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…
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…
An end of the wedding night portrait of a beautiful bride and her handsome husband. It was rather dark in this spot. Great background but uninspiring light. So I used a speedlight and small softbox off to camera right to give some definition and light to the couples faces. This…