Dance After Dark Photography

Yeah, corny title. Sue me. *grin*

I’m getting all geared up for NOLA, literally. I mentioned in a previous journal that I broke the head of my tripod. It’ll still work, but I’m hesitant to entrust my camera to its dubious stability now. With that in mind, I bought myself a handy-dandy monopod, which is something I wanted anyway. Ain’t it grand when life gives you an excuse to do what you want?

The new tripod is pretty farking cool. I can’t pull up the info now, but it’s a monopod/tripod combo made by (I think) Hakuba. It telescopes to eye-level, so I won’t break my back trying to set up photos anymore, and it’s got two small pop-out legs to make a mini-tripod for tabletop use. It’s not the lightest piece of equipment, weighing in at about 2 lbs, but it’s only 10″ when folded up. I’ll have it on Tuesday, in plenty of time for the trip.

I also ordered a 24-80mm Nikkor AF lens. I’ll be much happier when that puppy arrives. The 70-300mm lens I have now is nice for long-range shots, which is what I wanted most at first, but I definitely need the ability to shoot in closer situations. I really want to have that option in NOLA. A lot of the shots I go for will be travel images, but I don’t want to have to shoot everything from a block away. Besides, I’m going to break my long-standing rule of not photographing cemeteries. It’s cliché, but who can turn down Metairie? I don’t think I’d be able to get enough distance there to use the longer lens.

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