Toys

So I have a new (to me) lens, a 28-200mm which is almost an all-in-one lens for me. But I've not had a chance to test it out under action circumstances.

All the pow wow shots are taken with the lens and I have to say I'm pleased with it.

I toned down the colours (can you tell?) on this shot in an attempt to bring out an "Old West" type of style.

You tell me whether it works or not.

Ceremony

I don't think the people in the ceremony were much paying attention to the photographers there, and that's just fine by me, makes for more candid work, but in this case I got the girl (I think) just as she was looking up.

Worked well in my opinion.

How not to take pictures

So I haven't updated things in a bit, I've been busy with work (boo!) but I did get a chance to get to an Indian (are there any other kind?) pow wow this weekend.

Got there just as the ceremony was getting underway. Got a great spot to shoot from, got my camera out and started taking pics.

Only to realize I'd brought a semi-dead battery and that all my settings in the camera were wrong for outdoors work.

Way to go e! Nonetheless I managed to rescue some of the pics with Lightroom and PhotoShop and are posting them here for your approval.