GreySave's Oktoberfest

The weekend after Dewey I went to GreySave's Oktoberfest, which was held at Schabarum Regional Park in Rowland Heights. Fortunately the day was cool enough, and even if it had been hotter there were plenty of trees to sit under for shade. I passed out a lot of brochures advertising my photography, and had a pair of 12x18-inch metal prints to show people what cool things they are.

I decided that I'd use only my new D600, and partner it with my 50mm f/1.8 prime and the 70-200mm f/2.8 VR zoom lenses. Mostly I took head shots. Here are some samples:

The 70-200mm VR zoom (I have the first version) is a wonderful lens to use, although you do have to get used to carrying it. Until I tasted the FX Kool-Aid I have not been able to use it as much as I would have like. Now, however, there's not much of an excuse to not use it.

Towards the end I met up with Camille and her Josie Bean and Bertie. It was nice to see them again; some of the pictures I took of Josie turned out better than the ones I took during their session at the Race to the Park event last spring:

Here's a cropped photo of Bertie that I took:

Overall I was very pleased with how I was able to handle the D600 despite my lack of familiarity with it. I will say that I miss having dedicated switches to control metering and focusing modes on the D300 (on the D600 you have to look at either the top panel or look in the viewfinder). But these are not major quibbles -- I'll get used to not having them.