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Ever had one of those "Ah Sh** moments?" I had one last night.
Ok, for my New Year's resolution, I resolve to check more closely what gear I'm taking with me when I leave to an event. New Years Eve we had a nice dinner/ dance at our Veterans of Foreign Wars post (in Albuquerque, 30 miles from my house). We were going to be at a table with 3 or 4 other couples so I wanted to take my Canon 6D but only wanted to take one lens that would be flexible enough for a variety of shots (also had my Speedlite with a defuser). The lens I decided to take was my Canon 24-105mm f4L lens. I figured that would be good enough for wide group shots and some more close up personal shots! That was the plan!
Unfortunately, when I got to the VFW and started to put my camera together, the lens that I thought was the 24-105 turned out to be my Canon 135mm f2 (Prime). I had just glanced in my small Targus bag at the house and saw this lens in there, but mistook it for the 24-105. Mind you, it's a great lens, but definitely not the right "single lens" to have at a venue where you are trying to get shots of groups or even individual shots that show more than an extreme closeup the person's head! I found myself standing half way across the room just to get decent individual shots of the folks at our table (which of course rendered the flash useless!
D'oh! Lesson learned!
Ok, for my New Year's resolution, I resolve to check more closely what gear I'm taking with me when I leave to an event. New Years Eve we had a nice dinner/ dance at our Veterans of Foreign Wars post (in Albuquerque, 30 miles from my house). We were going to be at a table with 3 or 4 other couples so I wanted to take my Canon 6D but only wanted to take one lens that would be flexible enough for a variety of shots (also had my Speedlite with a defuser). The lens I decided to take was my Canon 24-105mm f4L lens. I figured that would be good enough for wide group shots and some more close up personal shots! That was the plan!
Unfortunately, when I got to the VFW and started to put my camera together, the lens that I thought was the 24-105 turned out to be my Canon 135mm f2 (Prime). I had just glanced in my small Targus bag at the house and saw this lens in there, but mistook it for the 24-105. Mind you, it's a great lens, but definitely not the right "single lens" to have at a venue where you are trying to get shots of groups or even individual shots that show more than an extreme closeup the person's head! I found myself standing half way across the room just to get decent individual shots of the folks at our table (which of course rendered the flash useless!
D'oh! Lesson learned!
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