Shutterfly, an Internet-based “social expression and personal publishing service,” released the results of their Wedding Trend Survey.  Some of the findings included things like “the old adage: ‘Always a bridesmaid, never a bride’ might not be true,” and that “blue is the color of the season.”  Most interesting, to me at least, one of their findings was that 22% of brides felt that they should have “spent less on the dress; more on the memories.”

That’s an interesting observation that suggests that brides are finding increasing value when it comes to their photographs, and that they wished to either have better quality, or more products to help remember the memories that were created during their wedding day.  Yes, this is a little self-serving, being a wedding photographer myself, but articles like this reveal why I strongly believe in continuous improvement and attention to quality — so that those memories are recorded beautifully and preserved for generations to come.

To read the entire article, click here.

We’ve all been to trade shows and gotten them…  bags of assorted things from pens, lip balm, t-shirts, mints, candy.  More often than not, though, all this stuff will end up buried at the back of our drawers, never to be seen again.  Well, it looks like Canon may change that for some lucky Olympic photographers! Apparently, Canon has been giving travel mugs that look just like their 70-200 f/4L lens!  The optics on this lookalike probably aren’t that great, but it’ll keep your drink warm!

Here’s a picture of the mug:

I’m not a Canon shooter myself, but this mug would definitely work for me!  If anyone has access to one, I would, seriously, be really interested in getting one for myself!  Hey, Nikon, maybe you can make a venti-sized 70-200 f/2.8 that I can drink out of?

Original article here.

Looks like there’s a Facebook group for it too.