Bought a new lens!

I bought a new lens today. I had been wanting a lens that can take a nice portrait with some depth of field. (soon I will post some pictures) I was looking at the Canon EF 50mm f1.4, but I was able to get a better deal with the Canon EF 50mm f1.8 for less with little difference in image quality. Of course the f1.4 would have been a bit sharper and provided more of blur in the background, but I realized I will save some money and put that towards a zoom lens in the future. This lens is still a sharp image for the money paid! So now my Photography equipment and digital dark room includes:

Body:
CANON REBEL XT

Lenses:
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Canon EF 50 mm - f/1.8 II
Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX DG HSM

Software:
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Adobe Lightroom 1.4
Photo Matix (for HDR processing)

For Christmas I am thinking a zoom lens. Its time!! I really wish I would have had it when we saw the black bear in Tennessee!!

A montage from my Cousin Sarah's Wedding

Here is montage I did for Sarah's wedding. (Wedding Date August 16, 2008) I think it turned out great, and of course they are a beautiful couple that had the perfect wedding day with a great summer day and scenery! Here is the montage:

Smoky Mountains

Mom, Dad and I flew out from DTW to visit Ryan in Tennessee on October 10. We had a 4 day weekend and visited the Smoky Mountains, Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. We rented a cabin, went hiking and even saw a black bear! We had a great time and here are some pics and video of bear.

P90 X - I hate Yoga, but will try to learn to love it.

So I have started P90X program. A 90 day exercise and nutrition plan. Its meant to get a normal person toned and ripped. ha! We'll see! It involves intense works that include push ups, pull ups, plyometrics, a mean ab ripping dvd and yoga. You would think the Yoga would be easy, but it is the beast! Ok - so here is a pose that I had to do. This is medium difficulty. I hope to post harder poses, but I look like a fool doing them, but here is one where I don't look so much like a fool. Here is my video of Tree Pose in Yoga X. I am on day 12.