Hello, well this is rare, a second post in the same month!
If i can pull my finger out and find the time I'm hoping to have even more this month but I wanted to just mention what I have been up to recently other than work and the running (yes running training for the Plymouth Half Marathon in May)
Last weekend i was asked to Photograph a friends hockey team, great I thought as i have been watching others blog and post sports portraits and thought I'd love to give it a go. So I started looking on flickr for some other hockey photos and have read a thing or two about sports photography and you really need a good bit of glass.
Currently i am only sporting a 70 - 300 f4-5.6, its pretty old but does the trick for out and about general use so i thought to myself I should try this guy that was recommended to me who hires out gear and is local so I can just pop down and collect it. LensPimp is the site and on there was a Nikon 70 - 200 f2.8 VRII which is a lens i was already considering in purchasing when i can afford it.
After registering with the site to hire the lens in question for the weekend (3 days) it cost me £49 which was an absolute bargain i thought, this would allow me to take photos for my friend that they would be happy with and i would get to play with a lens before i take a loada money out to buy it.
Needless to say i love the camera lens and ended up using it Friday, Saturday and Sunday taking over 800 pics in a weekend.
So anyway i just wanted to say that i will be busy processing my pictures but hope to have another three posts detailing each day.
I'm off to Birmingham NEC 2 weeks today for the annual Focus on Imaging camera convention if anyone reads this and is going on the Wednesday I'll see you there. (I'll be the guy with the new Nikon 70 - 200 f2.8)
If i can pull my finger out and find the time I'm hoping to have even more this month but I wanted to just mention what I have been up to recently other than work and the running (yes running training for the Plymouth Half Marathon in May)
Last weekend i was asked to Photograph a friends hockey team, great I thought as i have been watching others blog and post sports portraits and thought I'd love to give it a go. So I started looking on flickr for some other hockey photos and have read a thing or two about sports photography and you really need a good bit of glass.
Currently i am only sporting a 70 - 300 f4-5.6, its pretty old but does the trick for out and about general use so i thought to myself I should try this guy that was recommended to me who hires out gear and is local so I can just pop down and collect it. LensPimp is the site and on there was a Nikon 70 - 200 f2.8 VRII which is a lens i was already considering in purchasing when i can afford it.
After registering with the site to hire the lens in question for the weekend (3 days) it cost me £49 which was an absolute bargain i thought, this would allow me to take photos for my friend that they would be happy with and i would get to play with a lens before i take a loada money out to buy it.
Needless to say i love the camera lens and ended up using it Friday, Saturday and Sunday taking over 800 pics in a weekend.
So anyway i just wanted to say that i will be busy processing my pictures but hope to have another three posts detailing each day.
I'm off to Birmingham NEC 2 weeks today for the annual Focus on Imaging camera convention if anyone reads this and is going on the Wednesday I'll see you there. (I'll be the guy with the new Nikon 70 - 200 f2.8)
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