while you were sleeping...

i might as well not talk too much and just post =)

but first, i did experience a scary thing on thursday nite.. i had this crazy allergic reaction (to what, not sure yet) during connex pickup vs toronto junior varsity.. i broke out in hives all over.. no one had any antihistamines, so i tried splashing some cold water on my face to no effect.. got driven to the closest shoppers (we were playing at york mills).. dropped some benadryl which i'm not sure did anything or not, but my tongue started to swell. off to the hospital emerg.. lets just say i got admitted right away.. too bad i don't have pix, but i know where they get some inspiration for creatures in movies (think LOTR or something :P).. my face was jutting out like will smith in "hitch", ears swollen and hives all over my body.. pretty scary.. 2.5 hrs later i was out.. IVed with benadryl, zantac and something else, i was ok. yikes. epi-pen, here i come.

completely changing gears: here's the first shot that i processed from the kim shoot (didn't really filter the shots yet, just decided to go with this one first):




[xt 17-85mm ~59mm]


here's the setup:





i just picked up the new camera (what?! you might ask) from jojo.. a d50.. for my dad and something for me to shoot with (jclaw is going to europe. jealous :P). it was cheap refurbed from buydig, so i went for it (i know, crazy buy since i've been waiting so long for the d200/5d/30d, etc).. whatever. i just need a sensor and gotta work the lighting =)

in my hand, the d50 fits much more nicely than the xt, even tho when i attach the metal lenses of old, it feels like it's hollow =)

here's a couple of quick shots:




[d50, 55mm macro AI,~11mm extension]



the context shot =)



[d50, 50mm f/2 AI]


hopefully more to come.. i hope the corp. headshot gets approved tmr.. globe & mail, here i come :P