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One day I was struck with an idea, what if instead of having my business cards be my logo over the top of an image I took, what if I took product photo style images like my business has been focused on in recent years, but the subject itself was the logo.
After pre-ordering the newly updated Sony 70-200 F2.8 GM in mid December I was left waiting until mid February to actually have the lens in my hands. For my first shooting session with the lens I went to a local park and beach where dogs of all sizes and breeds frolic freely. I felt this would be a great opportunity to test out the autofocus speed and performance.
With my hackintosh workstation that I built several years ago becoming increasingly unusable it was time to begin considering what I would get to replace my work computer and upgrade my set-up. Of course this was the cause of much strife as I can never just make a straightforward decision, overthinking the whole thing is a mandatory step.
While trying to get out of a creative rut I decided to give myself a bit of a challenge: go out for a hike in the woods with the intention of taking photos, but only bring an 85mm prime lens. While the weather wasn't the most cooperative for getting interesting images, I managed to find some inspiration amongst the trees and create a few compositions.
Looking back through many of my images from the first half of this year I stumbled upon a series of images from an outing just after a snowstorm that I never posted while the images aren’t the best ones from my first Winter in New Hampshire, the story of revisiting a location I had previously photographed in the Fall made for what I find to be an interesting story.
During a product photography shoot at the beginning of this last spring I was looking for exciting ways to create additional visual interest in some of the the shots. With the limitation of not being able to take the item with me out into the world I sought to create some beautiful images using a hand crafted sword.
With Fall coming to a close and the last of the leaves falling off the trees I decided to go out and capture the color before it's gone for the year.
As I wrapped up my time with the X1D I reached a series of realizations about what using a piece of equipment worth more than car really means.
The first of my thoughts and images with the impressive $17,000 Hasselblad kit I rented for a weekend of non-stop photoshoots.
