evolved much in the last few decades, but fortunately camera technology has.   The switch to digital cameras means that I never need to change films in the field, and I can shoot several thousand images before needing to swap memory cards.  More recently image stabilisation in both the camera and the lens has significantly reduced the impact of camera shake, and I haven't yet had to get into the serious gyroscopic gi...