A celebration of sharp focus!

My faithful old 24-70mm f/2.8L lens had to go to Canon for repair last month.  It wasn't focusing consistently, which can be a disaster when you are trying to capture brides walking down aisles and emotions flickering through a mother's face and cute flower girls with twirly skirts and...well, you know, all those kinds of things.  Things that make me excited to do what I do!

So, it went to Canon for professional repair, and meanwhile I shot a wedding and an engagement shoot and portraits and events and backpacking...with four or five other lenses.  It was good to have my technique and creativity stretched a little, and not have my "old standby" lens to fall back on.  But it's awesome to have it back!

I took it out yesterday for a quick garden tour to check out the focus...and it's sharp as a tack!  Check out this sunflower bud:

Of course, then the sunflower next to this asked to be photographed:

And there was a Flowering Maple nearby...

And a gorgeously intricate Passion Flower climbing up the arch...

And a gloriously ostentatious, dinnerplate-sized Oriental Lily, the glory of an August flower garden...

...and a very busy bee, working busily on harvesting all the nectar from this Pincushion Flower.

I'm working on engagement photos this evening...more of Dan and Julie soon!

- Kelsey Schweickert


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