It’s a slow Friday, the weather is perfect, and you’re stuck in the office. What can you do to get out and enjoy the weather? Right! You use the lunch break to go out and shoot (photos). And if you are lucky to work in New York, not far from Central Park, you even get a good location for people and nature shots. You don’t have to own a fancy dSLR, any camera would do.
This weekend, the Brooklyn Botanical Garden (which, this year, celebrates 100 years since it was found) hosted the “Sakura Matsuri 2010″ Japanese festival. This year, unlike previous years, the cherry trees were not in blossom at the same time as the festival, but this was not a reason to impede the festival.
I was there today, for several hours, and as a teaser, until I get to process all the photos I’ve taken, I will post just one of them. This dancer was performing the “Butoh Dance”.
I gave in and bought the new 70-200 f/2.8L IS II lens that Canon launched couple of months ago, after I read a few reviews about it. (click on Read More to view the rest of the article).
This past Sunday, Terry and me organized a new photoshoot, this time going for a Beauty/Fashion/Bridal look to showcase her make-up skills. This time, we had three beautiful girls that acted as models - Anna, Mila, Susan and the fourth was Terry herself, who enjoyed the last session so much that she wanted an encore.
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