Smile! Portrait photography is one of my joys! I could take a people photo anywhere and any time. You don't need fancy makeup, lighting, wardrobe or set. All you need is a camera and a person with spark to photograph. One of the things I love about 50mm lenses, especially…
I took this photo somewhere in Washington DC. Colors, composition, pattern - all contribute to what I think is a cool image. In the end that is what this site is about - just a collection of cool images. At least what I think are cool images! Canon EF 50mm…
Just returned from a long driving tour of the Western part of the United States. 4,600 miles of driving over two weeks and amazing sights everywhere. While much of my photography was landscape and scenery I did managed to do quite a bit of portrait work. Scenery is fun but…
What keeps you warm? Is it the quilt or the hug? Or maybe it is the feeling that you are loved? Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 | Canon 7d | 1/200 sec at f/6.3
Dark night and a wide open 50mm nifty fifty lens. Because of the awesome light gathering power I was able to take this at 1/60 sec shutter speed and freeze the motion. What more is there to say? Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 | Canon 7d | 1/60sec at f/1.8
What do you do when the scene is just too big for a 50mm? The appeal of zoom lenses is you can carry a lot of different focal lengths in one lens. The trade off is lower quality, less light gathering, cost and less image consistency. But again, if the…
Confirmed That moment when all the time and effort pays off. This is an old photo with my EF 50mm f/1.4 lens and a Canon 7d camera. I think it shows just how far imaging technology has come. The lens is wonderful and sharp and clear. The photo though has…
Hidden messages are all around us. We just have to open our eyes and look. This photo was taken somewhere in Arizona. What do the petroglyphs mean? Are they a deeply significant story or just kids making pictures on the rocks? How did they survive thousands of years? So while…
The Canon 50mm f/1.2 L lens is unique in the 50mm lens world. It is the only f/1.2 lens available from a significant manufacturer. Realatively big, expensive and not as sharp as the competition it would seem to have significant disadvantages. Depth of field and light gathering The picture above…