Entry-Level Cameras: The Perfect Way To Capture Your Memories

10. A Sliding Window

Potentially Used Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ3 How to Purchase: Amazon Price: $447.99* This "Open Window" photo, taken by Ernst P. Sanz and entered into a competition, was a finalist for the LensCulture awards. According to Sanz, the image had a "certain beauty" that became "intensified" when it was "framed with...a window," despite being "apparently irrelevant."

a window open on Pinterest/@cameralab Sanz composed his image with "light, shape, and color," which he could have achieved with a professional camera like the Panasonic LUMIX FZ3, which sells for less than $500 on Amazon and is excellent at taking pictures of moving subjects. Sanz's graphic demonstrates how three colors and three forms may come together to produce a striking picture, despite its simplicity.