70-200 Impressions So Far

Holding my camera with the new grip and lens is amazing. It feels like a massive camera now and so solid. I LOVE the lens, it's a heavy beast...but what an awesome beast it is. The pictures I've taken with it so far are vibrant with colour and so crisp. I love the image stabilization feature. I was shooting Nahla last night inside the house and there wasn't much light and I was shooting at well below 60 and getting crisp and clear images. The lens is amazing and I feel so lucky to finally have it. I am shooting April's engagement photos this weekend and will be happy to see some of the results I get with it. For anyone wondering the lens is the 70-200mm 2.8 Canon with Image Stabilization. I have wanted this lens for a long time. Nathan Elson uses the lens and does amazing work with it. He inspired me to lust after this lens and now it's almost unbelievable to look at it now and see it on my camera. :)
I also got to play the new Petrof last night. Wow, that piano sounds amazing. Makes me want to learn some new songs. I'll have to start working on learning something new. It'll be fun when Anna and Jenn play together on it sometime. Well, it's Wednesday and time will fly so I better go get on with my day. :)
-Randy

HDR Photography

HDR Images are amazing. They really fascinate me and I think I am REALLY going to try and capture some images and play around with HDR in the near future more. It allows for some really interesting images that a camera just can't do with one image. However taking multiple exposures and blending them together is interesting and can lead to some pretty cool results.

Nathan Elson has some cool examples of buildings he shot in Calgary on his blog. He did some amazing shots there and I am hoping to get some good results as well. I'll maybe post some examples here or on my website should I get some worthy shots worth sharing. :)

Well, Calgary won last night, grrrrrrrrrr, so much for the sweep. Just hoping it's over in 5 or 6 and the Sharks win! :) This picture is of Cory Cardinal (best bud) and Chris Jericho (WWE Superstar) and moi (tall goofy guy) - Cory won tickets to a WWE PPV in Edmonton from the Edmonton Sun. We got to meet Chris Jericho and Victoria (women's champ) and get pics and autographs. It was right after Wrestlemania when Chris Bennoit (RIP) won.

-Randy