AF NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8D

I got a new camera lens last weekend. It is the AF NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8D.

Here are a couple of fotos I took the 1st day with it. On my Nikon D40 it is a manual focus lens - so that adds a bit of a challenge.


That is Ryan on his mandolin's maiden voyage outside the apartment and the next foto is the Pirate Reverend Carl.

Portland Oregon at Night

So I've been busy working on some things for my friend Mark Duff, owner of Veloforma. One of those things was the decal set for the Ironclad Team Bikes, which Duff has some fotos of on his blog. I've also been working on the layout for the Veloforma Team Kits (jersey, vest, shorts and skinsuit). More on those later and at my real job i've been getting to take a lot of fotos for a brochure/booklet thing I am working on for a coworker.

I am really psyched with taking pictures right now and because of all the work stuff I've been doing I hadn't made the time for personal things. But the weather in Portland has been fantastic, so I went out tonight and got a couple of decent shots of downtown PDX. Here is one.



I hope to post some fotos soon using off camera flash. For inspiration I regularly read David Hobby's stuff at Strobist and Joe McNally who is a Nikon pro and an expert with flash work who shares his knowledge freely.

Happy Birthday Kim!

I have been on a vacation from the blog and I will try and be better, but that's not why we are here today.

Today is Kim's Birthday...WOOHOO!

And this post is here because I shutdown the Birthday Blog because I didn't have time to walk and chew gum.

So over the weekend Kim did a Birthday Challenge that was really hard for her and made me sick. Crazy. She didn't post hers at Birthday Challenge, but here is what she did:

Ran 31k, biked 31k, climbed 31 boulder problems, drank 31 oz of wine and ate 3.1 pieces of cheesecake (well probably more than that the cheesecake was really good). So great job Kim!