First picture with new camera (Nikon D300)

I just picked up my new camera today! The Nikon D300 just hit the shelves last week, and I had my name on the waiting list at West Photo, the serious pro shop here in Minneapolis.

This is my very first frame after taking it out of the box on the kitchen table this evening. Nothing special, I'm just really excited that it's finally here, and so I'm sharing the excitement with the rest of you!



Nikon D300, ISO 3200, 50mm, F 1.8, 1/80 sec

Beckham fever at the Metrodome

International soccer star David Beckham and the Los Angeles Galaxy played an exhibition game with the Minnesota Thunder at the Minneapolis Metrodome yesterday. The attendance was four times the Thunder's season average as Beckam fans mobbed the dome to see their star. At the end of the game Beckham gave his jersey to a young fan in the stands.

Note: The photos in this collection were shot by Eric Bowen for Competitive Image ( http://competitiveimage.us) as the official photographers of the Minnesota Thunder.

Wireless photo upload for almost any digital camera

Holy crap is this cool!! Your photos automagically uploaded from your existing camera to your website as you take them!

Eye-Fi has created a 2gb SD memory card that also has WIFI built in for $99. The Eye-Fi card automagically uploads your photos to your PC and/or the photo website of your choice whenever it has a connection to a configured network (generally your home network).

I hope they come out with a CompactFlash version too (none of my cameras use SD).

The only obvious downside is that this will probably suck your camera battery dry quite a bit faster.

Sign me up!

http://www.eye.fi/

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/eye-fi/

An apple a day

Benjamin enjoys a freshly picked apple in the orchard on Saturday.

Twin Cities Marathon Winners

My photos of the eventual mens and womens winners of the Twin Cites Marathon. Taken at the Seagate water stop at mile 15.

Mykola Antonenko: 2:13:54


Svetlana Ponomarenko: 2:34:09

Note: The photos in this collection were shot by Eric Bowen for Competitive Image (http://competitiveimage.us) as the official photographers of the Twin Cities Marathon.

Twin Cities Marathon Photo Essay

Yesterday's 2007 Twin Cities Marathon was the hotest in the history of the event. Hundreds of volunteers manned water stations along the course to provide drinks to the sweltering runners. In addition to water the runners were served PowerAide, a blue energy drink for CocaCola.

The following is a photo essay that tells the story of a few of the thousands of blue PowerAide cups provided to runners.


6:43am - Volunteers fill PowerAid cups at the Medtronic water station at mile 19 of the marathon course.



7:39am - A runner in the Twin Cites 10 Mile race grabs a cup of PowerAide at the 3 mile point of their race. The temperature is already over 70 degrees.


7:42am - A Twin Cities 10 mile runner gets a drink and waves to a friend at the 3 mile water stop.


11:02am - A line of volunteers pass cups to runners in the middle of the pack at mile 19 of the marathon.


11:29am - The heat of the day has slowed runners to a walk in a sea of discarded cups at mile 22.


11:56am - A volunteer rakes up discarded cups at the last water stop at mile 25.

Note: The photos in this collection were shot by Eric Bowen for Competitive Image (http://competitiveimage.us) as the official photographers of the Twin Cities Marathon.

My Fellow Americans!

Benjamin working on his stump speech.