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Taking photos proved to be very difficult at first, not having a good digital camera yet. (1998) I made some photographic portraits with a lot help of a friend (Peep Papa). But I had too little control, it took a lot of time, I needed a great lot of hard-to-get help, and was pretty expensive also. Frustrating all together, so I kind of quit.
In the beginning of 2006 I got my first digital camera: the Sony DSC-R1, the only photo camera that had good image quality (10MP, RAW, medium size image sensor, very good lens, manual controls), a life view LCD monitor that can face in just about any direction, and the option to connect a remote to control the shutter.
There are better (and much more expensive) camera's today (2008), like the full frame Canon SLRs or the really beautiful medium format digital cameras. I used to work with the Pentax 6*7, still hard to match that quality. But anyhow; these high quality digital cameras are impossible for me to work with, because most don't offer life view, and the ones that do don't have a LCD monitor/viewfinder that can be faced towards my eyes. I could place a live view camera right in front of my head, but than I can't driven around any more, and I'll lose contact with the one in front of the camera.
Kees Meinardi made this construction: (click the image to enlarge)
I can only “push the button” though, and move my wheelchair in position.
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