After yesterday’s tome of a post, I had a few questions hit my inbox looking for details on my own shooting equipment, specifically on which lenses I use most often.
I love my D300 and was wondering what glass you shoot with most often? For people it looks like maybe an 85 1.4? Great depth of field. Do you use any tilt-shift lenses?
Thought I’d answer this one as a continuation of yesterdays discussion on picking out your first DSLR. Read more
Some of these shots blow me away. This is about as close to “Speed Racer” as we can probably get. These are from the first night race in Grand Prix history.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/09/the_singapore_grand_prix.html
Of particular note, make sure to look at 11 and 23, both taken with a tilt-shift lens to great affect.
I bought a D3 when it first hit the streets and I’m stunned by it every single time I hold it in my hands. Then I take pictures with it. This thing belongs squarely in the middle of the secret lair of the League of Awesomeness.
Looks like the D90 is in the wild and Chase Jarvis and team take it for a hell of a test run. Of note: the D-Movie feature is absolutely stunning. 12.3 megapixels (kudos to Nikon for not shooting for the ridiculous 20). High ISO/low noise (the thing that most impresses with the D3 moves down to the D90).
Seriously considering:
Photo J possibilities. This camera will be a great second body for pro photojournalists. Commercial guys like me will be loyal to the D3 and its future, but for any PJ shooter, all the bells and whistles we’ve discussed already– especially video and audio capture–make this a no-brainer as a backup body.
Definitely worth checking out at chasejarvis.com.
Thanks so much to Daniel Burka for this nod to his friend and photographer Steven Desroches. Desroches took the photo linked below at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. It captures so much brilliance of story-telling composition in one, single frame.
This is, after all, an example of how to describe the wonder of a beginning-middle-end story arch from a single point in space and time. The viewer wonders excitedly at how this story was set up, and with greater anticipation about how it will resolve. It is timeless.
I had never heard of Desroches, but will certainly be paying attention to him from now on. Congratulations on a wonderful capture!
