Another image of Teresa and David’s wedding taken in December. Julie and myself were lucky that we dodged the rain……..just.
We asked the couple to have a little walk along the jetty at the Royal Yacht club and got some fantastic images, some of them walking away from us, and some towards.
This one, Julie asked the David to lean Teresa back and give her a kiss. Classic pose turned into a cracking image.
Another image taken at Teresa and David’s wedding.
All the men had a miniture bottle of Jack Daniels as their favours. I could not resist from having a little play and lining them up for this cheeky little photo.
This is one of my images from Teresa and David’s wedding taken in December. I was shooting with the lovely Julie Morrish and we had a cracking day. Lots of fantastic images and a very happy bride and groom.
Taken with my 1DS2 and a 135L f2
Yesterday, I finally managed to get out with my camera and try out my new Haida 10 stop filter. I will write a review on this filter in the next week of 2 but first impressions are very good.
Here is a picture I took at Salcombe. The weather wasnt that great, very cold but at least it stayed dry for a while. This image was taken at ISO100, at f11 and for 25 seconds.
I have tweaked the contrast and converted it mono in CS5.
Hope you like it?
Regards
Bruce
“What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.”
A couple of weeks ago I posted an article about trying out the Samyang 85mm f1.4 lens and it can be read here.
Just after the New Year we took the kids out on their new Christmas modes of transport. Again I tried out this fantastic lens. Now, don’t get me wrong, as this is a manual everything lens, it does take a little bit of getting used too. At f1.4, you got to be spot on with the focus because the depth of field is so shallow, but when you do get it on, it is pin sharp!!
“A photographer went to a socialite party in New York. As he entered the front door, the host said ‘I love your pictures – they’re wonderful; you must have a fantastic camera.’ He said nothing until dinner was finished, then: ‘That was a wonderful dinner; you must have a terrific stove.”
I have been playing around with my site again. This time I have updated my portrait portfolio.
Please have a look here when passing through.
Enjoy and thank you.
I have just been updating my website www.241photography.co.uk and added a new set of wedding portfolio images.
These were taken form a couple of wedding I have attended over the summer. Both couples look fantastic and everybody who attended certainly had fun.
Sarah and Joe’s wedding ceremony was at the Plymouth Cathedral and the wedding reception was at Boringdon Park. The weather was great and little bit of cloud cover added to the moodiness of the outside group images.
Rachael and Jon’s wedding was exclusively set at Elfordleigh Hotel, Golf and Country Club. This venue has some stunning scenary and this certainly helps nwhen taking pictures. We took the bride and groom down onto the golf course after the ceremony in a buggy. This led to some unique and intimate images which the couple absolutely love.
I have added a slideshow of the new porfolio images below, I hope you like them as much I did taking them. Thank you.
My good friend Andrew Rowe has lent me his Samyang 85mm 1.4 lens to try out over the Christmas and New Year holidays. Now, for those who don’t know, this lens is completely manual, the aperture and focus all have to be done by me. I have played around with some old school M42 lenses in the past but nothing like this.
My lens is not really a Samyang but a Falcon branded one instead. They are the same lens (like Vivitar, Rokinon, Polar, etc.) and they’re all made in Korea by Samyang. The full name of mine is Falcon 85mm f/1.4 Aspherical IF. I have to say, what a catch! This lens is spectacular for the price, under £250 and will be so useful for portraits and street photography.
Pros:
- Excellent build, feels very professional. I can’t say the same of the lens cap and hood, what a shame.
- Stunning sharpness at the center already at f/1.4. The corners are already very very good and sharpness increases dramatically at f/2.2.
- Excellent manual focus performance. Just like any manual focus should be. Perfect damping and has a very long throw for critical sharpness.
- Beautiful creamy bokeh at widest apertures. By f/2.8 the highlights stop being circular due to the non-circular blades.
- Great colours. The UMC coating does the job very well.
- Very well controlled CAs. They are easily visible at f/1.4 but by f/2 most of it disappears.
Cons:
- The lens cap is rubbish, if you press it with one finger it bends a little.
- The lens hood feels very cheap and could not be put or taken off the lens with the cap on.
- Very poor flare performance. The lens hood helps a bit but you should avoid having the sun near the frame.
- Focusing can be a pain if you use the lens wide open because of the low depth of field. I use a 1DS Mk2 and I got about 25% of keepers at f/1.4. At f/2.8 the keeper percentage jumped to between 60% to 70%. The long throw of the focusing ring and the somewhat stiffness feel doesn’t allow for quick focus. This lens is meant to waste a lot of time to compose and focus. Not really a problem to me but can keep others away of it because of this.
Bottom line:
The price is unbeatable. The sharpness and bokeh is nothing short of fantastic. The build quality doesn’t match the pro Canon L Glass but it’s a lot better than any currently made lens in the £200 to £300 price range. The only drawback I see is that it is a manual focus lens. I think Samyang deserves to be loudly applauded for this accomplishment. If you don’t mind manual focusing, this lens should be in your bag already and you should beat yourself hard if you still don’t have it.
Here are a couple of images I took yesterday while in the neighbours. Harrison is just over 4 months old and is a happy little chappie. Just took a couple of quick images to while he and his Dad, Struan, were looking at each other. ISO3200, 1/320 sec, f1.4.
Happy New Year to everyone, hope you have a great 2012
I do not know if other people have this quandry but I am finding difficulty in finding the correct theme for my blog. For the moment I think i will stick with this one. Definately a lot better now I have added my own header image.
This picture is taken at Jon and Rachel’s wedding which was at the beautiful Elfordleigh Golf and Country Club. I was working with my close friend Andrew Rowe, who commissioned me to help him with the wedding images.
The rain stayed away long enough to have some fun with the golf carts and take some fantastic images down near the lake.
