New Lens at the Horsham Dog Park

Brought my new 70-200 mm telephoto lens to the dog park this morning and got a few fun shots of the boys in the snow. 

He got a donk.

Ferocious.

Run Wally!

Getting My Head Back in the Game

It looks like I may be going a few weeks without eating but I'm ok with that because I've just made a huge investment that I've been putting off for a few years now.

Camera equipment!

I've always been a strong advocator of the belief that the camera equipment doesn't make the photographer. And maybe it's got to do with more of a lack of strength on my part but I've always tried to travel as light as possible, the fewer the lenses the better. But over the past year or two of working with my kit lens, the 18-105 mm VR Nikkor, I finally began to admit its drawbacks in certain shooting situations and I miss the luxury of being able to rent out this equipment from the Communications building or really any paper I've worked with.

So I did my research, read the reviews and this is what I came up with:

Nikon 70-200 mm F2.7G ED VR II AFS Nikkor Telephoto

Nikon AFS NIKKOR 50mm f1.8 G 

Nikon SB 700 AF Speedlight

Between work and the dreary freezing cold weather (we were just out of power for three days due to an ice storm) I've had a hard time getting motivated. Lately I've felt like I've been pulling myself in all sorts of different directions and I need to focus a little more on what really matters to me.

So I've come up with a few ideas to stay on top of myself.

• Get the right gear (check)

• Get organized

• Continue to educate self

• Leave the iPhone at home!

• Look for (and create) opportunities

It is so hard to stay motivated during the coldest, darkest time of the year. But even now, there are opportunities (cough beautiful snow shots) that I need to be making more of a conscious effort to take.