Everyone that knows me knows I am a Nikon Girl.  I've shot with Nikon for the last few years and have had a lot of great success with it.  I mean, its gotten me where I am today, so how can I not give it some of the credit.  Lately though I've been noticing a change in my thinking.  I've always been attracted to a certain few photographers - and the more that I stalk, umm I mean read, their blogs I've noticed they've all got a certain style of photos that really attracts me to their work.  Funny to find out that they all shoot Canon.  Figures.  So instead of doing the "Leslie" thing to do and go out and buy a new camera and lens without even testing it out - it was suggested that I rent a body and a few lenses and check out if a Canon was really for me.  So that's what I do - I rented a Canon Mark 2 and an 50 1.2 and a 85 1.2.  I couldn't wait for it to arrive and it did Thursday night.   I'll admit at first it was really intimidating - the dials and controls are really different - but the smaller body felt really good in my hands.  It didn't take long for me to figure out where the main buttons were to get me going.  

The first thing I did was check out the video features.  I am by no means a videographer - nor do I want to be - but I love the spark that clips of video can bring to a slideshow - and boy is this video amazing!  Its so true to life its scary - must be the HD - but still I instantly chalked a mark on the board for the Canon.  I've still got a looong way to go before I can say I'm at least decent at video - but its definitely going to be a fun venture.

The next thing to do was to check out the main purpose of the camera and that was shooting stills.  I was a little wary about it - because I've been told that although Canon is a great hybrid camera - Nikon was still miles ahead in the stills department.  They've got amazing low light - and great autofocusing something that the Mark 2 is still lacking.  However I wanted to be unbiased - and since i normally shoot in natural light I figured I'd get out and shoot.  I found a great couple and we went to work.  The first thing I noticed is that even after the first image - I really liked what I seen at the back of the camera.  THIS was the look I was going for.  It might not be for everyone - but I am more convinced with every frame that I might be falling in love for the second time.  *fingers crossed* that a new Mark 3 comes out this fall - but in the mean time I'm going to keep shooting to see if I am going to make the plunge to The Dark Side .... or The Light Side - I'm not sure which one Canon is referred to!

So all my babbling out of the way - Here is the slideshow from Jasmine and Brad's session yesterday!  They were great to work with - and I'm happy to say Jasmine is my husband's cousin and such a sweetheart!  I hope everyone enjoys it and I would love to hear your feedback below on how you think my first venture out with a Canon turned out.

XOXO