Hot Lights!
So, a good friend of mine let me borrow his hot lights this weekend. This was my first time using constant lights, as I am used to flash and natural ambient lighting. These proved to be both challenging, and a lot of fun. At something like 1000 watts between the 2 lights, they get extremely hot, so there is no safe/accessible way for soften them. A sheet would work, in theory, but I chose to work in a tight space for these, so there wasn’t any room to hang a sheet, and still give space so it wouldn’t burn. Because of this, these shots are with very harsh, unobstructed light. Considering my lack of experience with these lights, and the way I had to use them, *I* am happy with the results… These were lots of fun, and I can’t wait to use them again!
On to the pics. These are all with a single constant light camera back-right, and shot with a combo of the Canon 40D and Canon 85/1.8, manual settings…… 
(And yes, I realize that I have a horrible knack for catching my daughter in pics either right after she eats and has food on her mouth, or when she has been messing with her hair and made it all crazy! lol)
And here is a photo that I took the same night, but using on-camera flash rather than the hot lights. This was just a quick snap of my beautiful wife, which shows off the incredible Bokeh that this Canon 85/1.8 produces…
And, one last pic from Saturday night. My lovely wife, and our amazing daughter (our son was running around being a goofball… lol)…
Sunrise In The Country
I, of course, am all excited about the 40D, and as such, I am looking for any possible opportunity to use it. Well, there was a nice sunrise on the way to work this morning, so I decided to take a minute or so to try and capture it with the new body. I didn’t have long since I already left late for work, but I did what I could… Here it is…
Canon 40D (gripped) w/ Canon 85/1.8 – All Natural Light – 1/8K – F/3.5 – ISO800
A few snaps with the new 40D…
So yes, I did it again, and made another trade. Last night I said bye-bye to my faithful 30D & Siggy lens, and picked up a Canon 40D. No money exchanged, straight trade, as usual. This morning when I left for work, I decided to bust it out of the Crumpler (7MDH) for a few minutes.
These were taken about 6:40′ish this morning, all with the new body. I am not all that happy with them, but I thought I’d post anyway since they are the first few shots with it.
Stats: Canon 40D (gripped) – Canon 85/1.8 – Varying Exp. Times – ISO 800 – Natural Morning Light
