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I have written before on the highly respected Sigma Art Series lenses (here and here) and I haven’t been let down yet. Sigma is now set to release the widest f/1.4 lens on the market, with the upcoming 20mm f1.4 DG HSM Art Lens to be released in the latter part of the month. Pre-order it here. Sigma is […]
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With work and school in the city and campus area, I often get caught up in the hustle and bustle of life in the city. The other day, I had the opportunity to take the Sigma 35mm and 85mm out to my friend Stephen’s farm. As we drove past the open fields listening to country […]
Read moreLast Wednesday, our friends at Promowest hooked us up with a couple of press passes for Sonnie to capture some shots of legendary blues guitarist B.B. King when he was at the LC Pavilion. Sonnie took the Tamron 70-200 F2.8 USD VC and captured some incredibly crisp shots. B.B. King is 88 years old and still touring and playing Lucille like he’s […]
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This past weekend Sonnie took the exciting new Tamron 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD and a Canon 5D Mark III to Blendon Woods for a test-run. Unfortunately, the weather conditions weren’t ideal for bird photography, but Sonnie managed to capture a few shots despite the relative lack of birds. This is a sharp lens, even at 600mm. […]
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Annie photographs weddings and engagements at A Girl in Lace, but in her spare time she’s happy taking shots of her lovable four-year-old yorkiepoo (yorkie-poodle mix), Linus. Recently, she utilized the Sanho iUSBport Camera wireless tethered camera controller for a dynamic shoot with the pup. The cool thing about the Sanho iUSBport is that not only can you […]
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I graduated from Solon High School in 2004. At the time, we were a formidable Division I powerhouse when it came to OHSAA football. Over the past 9 years, the Solon Comets have had some ups and downs, but this year they snuck into the playoffs with an amazing last-second field goal in the final […]
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I’ve exalted the virtue of mirrorless systems before on this blog, and I still stand by my claim that mirrorless are great alternatives, both for their size and their flexibility. Not to mention that they just keep getting more and more powerful (see: Sony Alpha 7 and 7R). The Nikon 1 AW1, Nikon’s latest in the […]
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This past weekend I drove home to celebrate my mom’s birthday. We had planned on going to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, so I brought along an Olympus OM-D E-M5 with two Panasonic lenses, the Lumix G X Vario 35-100 and the Lumix G Vario 100-300, to cover the entire focal range that I expected I would need […]
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I’m all about simplicity when it comes to my lighting setups. The less equipment I have to bring with me to shoot the better. I use one light as much as possible, which means that I also only tend to carry one modifier. I don’t like bulk; I like to travel light (if you’ll pardon […]
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Kids grow up so fast, don’t they? It feels like just yesterday that everyone was having fun in the sun (probably because for a lot of kids it was yesterday), and now they’re already back in school, pencils and paper in hand, ready to fill their little heads with incalculably important lessons. Then, soon enough, the school […]
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