My new love - 70-200mm Lens!

I've been wanting the Canon 70-200mm 2.8 IS lens for months but it's high price was out of my reach at this time... I've been looking at some alternatives but never couldn't quite justify "not" waiting for the Canon....until I came across a deal that I just couldn't pass up!

I purchased a "new to me" Sigma 70-200 2.8 HSM lens for about $550.00....v.s. over $1800 for the Canon... yup, a deal I coudn't pass up.

Here's a few images that I took of my daugther Katherine...all of which were taken at ISO 100, f2.8, and approximately at 159mm....shutter speeds varied but they were high enough for a fast moving child :) It was snowing a little bit so, if you see white dots, that's snow and not dust! LOL

February 13th - 1 hr Wedding Shoot

Here's a few recent shots of a wedding...sorry so short, I have a lot to do tonight! :-)

Valentine's Day!

This year is our 13th Valentine's Day...as a married couple, 11! It got me wanting to take a picture of our wedding rings, however, my lovely husband literally refused to remove his wedding band for me! He said "It's MINE and it belongs on my finger"... I proceeded to remind him that he plays/fiddles with his ring all the time and that he almost lost it during our trip in Canada this past Christmas...but that didn't go too well for me! lol

So, here's my wedding ring! There's a story behind this ring... me and husband got married with my engagement solitaire ring as I had yet to find the wedding band that I liked. We were married 10 months before I actually found what I liked. I wanted it to look like a flower! :)

I love editing....as much as taking pictures!

UPDATE: I have three wedding booked thus far, which means, I'll only be taking a few more and that will be it for the year as far as wedding! My goal is to have one or two a month for 2010. Editing is going to be tedious and time-consuming as I'm building my portfolio!

I have an upcoming wedding this weekend, just a quick 1hr wedding shoot to get a few formal shots in.

Ok...moving on to today's post......

I have an addiction to editing, I truly do! It's not a matter of taking crappy pictures and fixing them, I rather not waste my time on those but instead, it's about taking an already pleasing picture and turning it into a work of art...

Here's a before (which only required but 15 seconds of editing) and the after (adding old paper texture, vintage color play, and rounding of the corners).

It's been 10 days since I last posted...time goes by fast!

I'm such a slacker...actually no, I've been pretty busy learning! I can't very well spend all of my time on the internet now can I ? :) Actually I could cause I can spend days and days of doing mindless research and get lost in the World Wide Web.

So, here are some recent shots that I have done..... I'm really anxious for the weather to be prettier so that I can go outdoors but I can't complain too much since I'm also learning a lot of technical photography stuff too. Enjoy the pics!!