5/22/2013 11:53:57 AM

Thanks for the note,

Personally, I would rule out the macro lens, in your attempt to get down to just 2 lenses. (Unless say, flower or insect macros are simply your all-time favorite things to shoot, and so you intend to find lots of those subjects for that in Ireland.)

The 10-22 will be especially useful if you're going into a lot of old churches/chapels (particularly if you can use a tripod there) and if you loved shooting architecture. And it can make some really interesting outdoor landscape shots, anchoring something in the foreground of a huge, wide scene, for instance. (It is perhaps my all-time favorite lenses, and I'd definitely take it if I were taking this trip, based on my shooting interests.)

So then for me, it would come down to either the 17-55 or the 70-200... And whether I found myself, historically, needing a fair amount of reach in my personal trend of photo subject matter while on travel. (Also weight would factor in, if I was looking to pack light.) For me personally, when I've taken bigger zooms on my trips (200, or 300, or once, a 100-400) they ultimately always are my least-used focal lengths of the trips, which could tip me in favor of the 17-55. (Ugh! Ah, for a 24-105 to be on the list of candidate lenses!) Of course, "L" glass is lovely to use, always, and while I'd probably live more at the 70mm range if I took it, than the 200mm range, it could require rethinking some shots - to stand further away than you'd expect, to get everything you want in the scene...

If you intend to travel by foot a lot during your Ireland trip, holding your camera body with a tripod too, then I would say, lugging a heavy lens like (70-200) might not be best of ideas. Canon's 10-22mm on the other hand is much lighter and is considered by many to be one of the finest non-L lenses that Canon manufactures. And Ireland is full of scenic beauty, so it just makes sense to go with it.

So my choices would be a 10-22 and a 17-55mm.

And good luck and happy shooting, Virginia.

Pat,

We would like to ask permission to use your photo of Greg Walker (http://www.patharry.com/allen2011/h245AF403#h245af403) on our website. Greg will be appearing at an upcoming fundraiser we're hosting at the Museum of Making Music on August 23, 2013.

If granted, we would provide the appropriate attribution and a link to your website with the image. Thank you for your consideration.

Best regards,

4/21/2013 10:19:58 PM

http://www.museumofmakingmusic.org/events/details/114-access-to-music-gala-with-greg-walker

This morning I was able to log-in using my old password so they must have re-set with an old back-up.

I will be visiting Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Hobart. I would love to hear from the folks who live there or have visited there and can suggest places to visit and shoot images of in or nearby the above-stated five cities.

I would also very much welcome the opportunity if some of you have time and interest to have a photo-shoot together.

Thanks for your time, in advance.

That's terrific that you are headed 'down under' :) .... Unfortunately I don't live in any of those places but I will be travelling to Melbourne and possibly Sydney in the next 4 weeks and if the timing co-ordinates or we can work it out somehow would love to catch up and shoot with you........

So many awesome places to shoot - I know you have been here before so know your way around a bit but will email you some of my fav places in Melbourne and Sydney.

Travel safe and have fun!!!

Renee

Take care.

Usman.

I use LR4 to import my images. I use the handy feature that makes a duplicate copy to a different drive at the same time. This gives me two copies of my files in case a drive fails. Periodically (probably not as often as I should), I manually make a copy of my main drive to a portable drive. This copy is stored at my dad's house in his fireproof safe. This gives me a third copy that is secure should something catastrophic happen at my home.