Bye Bye Canon 1Ds
Working as a wedding photographer in New York City, the equipment you use actually does get used, extensively. Professional DSLR’s are usually rated to 150,000 shutter cycles. For the non-photographers: What does that mean? Every time you snap a picture, the shutter curtain opens up and closes very fast, to expose the camera sensor (or film) and render an image. On Average, I take about 1500 pictures during a wedding, using more than one camera body. A few weeks ago, for the first time ever, the shutter started slowing down. I “finished” the camera! It was a little sad, but now there’s more room in my bag for the 5D mark 2:)
Never seen the effects of a dying shutter? Check it out, it’s a little creepy. All the images were taken on our little trip to Governors Island. What an amazing place!
Noa on the ferry to the island. See the sliver of light in the middle of the frame?
Getting off the ferry:
How cool are these red chairs?!
My wife, Gretchen:
Noa would not let that apple go:
Going back home, last picture with the 1Ds:
Bye Bye.
we heart minnesota
We had been waiting a long time for this vacation, so after shooting Lisa and Billy’s wedding (coming soon!) we took our bags, baby, and camera and headed to MN.
The race to gain 10% of my body weight got off to a good start thanks to Noah’s (G’s brother) bbq skills:
Noa and Mason (her cousin) were having fun in the pool, right after Mason showed us how to ride the bicycle at 20 months old:
The next few days were blissful: Noa was taking 3 hr naps and sleeping in a full additional hour in the morning! If you’re a parent, you know how special that is. Minnesota was a vacation for her as well! A quick trip to Como Zoo magnified some other differences between MN and NY (firstly, there is no such thing as a quick trip to the zoo in NY…) Noa enjoyed the giraffes in particular:
but she may have enjoyed washing herself in a puddle better:
Such a little brat.
Can’t visit the twin cities without going to French Meadow Cafe:
Our last day was dedicated entirely to the Minnesota State Fair. Wow. My second time only meant I was focused better: on fried cheese curds. I did not eat the chocolate covered bacon. Noa was enjoying the live performance:
People of Minnesota, we hope to see you very soon again!
