So I'm headed tomorrow to London for 2 weeks and then a couple of days in Dublin. My wife will be joining me for 10 days of that trip for our anniversary. I've been to London but only for a couple of days. Any thoughts/suggestions as to what we should do as a couple? Thoughts as to some cool places for me to photograph? (Non-touristy suggestions please) I'm really anxious to see Dublin too and shoot some epic landscapes. Any suggestions there? Basically I'm open to hear any thoughts on either city. Thanks.
Last night my wife and I took our kids to the Carnival. I took my 5D MK II along with my 50mm 1.2 lens. I swear a carnival is the perfect setting for good photos, especially when you take a cute family on a nice night and shoot it all with that lens.
Oh. And isn't it crazy that I shot these photos and the Abandon video below with the same camera? That blows my mind that we can do that now.
I recently directed my first music video for Abandon. It was a simple performance piece video with a shoestring budget so we decided to use the Canon 5D Mark II. Overall it was a great experience and a big learning curve for me. I knew nothing about video and when I say nothing multiply that times 10. I knew nothing when I started doing photography professionally so I figured I'd go with that approach for video too. Sometimes it's cool to go into something not knowing any rules. And sometimes you just look like a fool (which I'm sure I did that day). The video was mostly shot handheld with a few tripod shots mixed in. The biggest problem was trying to keep focus while moving around in such low light with the band ALSO moving around like crazy. It was basically impossible to keep focus. But there's a few cool moments where the focus stars align. I'm definitely looking forward to doing a video with a DP who can pull focus. If anyone is curious about editing, a lady named Darla Koreiba did the editing in Avid. She did a really great job.
Overall I'm happy with the video and happy to have my first one behind me. I learned SO much and can't wait to do the 2nd one! Oh and if you haven't heard Abandon's music check it out! Really great guys. I mean we ended the video shoot with a breakdance contest. How rad is that?
