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have i mentioned how much i love the 85mm lens?
anywho, this last wedding we shot, Carrie & Alberto's, we had the 85 in tow (two of them, actually). one of the big recurring design themes throughout the day was the peacock feather. it really showed up when we got to the reception and as we are wont to do, we started shooting all the different decorations around the reception hall. i made especially sure to get pictures of peacock feathers, but didn't think too much about it until we got home and started unloading pictures.
jac was sorting through and she got to this particular shot and she kept zooming in. and again. and again. and again.
anyways, i've yet to see a lens anywhere that can capture as much as the 85 does. Canon really knocked it out of the park with this one and it continues to absolutely astound me the more i use it.
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the Microcell and other miscellany
so we've had this AT&T 3G Microcell thing in the house for a few weeks now and yesterday, i decided to turn it off. handful of reasons...
- when i bought it, presumably, we were under a "nationwide 3G outage." i thought perhaps it was time to shut it off and see how we fared purely with a normal signal.
- i don't know what it is, whether it has to do with the fact its connected to our router and when data passes through this happens or its switching something, but frequently, the sound on the other end would get really, really choppy. like, borderline Max Headroom choppy. it got real annoying, real quick.
- Apple released the 4.0.1 update, so i was curious as to how the corrected algorithm magic things affected in-home signal.
now, we bought it for a few reasons: our in-home 3G reception has always been crap; for some reason (perhaps the "outage"), neither Jac (on an iPhone 3GS) or i (iPhone 4) could make, receive, or keep calls from droppage; it seemed like a sensible solution, especially with the whole rebate thing.
but in the 24 hours since i unplugged it, we've had nary a problem. Jac conducted a 20 minute LAP phone call this morning from a notoriously bad spot in the house (another wedding booked, thankyouverymuch) with no problem and i made a couple of phone calls with no trouble. the final test was tonight when i called the landline phone, once from the iPhone 4 and once from the 3GS. i slowly walked throughout the house, giving the phones plenty of time to run into interference and drop the call like a bad habit.
perfection.
now, granted, i'm still looking at this...
but hey, we've both had lengthy phone calls inside the house and i've tested it out and it works fine (and obviously, away from the house we're good). soooo... back to the store with you, Microcell!------
we just knocked a whole load of needed gear off our "to buy" list, and we're pretty stoked about it: monopods, new 580EX II Speedlite, a slew of super-charged rechargeable batteries. we're gonna start experimenting with off-camera flash shooting techniques very soon; in fact, we started today (with mixed results). we're pretty stoked about how many new interpretations its gonna open up for us.
that in mind, i've had to really start digging into some research about flash photography. i'll be the first to admit it: i know squat. whenever i've tried, i just get garbage, but i've really started delving full-on into learning just about everything i can. there's a whole bunch to pick up on and i'm doing my best to not cram it all at once in my head (as i know i'll only forget it that much more quickly).
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ok, going back to the original topic... kinda'.
Apple had their little/big press conference this past week, and i have to say i'm generally pleased with how it turned it. i'm absolutely in the camp that believes this whole thing has just gotten way overblown and that there's some small nugget of truth (as smarmy as it may have sounded out of Steve's mouth) that after a string of unprecedented successes, the second any bit of negativity popped up, the media pounced on it like a lion on a steak.
also, much has been said about the comparisons to other handsets, mostly negative. what, did you expect them to not give video proof after they mentioned it in earlier press releases? you can see for yourself on the Apple website. what, you can't reproduce those same results on your exact same make & model of phone? guess what: i can't make my iPhone 4 do it either unless i am earnestly and sincerely trying to. the "Death Grip" is just that, a Death Grip. i have to squeeze to the point of "OMGAMIGONNABREAKMYPHONE" before i start losing bars. regular usage, i'm fine, just as most of you probably are.
but besides all that (and me sounding like the fanboy i know i am), i only have trouble at home, where a problem already existed. elsewhere, i'm golden. i just hope when that free case offer rolls around that InCase will be an option. i really like their stuff.
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and thats all i've got.
night brite moon
the moon was out in full force, so we took some pictures. focus is way, WAY off in 98% of these; we discovered it is quite difficult to focus in the dark. please check them out, as we feel it was all quite neat.
specs!...
- Canon 5D Mark II
- 50mm f/1.8
- ISO stayed right around 400
- all controls set to manual, including timing. you can check the flickr image EXIF data for more specifics, but the brightest ones (obviously) are the 30" ones.





