Running dogs

Yesterday I got to shoot something new: running greyhounds. I wish that I did have lenses that were faster than my current ones, not to mention longer, but one works to the best of their own ability with the given equipment.

During the shoot, I used the continuous high-speed shutter release for the first time in a number of weeks -- not because I wanted to, more because I had to. Out of the two-hundred or so which came out of the run, there were about seven or eight which I think were passable, with the others being relatively bland in my opinion. For such occasions, an ideal lens would be a 200-400 with a large aperture. I was using a 55-200 at f5.6. All things considered, it was a very successful evening. The light was pretty good, and shooting on aperture priority allowed me to think more about what I was seeing. As much as I like the control of full manual, sometimes aperture is more useful. I think that I would like to borrow a better lens before the next run next weekend to do what I can with it.

Other than that, I also need to look into throwing a website together, registering with the Canadian Government as a new business, get some cards printed, establish myself, look into the possibility of setting up a show someday... There's too much to do. So it goes. On the bright side, I no longer need to worry about school work, so that's one big plus right there. Baby steps, baby steps...