Take note

One thing I hate doing when taking pictures is taking notes. Notepads are bulky, pens dry up, and I can never read my writing properly, so I attempted a two-pronged approach to digital note-taking when I was doing pictures and video at Belladrum music festival.

With two electronic note-taking devices in hand, I deliberately left my pen and pad at home. The iPod and iPhone are decidedly easier to pocket, to handle and, best of all, you can write on them with your finger.

I used the Voice Memo app to record general information for quotes, and I used the Notes app for taking names.

And it worked surprisingly well. In fact it worked brilliantly, and I doubt I will use my notepad again for such tasks

I followed it up a few days later when I covered a vintage car rally at Brodie. The organisers kindly read out all the prizewinners through a PA system, and I just recorded the whole speech and picked up a programme to check names.

Simple. I might even put the audio clip up with the photos.