Model A and I spent a few FREEZING hours in the snow one evening in December last. The photos show why I love 50mm lenses so much! The picture above was taken with only ambient light - the Christmas lights in the little tree next to her. I stopped down…
I was not always a 50mm fan! My first "good" lens was the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 - the nifty fifty. I shot everything with it and after a while got a little bored. The same perspective on every photo and I shot everything pretty much wide open. Fast forward…
Setting up the telescope before imaging some distant galaxy! This picture is a great example of the awesome light gathering power of the 50mm f/1.2 lens. While it appears to be light it is rather dark so even at f/1.2 and 1/60s shutter speed the camera used an 8000 ISO…
A cold Winter Night with a beautiful young model. I was shivering (she was warm!) and basically doing "run and gun" to shoot as fast as possible. We found a cool courtyard in Menasha with a neat mix of Christmas lights and lamp posts. I just love this pose as…