Crystal and Brian Video Slide Show

Sarah and Brian Wedding

Sarah and Brian were married last Sunday and I had the pleasure of shooting some of the parts of their day. I used my Nikon D3 with the Nikon 35-70mm f/2.8 lens for most shots. It was pouring rain, so the ceremony was moved indoors. I was shooting second camera and didn't get to do all the different events, but it was a beautiful wedding, and here are a few of the shots I captured:

Crystal and Brian Wedding

Crystal and Brian were married last Saturday and I had the pleasure of shooting their photos. Here are just a few of my pictures:

My Review of 8GB 133X High Speed Compact Flash Card

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The impressive 8GB 133X CompactFlash memory card has extreme transfer rate and superior quality to meet the need of high-end devices.

8GB 133X High Speed Compact Flash Card

Transcend Compact Flash are Great!

Arkayem Savannah, GA 5/11/2009

 

5 5

Pros: Reliable, Fast Transfer

Best Uses: Digital Photography

Describe Yourself: Professional

I always buy Transcend Flash Cards. The price is great and they have never let me down.

Most digital photographers don't understand that higher speed cards don't allow any faster shooting until your camera buffer is full. They they will store the images in the buffer to the card faster. In normal shooting, I never even come close to filling the buffer, so I don't need the super fast cards.

Sports photographers who use the burst mode on their camera a lot may need the fastest cards they can get, and then the card speed is critical.

The other place that a faster card helps is downloading your images to your computer. However, once you get to 133x like this Transcend card, the USB port can't handle the transfer much quicker anyway, so it doesn't make much difference. You can buy special card readers that will speed up this transfer when used with their own higher cost brand of card.

All in all, I have complete trust that Transcend flash cards are the best you can buy, regardless of the cost.

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Children's Grief Camp

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of shooting a 'Grief' camp run by Savannah Hospice. All of these kids have recently lost a close family member. Many of these children have been severely traumatized by their loss, and this may have been the first fun they've had in months.

I put together this video slide show with a small selection of the 1000 images I took.

My Review of 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED AF-S DX Zoom

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The world's first constant f/2.8 3.2x zoom lens developed exclusively for use with Nikon DX Format. 3.2x zoom covers from a wide angle of 79° to a narrow angle of 28° 50' (equivalent to 25.5mm to 85.5mm for 35mm format) and is ideal for architecture, landscape, groups shots and portraits.

17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED AF-S DX Zoom

A Fantastic Lens!!

Arkayem Savannah, GA 4/29/2009

 

5 5

Pros: Easy To Use, Improves Picture Quality, Compact Design

Best Uses: Landscapes, Shooting Outdoors, Shooting Indoors, Panoramic Filming

Describe Yourself: Professional photographer

This lens makes the Nikon DX cameras perform to professional standards! It is tach sharp, not too heavy, balances well in your hands, is solid, rugged, and moisture resistant. I've shot a wedding in fairly heavy rain with this lens on my D200 camera and got zero internal lens fogging. It's even fallen over on a tripod onto concrete which broke the lens shade and clear filter, but had no effect on the lens itself! (now I can tell why I use a clear filter!!)

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My Review of EN-EL4a Rechargeable Li-ion Battery

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Use Nikon's EN-EL4a Rechargeable Li-ion Battery as a spare battery.

EN-EL4a Rechargeable Li-ion Battery

Great Battery!

Arkayem Savannah, GA 4/27/2009

 

5 5

Pros: Easy to Install

Best Uses: Digital Photography

Describe Yourself: Pro Photographer

There's not much to say except, this is the Nikon brand battery, and it works exactly as it should.

Don't trust your expensive camera to an off-brand battery. Li-Ion batteries are nothing to fool around with. A cheap 3rd party Li_Ion battery can actually go into thermal run-away and catch on fire or even explode!

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