I took my new 5D mk II on the trip, and it has astoundingly good low-light performance which really comes in handy since I can rarely justify using on-camera flash. However, more significantly, it was the first dSLR to include high-def video capability. What really makes this cool is being able to use lenses with razor-thin depth of field to get that cinema-quality feel. Aaaand it’s manual focus (notice about half of everything is out of focus. Cool, huh? Riiight.) It’s actually not bad once you get used to it. …which happened after I made this movie.
What did I learn? Movies are fun to make but a whole lot more work than still photography. Seriously. It’s crazy. I don’t know what they’re thinking.
Without further adieu (or digression), here it is!
Whenever I do a shoot or go on a trip, I inevitably have out-takes–pictures that are funny or noteworthy but otherwise not a part of the top-5 percent that makes the post. Here are a few out-takes that still make me smile.
