Well this is a multi-part quick post – the first part is just noticing the difference between the spams that are caught between the first part. It seems that there are no spams that SK has caught that Akismet hasn’t – so why have both? Just in case (I dropped the extra later after a missed spam on by Aki) But I’m noticing that the Akismet counter is getting much higher, much faster than SK’s. I wonder what is happening to those that I never get to see.
The second part is a quick comment on the lens that I got this holiday. The 60mm Macro is freaking amazing, but when I was thinking that I would use it as a great indoor lens I didn’t consider how close or far I would have to get from my subject. Depending on the subject(s) that I’m framing, I have to be almost 2m away to get a tight crop. The 10-20 from Sigma that I was thinking about getting would have certainly helped me get closer to my subjects when I shot (especially when I was shooting the ceremony on the 24th), but the distortion may have not been appreciated by everyone, though they would have enjoyed seeing more people in the shots all the same. I’m not saying that I should have got one over the other (the 60 is so amazingly sharp that my baby candids are just mind blowing, the 10-20 would let me get closer, but that would have likely meant that I would have little hands all over my camera – As cute as that would be). So if you are reading this and wondering if you should go wide or Macro, remember that you will want wide indoors as well – if you want lots in your shots – and Macros are great general lenses as well. If you want my suggestion as to which to get should also bring into consideration how controlled your shooting situations are going to be. If you are able to move freely around your subjects and take time, lean toward Macro, if the space you have to move is limited, think wide angle.
Lastly, I just finished Eats, Shoots and Leaves. It’s not the first book ever written about punctuation, but it certainly is an interesting read. If you want to see an interesting way to get “spice” into a “dry” subject, take a look at this book. I saw a similar book to this on the history of French. I’m now on to Crawford’s Interactive Storytelling, which only a few pages in seems to be a great way to look at how to look at the role of story in any instructional space (even though it’s not really what it’s written for).
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