on the verge of a new SLR: Nikon D5000

My old Canon 300d is on it's way out, and I've been heavily using my compact Nikon and my camera phone for my other blogs (especially sprout30d.blogspot.com).  It is sad because the camera really helped me learn the manual mode and figure out how to take good pictures so I didn't have to spend too much time with post-processing.

The main camera I'm looking at is Nikon D5000.  Mainly because it has the tilt and swivel lcd lens.  The other thing I've noticed when using Nikon's is that they produce beautiful low light, hi ISO pictures and focus really fast.

We have a new child coming into the house and I want to have gear in tip top shape just like I did for my son.

Here are some links that I'm looking at to research my next SLR.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/NikonD5000/

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/NikonD5000/page11.asp

After my 6 or 7 years of using an SLR I am definitely getting 2 high speed SDHC cards from samsung, an extra battery, a remote, macro lenses, a hood, and a telephoto zoom lens.  On Amazon I am seeing all of this adding up to around 740 bucks with free shipping.  During the week I'll be shopping around to see if I can snag a better deal.

Review on Chromasia

If you think there are too many web photographers to appreciate photography on the web or that a computer screen can't present an photograph in a just way...well you are right. It would take an amazing amount of resources (creativity, selectivity, and time) to move someone with a photo over the web. Enter Chromasia. From across the Atlantic Ocean, David and Libby Nightingale (Blackpool, England residents) have made a website that has recaptured the ocean.

David's ocean spits up old analog TV's and harnesses the simple beauty of TV viewers as far from the their living rooms as possible.


'His' wine cellars makes one grab a wine glass and pray wine spills from the screen.


He's been commissioned, held galleries, and shot everything from street photography to weddings. His work is for sale, but nothing restrains the amount of freedom and vivid life felt when gazing upon image after image from the window of of his lens.




There are several ways to appreciate Chromasia without having the pleasure of having his print in your hand. I keep up with his site using an RSS feed, but I've recently enjoyed the visual shopping spree of seeing miniaturized version of the splendid portraits on his site.

Review on Daily Dose of Imagery

I've never been to Toronto, but before I die, I'd like to go once thanks to Sam Javanrouh. His site gives a glimpse of every visible angle Toronto has to offer. From the bird's eye views to the humble shots of people on the street, he manages to summarize the spirit of his city....without words. That spirit is the aggregate of disconnected people and their union with his eye.














These photos are a glimpse of what can be found at a daily dose of imagery and they've been posted here with Sam Javanrouh's permission.