Canon PowerShot SX20. My number one tip is also to avoid the bright sun. I try to take photos early in the morning while still in the shade or in the evening. I used to do manual settings but now I pretty much do everything on auto. Normal setting. Very rarely use Macro setting.
“Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the world in the way they have been told to.”
- Alan Keightley