Corey + Mike engagement photo session was shot on location downtown Chicago.

Giant replicas of Grant Wood's farmers in his 1930's American Gothic painting (Art Institute of Chicago) have been erected in front of the Wrigley Building. Corey + Mike adopted a contemporary version of the farmers' poses with modern bag and mobile phone. For the final images, the colors of Corey's jeans match the farmer's wife dress and Mike's jacket and jeans match the farmer's.

Rather than the traditional under the dirty L shot, I used a slow shutter speed with a little flash to give it a more busy and urban feel.

Whoo Hooo!

Lips on lips on lips

JR has added the stunning new Zeiss 21mm f/2.8 Distagon T* ZE to his prime collection.

The lens is laser sharp wide open and exhibit very low distortion (1.7%).

Here is one of my favorite image from Corey + Mike engagement session photographed with the Zeiss 21mm last week.

Reviews of the exceptional Zeiss 21mm can be found at photozone.de and at Diglloyd.com.

JR's complete prime collection includes the 15mm f/2.8 fisheye, Zeiss 21mm f/2.8 Distagon T* ZE, 35mm f/1.4L, 50mm f/1.2L, 85mm f/1.2L, 100mm f/2.8L MACRO IS, 200mm f/2L IS, and 300mm f/2.8L IS.

If you submitted an inquiry via the www.JRGeoffrion.com contact form and have not heard back from me, your contact information has been lost due to a web server configuration issue.

Please kindly re-submit your inquiry and I will get right back to you.

Promise.

I am selling many "like new" or "minty+" photography equipment [mostly back-ups] I am no longer using (or never used). I am offering a presale to blog readers and facebook friends before I add the pictures to the listings and make the sale official.

Take a look at my Canon Equipment for sale + Camera Bags, Shipping Roller Cases, and Photo Backpack for sale + Camera Accessories for sale.

If you are interested in any of the equipment, please let me know asap before it's gone.

I said a lot of things were brewing for 2010... Well... Our fourth little one as been brewing for a while and will join us at the beginning of March (or sooner...).

We know he's a little boy and are looking for a name so feel free to help us out with suggestions. We have three criteria:

1) the name has to be comprised of "two names" separated by a hyphen (just like mine, Jean-Rene, and that of my three other little ones: Jacques-Charles, Natalie-Soleil, and Pierre-Andre);
2) the name obviously has to have a French ring to it;
3) the name should not easily be "butcherable" (a new word I just made up) in most Latin-based and Germanic-based languages;

Thanks to all my family, friends, clients, client who became friends -- past, present, and future -- for making the last year, and the last decade, spectacular.

I've been quiet... Maybe too quiet... but exciting things are brewing for the New Year... stay tuned...

My wonderful image of Val + Nick's wedding (also featured in my web site gallery) is featured on the cover of a DxO retail box.

On November 3rd, DxO launched version 6 of its DxO Optics Pro Raw Converter. My favorite new feature is the expanded range of many corrections (sliders), allowing for artistic interpretation rather than just accuracy. My favorite previous feature was definitely the DxO Geometry corrections linked to the lens modules, allowing for quasi-tilt-shift lens controls over the image.

You can download a free 30-day trial version here (Windows only at the moment - Mac version to come).

In October and November, I donated over 40 hours of photography, processing, and retouching to revamp the Sacred Heart School brochure to highlight and convey the Academic, Faculty, Curriculum, Extracurricular, Spirituality, and Parents aspects of the school. The photography make the brochure stand apart from any other.

Download the full 11-page Sacred Heart Brochure containing my images here.

JR is adding the superb new Canon 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS.

Reviews of the lens can be found on dpreview.com and photozone.de.