Jeans @ Work

Ok - this cracks me up. Companies - most that are considered "corporate" - or at least ones that adhere to that "lifestyle", usually have the "you can wear jeans on Friday" BS. What really cracks me up, is when these companies have promotions that allow you to wear jeans ALL WEEK LONG! And they advertise it like that - the catch is, you have to "donate" some random sum of money - usually on the order of around $10.

This cracks me up for two reasons - 1) That companies think they are really giving the employee a chance at making their horrible job better by "allowing" them to wear jeans. Let's face it, unless you give every employee a 5% raise + 2.5% bonus, nobody is really "happy" at work. Nearly everyone knows they can do a better job than the person above them, and nearly everyone isn't getting paid nearly enough (or getting nearly enough "good", "worthwhile" benefits) for the work they are worth. Allowing them to pay money to be able to wear jeans isn't really going to make a difference! Honestly, with CEOs and other "high ranking" officials bringing home salaries in the 7+ figures, along with bonuses that are 6 figures - there isn't a thing on this earth YOU can "allow" me to wear, that is going to make me feel any better...LOL - you keep your promotions, I'll keep my money, and stick with khakis.
2) And the second reason, is that employees put up with the dress code! Look, I'm not about to make a stand - I don't have the authority, singularly, and I am also not in the position to do that as a contractor. But realize that 98% of a company is filled with drones. The drones do all the work. From HR to IT and everything in between - we do all the work that makes a business work. The other 2% are the high level employees, or sales people. These 2% should have a dress code - they are client facing! They bring in new business, so they should look nice. The rest of us who have to implement the products you are selling, don't need to get all fancy to do their jobs! I have a few friends who are in the design industry - be it designing new products, or designing fashion items, or designing for ad agencies - and their dress code? Don't show up naked! LOL - ok, so it might not be that relaxed - but they don't need to wear a collared button up shirt and khakis. Now, some of them do, because they like the look - that is fine, ultimately though, it is their choice. They enjoy the work environment better, I'm positive, than the rest of us who are forced to wear some BS. It doesn't matter - I can't really make a difference - but I wish companies would either let the whole dress code thing go - or stop toying with their employees and treat them like humans...

New Lens!

So - I bought a new lens the other day and it showed up yesterday! I ended up getting a Canon 50mm f1.4!

I have not had a whole lot of time to play with it or take any super nice pictures - at least any keepers - but oh man is it a nice lens! The 1.4 side of things is absolutely insane. The depth of field is so shallow...which has acted, sometimes, as a bad thing. It is so shallow (how shallow is it?) that when taking a portrait - one eye is in focus, and the other eye isn't! Haha, that isn't the most practical way of taking portraits - probably need to dial it up to 2.0 or something - but it is quite nice. I took it into a dark hallway just to see how it performed in low light conditions - amazing. Set it at 1.4, the shutter speed to around 1/50 sec - and iso a cool 200 - picture looked exactly like the conditions I was shooting....Basically, I can't wait to really start working with this lens - my new favorite for sure!

In a few days, once I get some good pictures and what not, I'll post em up!