May 3

Pedro played a little show at the Encounter Cafe. Was pretty sweet.

Then went to see Iron Man again. Great movie.

- KS

May 2

From my camera. Still haven't gotten the pictures form the other one.

- KS

May 2 - Accident

Yes, its true. I got in an accident. My first, really. Took out the power steering (at least). Suck.

I do have some non-accident pictures from yesterday, me and a friend went shooting in Elgin. Did something interesting. We switched cameras. I know that so much talk around digital centers squarely around the quality of the camera, and the it is not possible to take good images without a $2000+ camera and lens. To make it even more fun, he has a Nikon D80. So I also didn't have a clue how to use the camera :D

Will post some more later.

Peace.

And don't wreck your car.

- KS

April 20

had a photo shoot in Geneva this morning. 1200 kids. 7 hours of shooting, no break, and I didn't get to eat at all. At least the water fountain was flowing with incredibly cold water. Score. Should be a BIG money maker. Always love those! You know that if Karl is impressed with the number of envelopes, then it'll be a nice haul.

Up to the grandparents tonight. Their back yard was like a bird haven. Too bad the 70-200 with the extender is still not enough length for birds. Those two above are cropped like mad. Suck.

We then had a Passover Seder. Always a good time!

Peace.
- KS

April 17

The jury is still out on the Extender, me thinks. I feel like there are more soft images than usual in the pictures I took from this soccer game. Though it could be that its the 5D's not-designed-for-sports focusing system. Or I suck. Which is possible.

Peace.
- KS

April 14

That's the newest member of the family! Funny how this photography thing goes... I remember WAY back (haha, barely a year ago!) I would have anguished over buying a piece of equipment that cost $300... But when I order this puppy, I barely batted an eye. Wow. So far, its pretty sweet! Should be every beneficial with the outdoor sports shoots! In fact, all the above pictures where taken with it on my venerable 70-200 f2.8L. Rockin.

But today was rough. I was up until about 6.30am working on an assignment and chatting with a friend. Yeah. Could barely stay awake in my first class, so I skipped my second and went home and slept for 2 hrs.

And then the fun started.

I got my shoot mixed up, I had the one today and one for Thursday. The Thursday one is up in Richmond, IL near the WI border. But, for some reason I thought that one was today. So I get all the way up to Richmond and find that I am supposed to be at HD Jacobs in Algonquin. Suck. 3hrs of driving and I am still there an hour late. So yeah, the shots aren't super great.

Anyway, tired as heck. Time for sleep!

Peace.
- KS

April 13

Little brother's 20th. And Grandpa's 84th. Good times at Lou Malnati's!

We all pitched in and got my brother a new computer, which he needed pretty bad. Its nothing outrageously fast, but compared to the computer he is coming from, BIG difference.

My littlest sister Rachel doesn't like her picture being taken, because she assumes there is always a flash. I keep telling her I don't even have one on my camera, still she gives me funny looks!

Peace.

- KS