Ever since Canon announced the 7D, I have been having an internal struggle. When I bought my 50D a year ago, I knew that Canon would come out with something better. But honestly, I didn’t think that it would be better and affordable.
So last night, I came up with reasons why I don’t want the 7D:
It’s not the best of economies right now. If I didn’t get my 50D when I did, plus with the new baby, would I really be able to get the 7D at this point?
I have a video camera and a small point and shoot with excellent video quality. I can’t hold the 7D in one hand and do something with the other hand like I can with the other video camera I have.
Really, 18 megapixels. I am fast filling up a 1T hard drive with 15 megapixels. Those extra 3 megapixels would hurt. Really.
I am out of ideas. Do I sound convincing that I really don’t want the 7D?
I was up at my 3am feeding, which is where I usually check Twitter and saw that Lightroom 3 Beta has been released! It really took everything I had to go back to sleep and not install it immediately. But 6am feeding – all bets were off and I am downloading it now. Check out Scott Kelby’s post for the new features.
http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2009/archives/7004
Something to remember – This download will install the Lightroom 3 beta and will work independently alongside your installation of Lightroom 1 or higher. The beta version is intended to provide an opportunity to give feedback and as such, does not read, upgrade or import catalogs from previous versions of Lightroom. If you currently own Lightroom, please continue to use Lightroom 1 or higher for your primary workflow needs.
I don’t feel like I have enough time to learn about Lightroom 2 much less test Lightroom 3. But I am eager to try it out every once in a while.
A few weeks ago, The Baltimore Sun ran an article about sunflowers being grown in Harford County, Maryland – acres of them! I couldn’t resist taking a drive and photographings some of the flowers.
This is ony of my favotire shots. I like the row of sunflowers, the depth of field, and the blurring effect.
My plan is to take more drives like this and photograph more of beautiful Maryland.
I am giddy to listen to today’s Master Photographer’s Telesummit. Yesterday, I picked up some great advice about selling photos and customer relationships. I also learned what dynamic market the Senior market is and will learn more about it today. I especially am looking forward to Sarah Petty’s talk about building and promoting a brand identity.
This is one of those times I am extremely glad I am at home – I am listening to The Joy of Marketing Telesummit. It’s a collection of photographers talking about marketing your photography business, sales, etc. See the entire list of speakers here: http://telesummit.thejoyofmarketing.com/speakers
I am especially looking forward to the Facebook marketing segment.
My undergrad minor is in marketing and I have always been interested in marketing. So, this is of interest to me in many different ways. Right now, I am listening to Edward Zemba and how to take control of a conversation. Very interesting stuff!
edit: What an amazing day! Listening to so much talent has really inspired me. I confirmed much of my marketing skills and picked up some great new tricks that could work for photography or really any business. I can’t believe that this is free – really looking forward to tomorrow.
So, I couldn’t wait to write about my heavy, thick backdrop. Now the problem – where to put it. I wanted something portable, but couldn’t spend alot of money.
Enter the PVC Piping. I was quite proud – I went to Home Depot and picked everything out all by myself. The guy asked if I needed help and I said that I was ok. I could tell that he was impressed. But something I didn’t think that I needed was a horizontal bar to keep the vertical bar straight. My husband and I will work on that later.
It’s not a big room, so I have the backdrop leaning up against the wall. Perfect for small stills and baby shots. This room is only mine until the second child comes along. I don’t have legs added in the room so not to clutter the area too much.
What I really like it I can take the backdrop outside or in the garage for larger portraits. The PVC is portable. Now my biggest question – right now, it’s 7 1/2 feet tall and 7 1/2 feet wide. Should it be wider?
I first heard of Volt Restaurant in Frederick Maryland when my husband, Bob, got invited to a client dinner. He sent me over the web site to look at the fantastic photography and design. Wow! Sota Dzine was the photographer and he did a great job with the pictures.
Brian, owner of Volt, is now on Bravo’s Top Chef (a favorite show of mine) and it seems that his cooking is top of the line. I can’t wait to eat at Volt!
But what I also noticed on the show was his personality – quiet, sophisicated, mature – which is also perfectly captured in the photos. I feel that Sota did an excellent job not only providing photographs that made me want to eat at the restaurant before Brain was on Top Chef, but also capturing Brian’s personality perfectly.
