Hello there, David here from www.davidpurlsow.com
Its been a really hectic week for me, I have finished 2 albums for couples I shot either last year or earlier this year. I will post up some photos soon.
The week has been so busy infact that I had to wait 3 whole days to play with my new toy. Last week I managed to get my hands on the seemingly illusive Nikon 50mm F1.4 Lens. This is not a professional lens and costs under £200.00 – This is the cheapest lens in my camera bag. I brought it after reading reviews about it and how well it preforms on the Nikon D3.
The 50 1.4 a prime lens – meaning its not a zoom lens in photographer speak.
There are 2 main reasons I wanted this lens.
- Its ability to take photos in very low light (thats the F1.4 for you)
- the Bokhen – This means how much it throws the foreground and background out of focus
I decided to test both of these out using my ever willing model – Joshua or “THE BOY” as he has become know as.
Knowing I wanted to how well it preformed in both categories above, I knew there was only one place to shoot photos – the stairs !!!!!!
The boy LOVES trying to climb the stairs, in the first photo below, you will notice that he is clambering over the stair gate at the bottom of the steps. All I have done to the photo is resized it for the web, no colour correction or photoshop tricks have been applied here.
One of the interesting this here is that the image was shot by hand holding the camera over the bannister without looking thru the viewfinder. I held it above JD and snapped a couple of photos. You can see how quickly the focus drops off – that black thing at the bottom left hand side of the photo is my foot in black socks ! – notice also how his shoulder is our of focus – AMAZING BOKHEN.
In the second photo, I have converted it to black and white, this one I laid down at the top of the stairs while the boy FLEW up them towards me. Both of these shots were taken at ISO 800 apatature priority F1.4 I am amazed by this little lens, I cant wait to use it for a wedding or portrait session. I have a feeling that the Nikon 50mm F1.4 will give fantastic results when photographing a wedding in a dark church or dark venue.
Here is the shot of the boy climbing everest – well his little everest.
Well, bed time, but I just wanted to share whats new this way with you,
take care, more soon,
dp
David Purslow
Photographer
www.davidpurslow.com
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