New kit pt2

...and the second part of my new line up!

Nikon's legendary 105mm micro (macro).

New kit pt1

2 new pieces of equipment for my bag.

First off a mid range lens, the legendary Tokina 28-70 f2.6 lens!

Sunrise on the Park

Bit late adding this one!

I didn't go out on Thursday night (a rarity for me) and managed to wake at a reasonable time on the Friday morning. I'm lucky enough to live less than 5 minutes from a park, so I figured I'd take a walk with my camera and see what I could get.

The first thing that I noticed was how thick the fog was, unfortunately though the light was flat and the photos were a bit bland. After wandering for a good 30 minutes waiting for some good light I'd finally resigned myself to the fact that it wasn't going to happen and that I might as well take photos of something else. So I switched to my 70-200, packed up my tripod and went to see what I could get.

f2.8 1/60

Derby Festé 2012

Apparently from September 20-22nd Derby has it's own little festival, due to working I missed the majority of it (although I did see some people running up and down my street with lamp shades on their heads!). After work today I managed to catch the end of a band playing at the top of the street, ever armed with my D3 and primes I took a handful of shots.

f1.8 1/2500, 800 ISO

Richard Franklin Photoshoot

So I've eluded to a job that I've done recently; I can now post some details.

By a random stroke of luck on a train journey I met Richard Franklin who happened to be looking for a photographer, after trading cards we arranged for a photoshoot.



Here are a few from the day:

Nikon 85mm f1.8

My newest lens, one that an awful lot of people rave about, is the 85 1.8. It also, ironically, is the oldest lens in my bag!

New Cards

One of the few pieces of advertising material I condone in the beginning (or at all) is business cards; it adds that little bit of professionalism, is a great means to network and allows potential clients to be able to keep hold of your details easily.

I've bought cheap cards before from one of the well known budget card companies (vistaprint), and while it was nice to have some cards, they were lacklustre, took weeks to arrive and cost more than advertised (they added silly service charges which dragged the price up); admittedly I was quite disappointed. Learning from previous mistakes I've ordered some new cards, they cost me a little bit more for 100 rather than the 250 I had previous, however the quality is just head and shoulders above those from vistaprint.