Headshots, family shoot, and event shooting

Two Sundays ago I did head shots for a friend of mine, Anthony. We shot in the industrial area of SE portland by the river. The weather that weekend felt like it was summer. We shot around mid day which was a little tricking with lighting because it was rather harsh so for the most part we stuck to shooting in the shade. I had rented the Canon 50mm f/1.2 L lens for the weekend. It’s a pretty awesome lens. The first shot is with with my 85mm f/1.2 L and the others are with the 50mm. I think I’m going to be purchasing the 50mm in the next couple weeks.

After shooting with Anthony I met with the Aimee Gonzales and her family up at forest park, specifically at Lower Macleay Park, for some family portraits. This was really my first time shooting family portraits (I shot my own families back in December but that was more just pushing a button and running to get into the photo). We hiked about a half mile in to this old abandoned “house” occasionally stopping along the way for some photos.

After finishing the family portraits I headed over to Clyde Common where my friend Charlie hired me to shoot their Absinth dinner event. The 50 1.2 performed rather well in an event setting and I found I used it much more than my 24-70mm 2.8 L.

(For larger panoramic photo click here)

(Charlie: Bar Manager; Tim: bar back and ran event; Nate: Owner of Clyde Common and cook for the event)

Three shoots in one day makes for a very long but fun and exciting day .

In other news, I just sold my Panasonic DVX100a and some other various video equipment so I can now get some new canon lenses . The question is which ones to get. Right now I think I’m definitely getting the 35mm 1.4 L but then I’m not sure for the other one if I should get the 24mm 1.4 L or the 50mm 1.2 L. Decisions..decisions…decisions. I also thought about getting the 5D but they’re rumored to be releasing the MKII version of it pretty soon so I’d rather wait on that.

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