A great response to our request for readers photoblogs; enough inspiration to slate anyones photo-porn craving.
Selecting one of the submissions at random brings us to the work of Bryan William Jones and his JonesBlog.
Bryan writes that his blog has been going in one form or another since 2001, but he began the transformation to a photographically intensive blog back in 2004 after his doctoral dissertation was finished and he could afford a digital SLR to replace his 35mm film camera "that I had to sell for undergraduate tuition money".
The front page shows a couple of rather good insect macro shots, some runners and a couple of birds of prey but it is the dramatic lines of an underground station that caught my eye. No details of equipment but you have to click on the read more links to display further details of the subject and more images.
1. Ah, sorry about the lack of photogear in the entry.
I shoot with a Canon 20d and the following lenses:
50mm f1.4
100mm Macro f2.8
70-300mm DO IS USM f4.5-5.6
17-85mm IS USM f4-5.6
I am really itching to spend the dollars on some faster glass like the Canon 70-200 f2.8 and a faster close up zoom as capturing pictures of birds is pretty tough without faster/sharper lenses. However, that said, the 50mm f1.4 and the 100mm Macro f2.8 are outstanding lenses with beautiful bokeh and the 70-300 DO IS USM is a wonderfully compact lens that does not attract as much attention as the other lenses in its zoom range, allowing one to get people shots without standing out. If I were buying a new 30d, I would absolutely pass on the standard 18-55 lens and go with the 17-85 if you are buying a kit. You will be much happier with it than the 18-55.
Posted at 1:30PM on Jul 29th 2006 by Bryan William Jones