A quick snapshot from a family party today. It was a spur-of-the-moment picture, but I liked it. Made me chuckle when I saw it in the viewfinder... I think the beer in-hand makes the image.
A photo I played with to create a faux tilt-shift effect (basically, blurring the foreground and background of the photo to create the illusion that the captured image is of a small, make-believe set):
The kit I'll be wearing at the Deaconate Ordination Mass this coming Saturday. Afterwards, I'll run to the back chapel, where I'll snap some shots with the D3 and a nice kit of SB-26 remote flashes!
Is anyone selling a used D3 for cheap? I gotta get me one of these cameras!
Gear pictured above:
Nikon D3 (rented from LensRentals)
Nikon 50mm f/1.4 AF (my own)
Nikon D90 (my own)
Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 AF-S VR (rented from LensRentals)
I'm going to use the 70-200 on my D90, as the D90 has a smaller image crop, meaning the 200mm will be more like 300mm in practical use. The D3 + the 1.4 lens is a killer combo for in-the-dark shooting (the Cathedral is very dimly lit). I can still get 1/100 shutter speed at ISO 1600 and f/1.8!
After a few months without seeing an update, I finally took the time to process a few more photos for the front page of Lifeisaprayer.com - you can visit the front page and take a look for yourself. You can always click on one of the images to see them all for yourself, in a timeline of sorts.
