After deciding a second camera is necessary for all the weddings I have coming up this fall, I decided a full frame sensor was the way to go.  Many people ask what exactly that means.  I put my new full frame camera to the test almost immediately after opening the box!  Using the 16-35mm 2.8 lens on both bodies, I shot this mocked up comparison shoot with the lenses.  (and the help of my mom :))

As you can see, both images were taken at the same ISO, same f-stop, same shutter, same wide lens of 16mm, but they look QUITE different.  Although it’s no where near an exact comparison to the differences a full frame body vs a cropped sensor can give you, hopefully this helps to understand the EXTREME difference between the two sensors.

And that brings us to 5D MK II.  Please aquaint yourself.  World, meet 5D.  5D, meet world.

Opening the box!

Out of the box!  Finally! :)

That little rechargeable wonder… the battery wouldn’t charge fast enough! I wanted to shoot straight away.

And as you can tell, from above, I finally did get to try my new little beauty out. Only 6 shots in, I’m in LOVE!! I have THREE photo sessions this weekend and I can’t WAIT to try out the new camera…

… oh and but of course, my first picture with my new camera of course taken by yours truly. (with the 40D)

Stay tuned for loads more blogging updates!!

after 6 hours of editing one night and still having over half the photoshoot to go. Desperate for help, I decided one of two things needed to happen. One: Something needed to change or two: I need to stop taking so many photos. Since the latter is VERY unlikely to ever happen, the next morning I downloaded a free trial of Adobe Lightroom.

WOW! Let me just say, I wish I’d switched to this program when I’d first heard of it years ago. It’s speed has saved me hours (and I mean HOURS) of time. I felt like with each click I was getting my life back. Yes, I still have hours of backlogged photos/photo shoots to get through, but I’m getting there! And at a much faster pace. Here are a few screen shots of the shoot I did the other day (soon to be blogged) and one I’m working on tonight.

I (heart) lightroom.

For anyone looking for a change like me, although I’m sure many of you are light years ahead of me, you can download a month free trial it off their website at – http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshoplightroom/. It costs somewhere between $250-$300 but you can find it cheaper if you look or are/know a student.