Tamron Workshop

In October 2008, Sue & I attended a Tamron workshop put on by our local camera shop Keeble & Shuchat: http://www.kspphoto.com/.

I'd been hearing a lot about the Tamron SP 17-50mm lens: pro glass, very sharp lens. We took advantage of the discounts to add this lens to our gear, along with two very nice items which we won in drawings: an ExpoDisc and a Manfrotto traveling tripod.

Update 4/12/2011: This Tamron SP 17-50 F2.8 lens has become the mainstay of my shooting, both with the Nikon D80, and since last December, the Nikon D7000. Along with my Nikon primes: 35mm F1.8 and 50mm F1.8 — I use these for all my event shoots.

I just wish Tamron made an SP 50-105mm F2.8. Sigma makes a 50-150 F2.8. I’m looking into that

New Mexico trip

In early February 2008, Sue and I took a wonderful trip to Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Taos, and Chimayó (New Mexico). It was an extraordinary time with excellent winter light.

Here are some images from our trip:
http://www.chriswesselmanphotography.com/Nature/New-Mexico/
and
http://www.chriswesselmanphotography.com/Travel/NM

Smugmug 5th Anniversary party

In December 2007, I was invited to attend the Smugmug 5th anniversary party. My old friend Carl de Cordova was in town, so we went together, and had a ball! There was a some divine justice in this, as it was Carl (Mr. Technology), who used to take me to all the cool parties in Silicon Valley, and now, he was the visitor and I actually had a party for us to go to!

Shortly after this, I upgraded my Smugmug account to the Pro level. They seemed to have a lot of resources there to take advantage of, and a lot of promise to take the sharing of my photography to the next level. More recently, I've been doing a lot of html and css work on my Smugmug site, and now have my own domain for it, as well: waldo647images.com. More information about this is available under the About menu on the home page.