[guitarman]

OK. First off don't expect much. I'm an ametuer at best. Also I had about the crappiest position for this show as I was low man on the totem pole. I was only thier to take pictures for my company, who sponsored this show, I was not the hired guns, as there was about three of them as well as the many number of video camera men all who I had to stay out of their way. However I was still excited to get this chance. Then next I was shooting exclusively with my new 85 1.8 and the new 580EX flash that I had bought. I think with out this flash I never would have got any of these shots as my shutter speed would not have been fast enough. Atleast I was able to maintain a 1/200 shutter speed. Of course I did not have much of an idea what I was doing yet with the flash. I shot them all JPEG with the contrast saturation and sharpness on full and still had to sharpen them as I wasn't the steadiest. One other photographer had himself set up infront of the runway back a few aisles with a tripod. Anyway this is the first shot that I chose to show. I will have others when I get time to view and pick from them. Anyone that wants to comment or critique, feel free. My main interest is portrait photography, not this type, but I thought it would be fun to do. This shot was still kind of blurry out of the camera. I had to use smart sharpen to sharpen it up and that added noise. So I used noiseware progessional to take the noise out. I then had to crop out a camera man who had gotten in to the frame, as this was originally a full length view. As I said I did not have a very good position. As a matter of fact most of my shots were from the models sideview. I had to act fast when they did a turn to catch them from the front angle. And sometimes they turned the other way.

[guitarman]

One of the models with a Hamilton Tiger Cats fooltball player from the CFL. There were a few of them there tonight. If anyone can tell me who this is, I'd appreciate it. I am not familiar with them and I didn't catch who they said he was.

[EnglishBob]

Don't know who she is but she could use a few good meals!

Great shot

[Raoul]

Good sharp pics,the canon does a good job.

[slejhamer]

Excellent exposure, color, etc. Good work with the new gear.

ROFL at Craig!

[shuttertalk]

Hey, love the vibrant, rich and sharp shots. I think you've done well.

It could be the compression, but check on the left shoulder in the first photo - there are some artifacts there...

[StudioJ]

My goodness, don't expect much from an amateur? These shots are great. Nice and clean with rich colours.

My only complaint would be the timing for the second shot. Well done!

[guitarman]

My goodness, don't expect much from an amateur? These shots are great. Nice and clean with rich colours.

My only complaint would be the timing for the second shot. Well done!

Timing was a huge problem for me as this was the first event of this kind for me. Remember your seeing the best of the night. Until I go through the rest of the photos I won't know how many I can be proud of, but I have a feeling it won't be many. Yes the equipment did a good job as there are many photos I saw with great exposures and nice color, but as usable photos with good composition.... oh well. I'm still learning.

[Petographer]

Great shots GM. Great colour and crisp. I'll echo what Craig said. She needs a burger. :o Yikes!