Things are getting busy in my photography land - and I am feeling pretty lucky.  I have been spending most of my nights and weekends kicking it into high gear from some awesome gigs.  I promise to blog about them this weekend, and have them posted early this coming week. 

But, I wanted to take a second to introduce you to a couple of new cameras that are in my camera bag.

First, I picked up a back up camera.  Why do you care?  Why am I telling you?  Well, I thought it was important for any potential clients that may be reading this to show that I am prepared.  Having a back up camera is insurance - and when shooting weddings, corporate events - or even a studio shoot or models…..a back up is 100% necessary.  What if something goes wrong with the first camera?  What do you do when you are at a wedding and your camera stops?  What about the expenses of a studio shoot, only to be wasted because my camera randomly stopped working? 

Well, rest assured….I am covered. 

I also picked up a fun camera, that I cannot wait to try.  I picked up a cheap, Holga camera.  What is a holga?  A Holga is an inexpensive medium format plastic camera.  It is mainly referred to a “toy”, but there is a huge following of hobbyist (and pros) that like this option of camera.  The Holga is known for its bad quality, artistic style of images.  Which is exactly why I bought it.  And it’s FILM! 

I have never shot film before, but I plan on using this regularly on most of my shoots to take 12-16 exposures for some variety.  It won’t be the main pictures - but some fun ones I think will be really neat. 

I plan on shooting a roll this weekend, just of the kids and stuff - and once I get it developed I will put it up for everyone to check out.