Monthly Archives: August 2011

Portraiture using the Leica Tele-Elmar 135mm f/4 and the M9

I have owned the Tele-Elmar 135mm f/4 for over a year now after buying it on ebay for a reasonable price (they have increased considerably since then) Its a large, relatively heavy lens (for Leica) with a maximum aperture of … Continue reading

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V Fest Special – Chloe and Keira

V Fest 2011 starts this Friday in Chelmsford Essex UK – Chloe and Keira did a photo session this week in festival wear A YouTube video at the end of the blog captures the whole set Canon 5D MK 2 … Continue reading

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Portraiture using the Clarity slider on Lightroom – Leica M9 and 90mm Tele-Elmarit

The Tele – Elmarit 90mm f2.8 is one of my favourite lenses for classical portraiture – normally stopped down a little (f3.2 – f3.5) to give a little more depth of field (f2.8 is a little extreme) These were late … Continue reading

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Lenses for portraiture – Canon vs Leica

Sophie kindly agreed to model for me in this casual test of three portrait lenses (plus an odd fourth choice but certainly worthwhile – The Canon 300mm f2.8L) These images were taken late one evening about one hour from sunset … Continue reading

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Les Mots de Mo play Mylene

In July I photographed Les Mots do Mo in the Cognac region of France – this is the final compilation using the Canon 550D and the Tokina 50 135mm f2.8

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Crocquet at Lodge Farm

At the weekend I photographed our friends anniversary party at Lodge Farm – Fuji X100 (right click, properties on the image for identification) and Canon 5D Mk2 with 24 -70mm f2.8L (plus some delayed publication Leica IIIf film results) Auto … Continue reading

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