I was very happy to take this photo, as it’s one that I would have been unable to take a week ago. Shot on the Lower East Side around 8:00 at night, I was enjoying dinner with Meena and a couple friends when we saw this figure across the street. It was just creepy enough to make me want to take the photo — but it was so dark, my 20d wouldn’t have been able to do that.
Happily, I was carrying around my new 7d. I just received it last Wednesday, and suffice it to say, it has low-light capabilities that my old camera couldn’t have dreamed of. I’ve already been using it to freeze action in dimly lit high school gyms, and it works better than I could have hoped for. Granted, it’s not the best camera out there, but it was at the budgetary sweet spot — and coming from an eight-year-old camera to begin with, I feel spoiled anyway. Aside from its low-light capabilities, which are going to come in really handy for weddings, its 7fps burst rate is another advantage for the aforementioned high school sports. It’s got some great weather sealing, which will come in very handy when I’m shooting in a desert environment later this year. (More news on that as the time approaches.) And although it’s a camera more built for action than staid portraiture, it’s a vast improvement over my 20d in that area, as well.
This is a major change for me, photographically; hopefully one of several to be coming soon. Two more are in the works right now (of decidedly lesser caliber, nonetheless exciting) and I’m eager to see what comes after that!
Finally, a casual reminder that if you happen to be in New York, please stop by Furnish Green to see some of my work printed and available for sale!