Sunset on Lake Winnebago gives a beautiful range of colors. The Eastern shore of the Lake has about the best sunset views in my part of Wisconsin - the Fox Valley. Here we see a wonderful young couple enjoying each other and the sunset for their engagement pictures. So let's…
Low light ability is the hallmark of a great 50mm lens. This shoot was done with my Canon EF 50mm f/1.2 L lens. Shot with 3 strobes - softbox in front and gelled to each side. The smoke was from a propane fogger with mineral oil. Taken just after sunset…
The Canon 50mm f/1.2 L lens is big, expensive, a little heavy and not the sharpest. So why is it one of my favorite lenses? The big f/1.2 aperture! So.. what is the big deal (pun intended)? Canon, uniquely offers three 50mm lenses - the f/1.8, the f/1.4 and the…
The fun of being a photographer is found is spending time with wonderful and talented people. I had the opportunity to again photography the St. Timothy Lutheran Church Players for their annual production. This year they are doing a wonderful version of the musical Jesus Christ Superstar. The play is…
Sometimes the only description you can come up with is a "Cool Breeze in a Neenah Alley"! Made me think of what the phrase Cool Breeze means... A quick Google search turns up 166,000,000 hits for cool breeze. Not much help! I guess to me a Cool Breeze is someone…
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…
A great example of low light photography with a wide aperture lens. I used a Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 lens for this shot along with a Canon 7d camera. If you look closely you can see the hand blur from the slow 1/40sec shutter time and a bit of fill…
So much going on behind those eyes... the world is ahead of her and the only limitation is her imagination. Just a quick portrait sometimes captures the best expressions. A hint of a smile and we wonder what she is thinking about. Canon Rebel XSi |Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 |…
Ah Summer! Wish it were here. Lazy days, warm weather and photo opportunities without frostbite! I was out with a friend doing some "street" photos on the 4th of July in Neenah. She finally collapsed (with dramatic flair) and the photog became the model! Canon 5d mkIII | Canon EF…