The Canadia Blog started with a trip to Canada (hence the name) last year, and now it’s time for another. Once again, the Canadia blog gets to live up to its name. I left today with my grandparents, and this time I’m driving up to Newfoundland. We drove up to South Carolina today, with New York coming tomorrow. Unfortunately, there’s not much to talk about now, other than a long day full of driving. On the bright side, I found a DC inverter to run my laptop off the vehicle’s power, so I was able to get an awful lot of work done on my new project, FlexGallery.
Archive for June, 2009
To Canadia Again
Monday, June 29th, 2009The Vinopal Wedding
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Exchanging the rings
I shot my cousin Jessyca’s wedding last Saturday, and had a grand old time doing it. Weddings are always a fun affair, and coming out with potentially embarrassing photographs of family members just makes it all the more amusing. I got to shoot the wedding with a new 5D Mark II and a 24-70mm f/2.8L to play with. I put the 24-70 on the 5D, which got me some amazing wide shots, and then put a 70-200 on my 20D for longer range stuff. All said and done, both the event and the photos turned out great. (more…)
Of Cats and Leashes
Sunday, June 14th, 2009
My cat Boo, who's made a home of my shoe box.
Today’s lesson: cats don’t like leashes. Or at least that’s what I’ve found trying to leash-train mine. When we moved to a new house, I was a little worried about Boo (an occasionally outdoor cat) wandering off and getting lost in the new neighborhood. So I decided to leash train him. Unfortunately, Boo didn’t take too well to my idea.
Robinson Preserve Again
Saturday, June 13th, 2009
I found this little guy sitting on a tree on the way out
I got to make another trip to Robinson Preserve a couple of days ago, this time with a friend specifically to go photographing. I only shot with my 70-200 f/4 this time, and it turned out surprisingly well, for the short focal length. Hopefully next time, though, I’ll have access to a 400 f/5.6 again, which will give me an awfully better view of the wildlife. In the meantime, I made do well enough at 200mm, just had to be a little bit sneaky with the assorted creatures (birds, mostly). And, of course, there was a little bit of cropping involved in post processing, but I guess that’s just the way it goes sometimes. (more…)
5D Mark II
Sunday, June 7th, 2009
A quick portrait of my grandpa. The detail in the full-size image is unbelievable.
My grandpa got a copy of Canon’s 5D Mk II lately, and I got a chance to play around with it. It’s truly difficult to describe just how incredible this thing is. It does ISO 25,600, and does it better than my 20D does 3200. That, with 21 megapixels of resolution, incredible detail, and an utterly spectacular field of view and depth of field, just make for an unbelievable camera. I’d love to pick one up myself, but of course it’s a little cost prohibitive.