Splish Splash

Ashley and I watched Kian last weekend while Scott and Tracey went out for dinner. He was in a great mood all night and enjoyed his bath. I’m a little behind getting these photos posted because I have started shooting in RAW format instead of jpeg. With the learning curve it’s taking me a little longer to process photos now. I read an article last week about how squaring your photos can give it a more professional look. I agree as long as your not getting them all framed; that could get expensive. Feel free to click on Kian’s Blog on the right side of my page  (under the map)  to see what he is currently up to. If you do, be sure to ask his mom to tell you the story behind (hint) the bath cloth in his mouth in the photo

 

Big and Tough

So my dog isn’t getting much bigger and she sure doesn’t look very tough, but at least I can make her look big and tough… excluding the rubber chicken. J The colors from my new camera are amazing! Some people like warmer photos in regards to white balance, but I like true color and this camera is awesome at delivering it. The lens continues to amaze me too. Note the shallow depth of field. I love it!  

New Gear

As most of you know I am planning to start my photography business this summer. This requires me getting lots of new equipment. Over the past few months I have been slowly buying a few of the lower priced items that I will need, like camera bags, memory cards and rechargeable batteries. This week however, I purchased my new camera body and lens. These two items along with 1 other lens that I have yet to buy are the bulk of my start up cost. For budgetary reasons my original plan was to go with the Canon 40D and then upgrading down the road, but thanks to the help of my father I was able to get the nicer full frame 5D.  I have some practicing to do. There is a big difference between my old camera and this one. The lens is a Canon 24-70 2.8 L This is my first “L” series lens. So far I am very impressed, most of my studio/wedding photos will come from this lens so I spent the extra money for the 2.8. A piece of glass and some thick wrapping paper turned to its back side provided the backdrop for these shots. Need-less-to-say these two photos will probably be the last I take with my XT for a while.

   

Fetch

We haven’t got much rain this past week, so the mutt got to fetch outside for the first time in about 5 months. Despite the birds, squirrels, smells, leaves, trees and bees she managed to stay interested for 10 minutes.