It’s been a while since I’ve been in the mood to talk photography. That all started when the “more durable” shutter in my Canon 30D broke. After just under 8000 pictures taken with the camera it’s now going to cost me $225 to get it fixed.

I was getting tired of Canon in general being totally steamrollered by Nikon so I traded all my Canon gear in for my brand new Nikon D700. All I can say so far about it is WOW. It is so much more capable from the viewpoint of a professional, I’m really looking forward to putting it through its paces this fall when I’ll be on staff at the UNT paper.

Here is one of the first pictures I’ve taken with the new camera. Keep in mind that it was taken at ISO 6400 (extremely high) and I only ran it through the Nikon software that came with the camera. No editing.

…but check this video out. This is from a National Geo Photographer on location in Kaziranga. This is what I want to be doing some day!


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I did the picture making for a friends wedding in December. I wish him much luck with her. It’s kinda amazing as you see friends get married that you would always think “What kind of girl would put up with him long enough to marry him?” Well, Beth is absolutely perfect for him it seems. She could almost be his personality twin.

I’m testing this out.  Photo blog opening soon.  If you are reading this you are far to curious!  I’m not that interesting, but I hope you like my photos.  Opening sometime in February… maybe.