This was supposed to be part 1 of 2, but I never posted part 2. Since the year’s coming to an end, I thought I’d reflect again on what I’ve learned about photography in the year 2009, and share a few of my favorite shots with the stories behind them. This first set is photos …
I was sitting at my desk this morning, and a spider rappelled down from the ceiling and into my coffee. This feels like an omen.
One last time for Captain Lou Albano:
Back in March I got a Tamron 70-300 lens to take pictures of zoo animals. I paid about $200 for it at my local Castle Photo (now sadly closed), which is still pretty cheap for such a long telephoto. The tradeoff, of course, is in optical quality. The lens is mushy at the extreme long …
Westwood Theater, Sylvania Ave. On Saturday, John and I went to shoot pictures for a freelance job and then went up to North Toledo to walk around and take some pictures. Approximately 15 seconds into the walk, my camera died, so I borrowed John’s Canon 30D. I’ve used this camera before, but this was the …