12.27.09 – trusty and FAITHFUL

Canon 20d with EF-S 10-22mm f3.5-4.5 USM

EF-S 60mm f2.8 USM and EF 70-200 f4 usm

I woke up to an e-mail Christmas eve saying that someone wanted to buy my photography equipment. An amazing gift because now I can upgrade to PRO gear before I go to Africa in one month.

But I wanted to dedicate a post to the gear that I’ve pretty much learned to shoot on. My trusty Canon 20d.

Seth and Jamie wanted me to shoot their wedding in 2006 so they fronted me the money to get the gear. At the time I bought the 20d, an EF 28-105 f3.5-4.5 USM II and the 580ex flash.

Its been to 5 other countries with me.

LATVIA // MEXICO // CZECH REPUBLIC // HUNGARY // CANADA

The picture of the 20d has the 10-22 attached. It’s the lens that I shoot with most. I’ve actually realized lately that I’m really sick of the distortion that the super wide gives… but it did pretty good with landscapes. Below is a picture shot at 10mm.

Kailua Kona Hawaii 2008

The 60 was mainly used for portraits and macro stuff. And the 70-200 was used to ZOOM. I’ve had a couple of 50mm lenses in the past but didn’t see the need for one if I had a 60 in my bag.

Its been cool to go and look at professional photographers websites and see that they started out shooting with the 20d too. David duChemin’s ebook TEN has a picture on the first page that was taken with the 20d. I just read last night that Jasmine Star started out with a 20d. And one of our friends and supporters and professional photographer Rachel Barker started out with the 20d too.

I’ll be sure to give a full update on the NEW gear when it gets here.
JIM baker

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colleenDecember 27, 2009 - 12:03 pm

new layout = kickin!!

jim bakerDecember 27, 2009 - 12:15 pm

thanks Colleen! when are we going to see a Colleen and Mike blog?

The RainwatersDecember 28, 2009 - 7:22 am

What equipment are you looking to buy?

jim bakerDecember 28, 2009 - 8:39 am

what do you think? :) I fell in love when you let me use yours at Mark’s wedding. 5dm2 here i come!!!

The RainwatersDecember 28, 2009 - 9:52 am

Ohh..you are going to LOOOVVEE it!!! Seth just shot a video with it, although it is taking him forever to render all the files, the video it takes is AMAZING, far better than our HD camcorders even! I’m soo excited for you! We should go shoot something together (the four of us)!

jim bakerDecember 28, 2009 - 10:27 am

i’m pumped about it… and yeah, we need to get together SOON I want to show you guys off camera lighting…

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