I’m getting excited. I’m shooting a wedding with Cindy Graf on Saturday. It is the Convention Center. So, lots of glass and reflections. We will be meeting Friday afternoon to try some things out and get a lay of the land.
Cindy emailed me today and asked if I had and use a camera bracket. She has asked me to shoot a wedding with her on Saturday and someone told her she needed to use a bracket. I told her I do have one, an Alzo Flip-Flash Bracket (http://www.alzodigital.com/online_store/flip_flash_bracket_digital_camera.htm). I have never used it, but I will probably give it a try on Saturday. My problem, though is I do not have a synch cord. So, I got on to Amazon and ordered two of them. They should arrive by Thursday, in time for the wedding.
While shooting in Atlantic City, I had problems with my 70 – 200 mm f/2.8 lens. It would not focus at distance when at the shorter focal lengths. Additionally, I had noted that the focus was not spectacularly sharp when the lens was wide open.
So, I am sending it to Tamron for service. I have never sent a lens in for servicing before. So, I do not know what to expect. I sent it via UPS today and they say Tamron should get it on Thursday. Tamron claims a three day turn around for repairs. So, I hope I will have it by next weekend for the Lone Star Rally.
I watched a wedding photography seminar this weekend. She shoots using four lenses – 3 primes and 1 zoom. The zoom is a 70 – 200 f/2.8. The primes are a 24 f/1.4, a 50 f/1.2, and an 85 f/1.4. She shoots everything available light, only using flashes rarely to fill. Thus the need for such fast lenses.
Wow! I checked my email this morning. Someone posted on my site! I couldn’t believe it. I told Debbie. I knew this was the beginning. It was, no doubt, someone wanting a photographer.
I called up the post. It began by complimenting my site and my posts. Then it started talking about the writer’s own site. It seemed the writer has written and is selling a guidebook for some on-line fantasy game. Sorry dude. You just became my first rejected spam post.
I spent yesterday doing some commercial photography. I wanted to increase the number of such images in the gallery and took several pictures of various items. The idea is that, with the popularity of eBay, there is a greater need for simple product pictures.
I have spent almost the entire day getting everything up and ready. My goal was for this to be done by October 1, and I think I will make it. I have to add some Commercial/Product images and find a featured image for that page, and that will be it.
Today has not been without problems. The site crashed twice while I was moving images from one gallery to another. So, rather than moving images, I just uploaded them again.