Camera Advice

I get asked all the time for camera advice... People of all experience levels want to know what the best camera is for the money.

Recently, I have recommended this Canon body and lens to many people, as it seems to suit the widest variety of users (from amateur stay-at-home DIYers and small business owners to semi-pros).

Here, a great deal on a great starter camera from the always great amazon.com:

*For specific questions on how to adapt this gear to your personal shooting situation, please contact me via my photography website, www.leiajobe.com*


Purchase this camera:
http://www.amazon.com/Canon-T3i-Processor-Vari-Angle-Body/dp/B004M170YC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1334754410&sr=8-2

With this lens:
http://www.amazon.com/Canon-50mm-1-8-Camera-Lens/dp/B00007E7JU/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1334754499&sr=1-2

And you are all set to start photographing almost anything. (High speed professional sports and wildlife, however, might be a bit out of this camera's "range"... but you know, sometimes incongruities are awesome. So just keep shooting.)

Orchids

I am completely fascinated by orchids.

This gorgeous example now lives with me, and I took some pictures of its lovely face... (the text is from my blog project, www.dailythanks.org)

Rayon, Modal, and Tencel, Too

Recently I have been on the hunt for a reasonably priced, high quality, fitted t-shirt, and, much to my chagrin, most of the shirts I found were either partly or fully made out of modal. For me, modal seems a bit too see-through, and although the color is often vibrant, the draping and lack of structure is extremely unflattering.

I wanted cotton.

http://www.theory.com/neon-tee/cinel/883591635642,default,pd.html?start=84&cgid=womens-shop-all

And so today, I found this lovely neon t-shirt for sale on the theory site, and got all fired up about the lack of "natural" fibers in every market, from high to low. And so I googled rayon, modal, and tencel.

I read this article, expecting the author to be equally frustrated about the pervasiveness of these crazy non-cotton fabrics.

http://www.yesitsorganic.com/rayon-modal-tencel-environmental-friends-or-foes.html

And yet, somehow, I came away from the article feeling strangely sympathetic to tencel. Maybe I should give it half a chance...

But then again...

I wonder if people ever felt this way about polyester.