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31 October 2016, 07:04


Canon EOS 7D Mark II, Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens @ 185mm, 1/2000 seconds @ f/3.5, ISO 320.

Since most of my photography is sports photography, and my favourite sport to shoot is football, and my favourite team is (was) the Diamonds, here’s a photo from the mud in Seatoun of Jayme-lee getting a little bit hurt.

Next game is Sunday: 1400 at Memorial Park in Petone. Free entry and stuff. Then it’s the 20th of November, 1330, same place.

So, it’s time for my annual “my wife doesn’t know what I want” birthday list. In no particular order. Level of seriousness is left as an exercise for the interested reader. I’ll keep this updated as stuff changes, so check back if you want to.

  • Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II (I know I already have one, but I could always do with another one)
  • Lens list:
  • Any decent flash. The Canon 600EX-RT and 430EX III-RT are the Canon versions. I’ve also heard good things about the LumoPro LP180.
  • Lighting gear. Pretty much anything. Though the Lume Cube looks pretty cool.
  • Sandbags. Or bags I can fill with sand later. Maybe around 1-3kg kind of size. Even better if they have something they can hang from (like a drawstring).
  • Triggertrap Mobile Kit MD3-N3 (so I can use my 7D2 remotely)
  • Gift cards to my local camera stores (WPS is my favourite, but the blue one is ok as well).
  • These next three are distinct items, but they kind of need to be got in order, or they’re not at full usefulness (it makes sense when you think about it).
  • A mat for working out on. My carpet is grubby.
  • Some weights. Just those little ones.
  • External Hard drives. At least 4TB+. Bonus points if it’s an SSD (that can be smaller, around 1TB min.)
  • A Full Set of The Carey Novels by Ronald Welch (there are 12 — good luck finding them, they’re quite old. I already have Captain of Dragoons if that helps.)
  • Making the Print (or the bundle)
  • Other books. For reading and stuff.
  • An iPad. Also no research done. But I don’t need the mobile one, just WiFi. I have an ancient second-hand iPad Mini, but could do with a bigger (and cleaner) screen.
  • Photoshop training. PhotoSerge and Phlearn are two teachers I quite like. A warning: if they don’t offer downloading the videos, I don’t want it. To get more specific (though almost anything will do. I can give Melissa a list of ones I have/don’t want):
  • A car audio thingy, installed. That I can plug (no bluetooth) my iPhone in to. Though this is more for me and Melissa…
  • A 15m cat-6 ethernet cable.
  • A sleep mask. Those things that lots of people have on planes.

Basically, there’s not actually that much that I want anymore. I’m getting old and content. And grumpy, but that’s irrelevant. I went through last year’s list and I’ve obtained pretty much everything I wanted off of it (printer, camera, lens, lighting stuff, etc.) You’ll just have to use your imagination and in-depth knowledge of what I like for a change. Maybe I just want to go out and take photos of people and things.

Posted by Michael Welsh at 07:04.

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