I found this chick on Flickr last night. Her pics are SO AWESOME.
She does the engagement / wedding picture thing, only.. Oh my gosh, they’re so not the typical cliché things you usually see. Seriously, go check them out. Her website showcases them even awesomer. http://www.anneruthmann.com/ If I ever get married, would it be too going too far to get her flown out from Terre Haute, Indiana to come take the pictures?
I did note she uses a Canon. Oh, goddammit. Repeat, Stacey, repeat: it’s the photographer, not the camera. Photographer, not the camera.
Ken Rockwell of KenRockwell.com (excellent resource for all things camera/photography, by the way; I keep meaning to make a donation) says you can get the same results from a $500 camera as you can from a $5,000 camera, but why is it that all the pros are using cameras that cost $3-5,000 cameras, then? Her camera, for example, costs around $3,000. HMMMM, Ken Rockwell, WHY IS THAT?
Anyway. I gotta go. Alli’s birthday concert is tonight – Dave Matthews Band. I dunno their stuff and I don’t particularly like it, an opinion I’ve learned to keep to myself over the past few days (everyone is so excited for me for getting to see them that I feel like an ass for saying I don’t really like ‘em), but eh.. She’s 30 this weekend. Who knows how many good years she has left with us? ;)
Anne has some nice shots and a very nice web site. I looked at her prices and she is very reasonable. I would think she would travel for the right price. If money were no object I would use this person even though I've never seen her wedding shots. I think she got the best shots on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rebba/
The air plane ticket would cost a bundle though even if she did the shoot for free!
Thanks for the link on Ken Rockwell. He seems to know a good bit about cameras. Maybe a DSLR is in my future or a Cannon 550 LOL. The Cannons do have a good reputation for the point and shoots.
I've seen the difference the lens on a nice camera like the D200 makes a huge difference. I also seen the difference between that camera and the DS2 and it not as much as one might think considering that it was 5K more. In megapixal its 10 vs 12. I got some large format files from the DS2 though that my friend took that you could blow up real large! A couple of Madison Blue I am getting made into a poster.
Tell Alli happy birthday even though I never met her and I wish I could go in your spot to that concert. I love DMB.
Tom
: 12:33 AMHave fun celebrating Alli's birthday!! Thanks Tom for mentioning rebba - cool stuff there too!
anyway, i have a powershot sd550. all my point & shoot's, after my first, have been powershots, and i don't know if i'd go to anything else. i love them!
i got stuck on nikon for an SLR, and i don't think i made a mistake, but i keep noticing canons everywhere... everywhere! i just have to keep telling myself that i have not yet learned to use my d70 right.
and yeah, lenses do make a HUGE difference. my d70 came with a tamron. i bought a $120 nikkor 50mm lens and those pics look much nicer than the off-brand lens pictures, so i think the key could very well be in the lens (and the person behind it, anyhow).
thanks for mentioning rebba; i'll check it out when i have time, after this weekend!
Tom
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