LBA Fishing Tournament

The Latin Builders Association held there 22nd Annual Fishing Tournament in the beautiful Bimini Bay Resort in the Bahamas. There was plenty of fishing, great food and overall good times. Here are some of my favorite shots. Enjoy!

Isabella

My sisters friend Maitee is having her beautiful daughter baptized next month. She needed a picture for the invitations and asked if I would mind taking it for her. Of course not!! Just check out the model.. =) Enjoy!

Silver Arrow Collision Center

Mercedes-Benz of Cutler Bay

This morning I had the privilege of shooting Mercedes-Benz newest dealership. With a scheduled opening for Fall, they are still in the construction phase and trying to fix up all the loose ends. It's amazing how nice this place is turning out to be. Extremely high tech and really spacious. I also had the opportunity to visit there new body shop Silver Arrow Collision Center (SACC). Pics coming soon. Enjoy!

D700

The introduction of Nikon's new D700 may been one of the worst kept secrets in an industry with more leaks than the Titanic, but it was still something of a surprise coming so hot on the heels of the D3 and D300. Essentially a D3 shrunk down and squeezed into a body roughly the same size as a D300, the D700 is Nikon's first 'compact' professional SLR, and seems designed to go head-to-head with whatever Canon has up its inscrutable sleeve to replace the EOS 5D.

The imaging side of the D700 is pretty much the same as the D3; it shares the acclaimed 12.1MP full frame ('FX') sensor and has the same processing engine, so we would presume output to be almost identical. The main differences (aside from being considerably smaller) are physical; there's a different shutter (good for 150,000 exposures rather than 300,000 on the D3), different viewfinder prism (with 95% coverage) and a slower burst rate. You also lose the rear LCD info panel (there's no room for it) and one of the D3's two CF card slots, but you do get a couple of extra features to soften the blow slightly; most notably a self-cleaning sensor and a built-in flash. We'll look a little more in-depth at the differences between the D3 and D700 in a moment.

The D700 joins the D3 as a fully-fledged 'professional' model; it has the same tank-like build quality (though we're sure the pop-up flash will cause a few raised eyebrows), and gets you the full pro service from Nikon. And the pricing (around $2999) reflects this; anyone hoping for an 'affordable' semi-pro full frame Nikon SLR will have to wait until the cost of producing such large sensors falls considerably.

info: DPReview

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