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It’s no secret that I like cloudy skies, especially for my wedding photography.
I try to not miss any occasion to take a few photos when the sky is loaded with clouds.
Here is one taken early in the morning on my way to Sydney for a shoot.
Lake George and the wind mills
I used the Canon 7D and the EF 135 f/2 L lens for his image.
I am always on the look out for new techniques and equipments for my wedding photography work and recently fell in love with some of Canon wildest lenses: the tilt-shift lenses.
For my birthday, my lovely wife offered my the newly redesigned Canon TS-E 24 mm f/3.5 L II and I’d say that it is one of my most beloved lenses in my L series collection of Canon lenses.
Unlike what these lenses are originally designed for (architecture and table top photography) I have used my TS-E lens for wedding. It is amazing how these lenses introduce a new perspective in the wedding photography world. I am now able to control my depth of field at any aperture.
The TS-E 24 mm f/3.5 L II is not only the sharpest 24 mm lens, even wide opened, it is also the most beautiful in design.
Using the TS-E lenses will take you away from your habits, especially the focus and recompose attitude. Yes, this lens is manual focus only and when tilted, you have to compose and then focus or recomposing will change your focus plane and the image will be completely different from what it is intended for.
I had a chance to test drive the TS-E 90 mm f/2.8 (special thank to Paul @ CPS, Canon Professional Services Australia, and Greg @ Ted’s Camera Canberra). This lens was designed back in the early 90′s but are still amazing to use. I played around in the Civic with it on a Canon 5D Mark II body.
Because TS-E lenses are manual focus, you need a big and bright viewfinder in order to get great result.
The TS-E 90 mm f/2.8 is also a near macro lens so it is really interesting to use for details shots, especially for jewelery, ring shots.
Here are a few frames with the Canon TS=-E 90 mm f/2.8
This band was performing in the City Walk and I stopped by to buy one of their CDs.
Tilted on left
Last night, following a french tradition on the third Thursday of November, was the tasting of the Beaujolais Nouveau 2009 at the Alliance Francaise in Canberra.
The Beaujolais Nouveau is a special wine to be consumed young. Each year, it has a particular fruit flavour and this year, after the first sip, there is a perfume of strawberries and banana.
It was a double occasion as we had a live performance by Henri Pavadoni, the original guitarist of the band The Police. Band formed in 1976.
French tradition oblige, we had good wine, good (french) food and good music.
What else can one expect ?
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