The Primitive Lens

Hmmm :)

Rented a Canon 50mm f/1.4 USM prime lens for a rock concert shoot tonight. It aint an "L" or whatever but that shallow depth of field goodness is gooooooood. And its a big jump from both of my kit lenses. Of course it meant that I had to test it out with some portraits of the ever-lovely Soraya M (smoolch) the night before. These were straight out of the camera. The bokeh ain't so circular stopped down but who's counting eh? It's just great to have something that I will be able to push in really low lights. Plus its a paying gig so its only right that i try to get the best for the client! (Hire me!) lolz but seriously.

Merely a sample of the images of the entire essay. Part of the products of a very fruitful shoot in Santa Cruz. Part of the Photojournalism Assignment 3. kbanfield thanks for the opportunity to have you as the subject of my essay

Alter Bridge - Fortress, title track of the band's fourth album. 

I had lots of fun doing this shoot. I used a simple two point light setup. Some of the cords are visible in the last shot. I didn't edit them because I like to see how close my raw captured images are to the final vision. 

Saw this tiny but fearsome looking creature while on a hike.  

A shot from early on in my Photojournalism course. This little guy (or girl - I can't tell) while chowing down on some fruit was courteous enough to stop for a photo op. His friend in the back seemed a bit distracted. :) These were taken in the Bamboo Cathedral, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.

He winked at me! I encountered this little fella while I was on location shooting kbanfield. He was being a sly dog and trying to nip me when my back was turned. He eventually settled down... after i had a barking competition with him...

smoolch :)

5 posts! yeahhhhhhhhhh!!!!

Anyways, as you see here, sometimes you have to get low to get the shot. I'm sure people have seen me around - all sprawled out on the floor gettin dem shots. lol.

But... sometimes those shots come out pleasant enough. 

The exercise was reallllly to use a slow shutter speed, but that guy on the building was posing for her. Also we had to track/pan to make the focused foreground/ motion blurred background thing happen. 

Our first practical for Photojournalism Class. The objective was to test different shutter speeds. 

Light entered, diffracted and landed on my eye... And in an instant the beauty of the scene was shut away forever, kept alive in perpetual stasis. The light went out.