Went out to Tacoma yesterday for Julie's work picnic. Various tribes from the area have an annual canoe journey and about 10 boats came in yesterday and there was a big ceremony and all that jazz. I shot a bit and got some decent shots, there was a photographer there for the Tacoma News Tribune who was sporting dual Nikon D2x's with what looked like a 80-200 2.8 AF-S and a 17-35 2.8 AF-S. He got some pretty good shots too, you can check his out here: Tribal Journey 2008.

In light of seeing his photos I'm curious of how he got such better exposure in harsh light than I did, my photos came out quite contrasty and I had to utilize PS CS3's shadow/highlight tool to salvage the shadow areas of most of my images. Here is one of mine that I liked:



Tomorrow I'm shooting a wedding in Seattle, which is quite convenient since it's Lauryn's birthday on Friday so we're going to be staying at a hotel in Bellevue which will make the trip to Seattle much easier. This should be a good wedding, I plan on trying out some new techniques and trying to further hone my wedding style, I'm looking forward to it.