Nikon + Me At WPPI: Sneak Peak of The Soon-To-Be-Released Nikon 24mm f1.4
As part of the WPPI Nikon series…
It’s 2:30 am, and we’re just getting off the Airhorns & Lasers Party at the Wynn Hotel, so let me cut to the chase.
The Nikon 24mm f1.4 if just creamy and beautiful and everything it’s been built up to be. You Nikon Professional Services card holders…. get on the list so you can snag one up right away come April when they release it to the public.
Fast. Shallow DOF that can’t be beat. No wacked-out stretched + distorted edges. Crisp as a Tim Cascade’s Jalapeno Chip.
The folks at Nikon trusted me with this baby tonight, and we slapped ‘er on a fabulous D700, and loaded ‘im with a Sandisk Extreme Pro 16gb UDMA
When you’re talking fog and lasers and red vinyl walls, you know you’re gonna be up in the range of “Snarky,” a.k.a. ISO 5000. Yes, the D700, like the D3 and D3s, sees in the dark.
Night y’all! I have a 6am wakeup call…. because after all, there’s WAY better things to do in Vegas than sleep, right? right? right? More to come tomorrow!
- I'm drooling. Both for all the fun in Vegas and for that sexy, prime lens!
- Gorgeous!!! Checking out the lens link now!
- Can I be your best friend? Puh-leez?
A Very Seattle Propsal At Queen Anne’s Kerry Park
They’re from Oregon. He lives in India. She lives in Seattle. They are high school sweethearts.
They adore indie movies. In fact, that’s all they used to do together when they were in college studying economics and marketing.
He flew hours and hours across the globe, in cahoots with his soon-to-be mother in law to plan this day, this moment.
Yesterday was a gorgeous sunny March afternoon, and it was perfect for Anay to ask Ruchi to be his main squeeze, officially.
Congratulations, you two! Anay, I am so so glad that you forgot your camera and had to ask me to come along instead. So so glad!! :)
- I LOVE this!!!
- Sooo cute! Love the light, LOVE the emotions :)
Follow Nikon and ME at WPPI in Vegas This Week!!
Pinch me, I think I’m dreaming.
The makers behind the lenses, flashes, and cameras I’ve loved and been loyal to since I first started this photography adventure over a decade ago are taking me to VEGAS. That’s right friends, I’m a Nikon shooter and can’t be happier with my choice of the rock solid D3, 14-24, 24-70, 50mm 1.4, 105 macro, 70-200, and sb-800’s. And now they’re sponsoring Laurel McConnell Photography. Pinch pinch pinch!!!
Random sidenote… did you know my first camera was the cute little N-65? And my first professional camera was the workhorse F-100? We’ve come along way, baby!
Anywhoo….
The Wedding & Portrait Photographers International conference attracts around 10,000 photographers, bloggers, technophiles, and weekend warriors from around the WORLD each year about this time.
Nikon has set me up with some grrreat bodies and lenses to shoot with, review, and learn inside and out while they usher me around this huge conference with them!
For the next week, you’ll be seeing a series of posts, tweets, and facebook updates about my travels with Nikon and WPPI, while I listen to world renowned photographers speak, while I shoot, while I learn, while I browse, and while I rub elbows with some pretty heavy-hitter shooters.
You’ll see blurbs about speakers, about knowledge gained. About tradeshow finds, about long lost friends. About Nikon lenses, Nikon bodies, Nikon flashes, Nikon photographers. About parties, and socials, and silly shenanigans, no doubt.
Bottom line, this is a GREAT conference for anyone interested in the art, business, and technology of photography. A necessary experience for any photographer in the wedding and portrait world.
Follow my tweets HERE: http://twitter.com/laurelmcconnell
Follow my facebook HERE: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Laurel-McConnell-Photography/340089440232?ref=mf
Follow my articles HERE: well, yeah, right here, obviously :)
I hope that if you’re not able to attend this year, you’ll find this next week’s series interesting, informative, and inspiring.
And if you’re NOT a photographer, then I humbly apologize… it’s about to get REAL geeky in here!
Cheers, and see you in Vegas!!
Special thanks to Junebug Weddings, for without which this opportunity would not have come to be!!!
- Bring it on! Looking forward to your updates (and sorry I couldn't be there myself.) have fun!
- WOW! Laurel! WOW! I am sooo happy for you! Congrats and have a fab time in WPPI! You ROCK girl!
- So cool Laurel. Can't wait to see what you show us and have fun!
- Love Nikon. Love you. Love getting some WPPI goodness Tweetcariously!
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