The Dream Starts Again.

I am going to receive one of the best cameras on Saturday. The camera is the Nikon D700. I ordered the camera.

I ordered the Grip.

I ordered an extra battery and 2 4GB cards.

I ordered the 50mm 1.4.

The Combo ran me about $3,700 which is completely insane and if my family is reading this I apologize. I know I am out of my mind. But with no college degree and being a technician will not pay the bills forever. I will take over the world. One city at a time.

I am so incredibly happy about the opportunity to change the way I have been shooting and these 2 months without a camera has felt so painful yet refreshing. I want to shoot so bad ;) I would like to thank Alan and JP for letting me borrow their cameras when it was hard.

I am going to be such a picture whore when I get this thing.

-Peter Walkowiak

Proud Nikon Owner

iPhone 3G... Since Day 1.

I have owned the amazing new phone since the 11th and now I have 40+ Apps on it. I enjoy the new 2.0 software and the ability to do so many things without having to use the safari app. I had a lot of questions the first few days "is it faster" etc and I did not know because I dont think I opened safari until the 3rd or 4th day of owning it. Attached is an image of me excited day 1

The Dodos @ The Pink Elephant

The Dodos seemed to sit in the darkest of the corners. There were 3 band members, one did not move and one did not stop, making it impossible to freeze motion. The third was only in a few shots total and only a couple songs. Its hard to say who stole the show this night.

Lighting: Lighting at the The Pink Elephant is by far the worst venue I have ever attempted to shoot in. I was mostly at 6400 at a very show shutter. Even with the 50mm at 1.8 it was hard to capture light.

Gear: I shot with my Nikon D300 as well as my nifty 50 1.8 and cheap 18-55. I dont mind shooting with the cheap lenses when there is not an allocated photographer area. I set my Auto ISO to shoot between 200-6400. I prefer the D300s image in black and white when shooting at 6400.

Thee Oh Sees @ The Pink Elephant

Thee Oh Sees were great live but I dont think they expected the paparazzi's to show up. I went with 2 other photographers and we all were snapping away in the dimmest venue yet. I pulled off some great shots at iso 3200 and above, my camera never dropped below that.

Lighting: Lighting at the The Pink Elephant is by far the worst venue I have ever attempted to shoot in. I was mostly at 6400 at a very show shutter. Even with the 50mm at 1.8 it was hard to capture light.

Gear: I shot with my Nikon D300 as well as my nifty 50 1.8 and cheap 18-55. I dont mind shooting with the cheap lenses when there is not an allocated photographer area. I set my Auto ISO to shoot between 200-6400. I prefer the D300s image in black and white when shooting at 6400.

Dajjal Persona @ Soma

Dajjal Persona had a great stage presence.

Lighting: Lighting at the Soma’s side stage is painful but not as bad some venues. The lights are constantly changing and it doesnt help when the band does not stay still.

Gear: I shot with my Nikon D300 as well as my nifty 50 1.8 and cheap 18-55. I dont mind shooting with the cheap lenses when there is not an allocated photographer area. I set my Auto ISO to shoot between 200-6400. I prefer the D300s image in black and white when shooting at 6400.