I just have to say, “You’ve gotta love IS (image stabilization)!”  I was trying to get some shots of different people around our church for one of the Pastors.  So I snapped this image in low light. Granted it is not tack sharp but hey what do you want?  I Shot this at 200mm @ 1/6 sec.  Yes, 1/6 sec, HAND held!!!  Needless to say I am sold.  Sure IS will not help if your subject is moving but if they are not I think it works pretty darn good.

I was looking through some shots I took the other day and really liked this one.  For those of you who are fans of the crane style this one was shot using what I call “Crane Takes a Drink and Looks Up”  Ha ha ha….in other words I just held the camera low and shot up without looking through the viewfinder.  I just happened to look over and saw Fran and Terry and took the chance of trying to capture this moment. 

Why I like it so much is that a few years ago Fran was struggling with leukemia.  Fran is a very vibrant person and a great athlete so it was hard to see her as the treatments took their toll on her.  Fran and Terry were just dating then and I can only imagine how much strain it all must have put on their relationship.  During all that time they had a strong faith in God and I believe that was a major factor in helping them through that time. 

Fran and Terry are married now, and they both help to head up our communion prayer team.  So I love this picture because of the joy in Fran and Terry’s faces and especially in Terry’s as he is looking over at Fran.  I know God has that same smile as he looks over both of them.