The Trip
So I suck at packing. Tremendously. 6am flight, it's now 1:15am and I'm still not done packing. I have to leave around 3:30am, sigh. Instead, I'm telling you that I'm going to visit family in LA for a week. My aunt and cousin Lulu will take my family and I to Grand Canyon and Las Vegas for fun (both my first time), so hopefully I'll get some good photos. I won't be back until the 6th of 2009, so a preemptive HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone!!!~
In other news, I've picked up a Sigma 15mm EX DG Diagonal Fisheye the other day as a "fun" lens. I also exchanged my new Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM for the Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM instead. The 24L2 is an amazing lens and I love it, but it's not meeting my needs other than the fantastic bokeh. I need a wide angle for *scape shots and at the table shots. The 24 wasn't quite as wide as I'd like to for *scapes and was too wide for table food/people shots. I'm starting to shoot food at f/2+ now anyway so the loss of aperture isn't really a big deal, if I wanted bokeh I can just turn to the godly Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM (affectionately named Spike).
I also wanted to return the Sigma 15EX fisheye since the EF16-35L2 covers the wide angle, but it's just too much fun for the price. I'm keeping it! Anyway, enough rambling camera porn. I need to finish up packing. See you guys in a week! PREPARE FOR MASSIVE INFLUX OF PHOTOS!
