So outside of weddings, I like to stay busy and keep ideas fresh in my head for new picture ideas - kinda some personal "extra credit". Just a few days ago, a few other wedding photographer friends and I got together and arranged a session with some local models. Not being under the pressure of a wedding day, the point of this exercise was to try out some different ideas and also to try some new equipment out. The new and amazing Canon 200mm f/2.0 IS lens was on loan from Canon and I got to play with review it. My personal short use review of it... it is a wonderful lens and I want one.

Harleigh: (Canon 200mm 2.0 IS)

(Canon 24-70mm 2.8)

Ebony: (Canon 200mm 2.0 IS)

(update): Thanks also goes out to Craig Single (Craig's shots) for letting me try the sweet lens out while he had it on loan. My good friends, Stacie Lech (Stacie's blog) and Mark Gardner (Mark's shots) were also in attendance.