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Modern Dog Magazine features Cowbelly’s Graffiti Dogs Project

September 24, 2010 – 9:00 am

I’m incredibly excited to announce that Modern Dog Magazine is featuring my Graffiti Dogs Project in their Fall 2010 issue, out on newsstands now. It’s an incredible honor to be featured in a dog magazine as a pet photographer. We often have our images grace the pages and/or cover for editorial, but it’s rare to have an article feature your work, so I feel very lucky. Check out the website or pick up a copy to see it in person. :-)

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new lens ~ Canon 24mm 1.4 L USM II

September 21, 2010 – 1:00 pm

I’ve had this lens on my wish list for a very long time, and finally decided to buy it at the same time I got a new (gently used) original 5D (didn’t want to take the chance on the potential autofocus issues of the Canon 5D Mark II). When I bought my new fancy lens and older used 5D at Glazer’s, the guy who checked me out chuckled and said something along the lines of “You must be a professional”. “Why?” I said. He simply looked down and looked back and forth between the old (cheap) used 5D and the new (expensive) 24mm lens. I laughed. Meaning: pros usually place a greater value in the glass than the body. :-)

Lens:

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Shot from said lens: (24mm f/1.4 1/800 sec., full manual exposure, natural light)

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Need I say more?

(by the way, that’s Shelly and you will see more of her very soon!)

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new camera bag ~ Crumpler 7 million dollar home ~ olive & red

September 21, 2010 – 11:15 am

I adore Crumpler products and have been the proud owner of the Crumpler Whickey & Cox camera bag for the past couple of years, a great backpack style camera bag that is perfect for traveling. But I’ve been needing a 2nd bag for a long time that would be better for regular city shoots. Something easier to get things out of that would work well when I don’t need to carry quite as much gear. So recently I finally made a decision on a new bag and picked it up from Glazer’s – the 7 Million Dollar Home in olive & red, pictured below.

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To say I love this bag would be an understatement. It is AWESOME! It fits literally every single I would need for a normal shoot, namely the following:

  • Canon 5D body with 24-70mm lens with hood
  • 20mm 2.8 prime lens with hood
  • 24mm 1.4 prime lens with hood
  • 70-200mm 4.0 telephoto lens with hood
  • Canon 580EX II flash
  • Off-shoe cord for flash
  • Manuals
  • Contracts
  • Pens
  • iPhone
  • Wallet
  • dog toys + dog treat bag
  • poop bags
  • lens wipes
  • memory cards
  • multiple backup batteries

And it has loops on the ends that I clip carabiners to to hook my reflector onto (in the summer I’ll attach my water bottle).

Plus it has a beefy removable padded strap which makes it comfortable to carry, even when it’s fully loaded. Plus the deep kelly green color is just gorgeous.

I am so happy I bought this bag!

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