As promised, my prime lens portrait shoot with a sleepy Bee - cue several yawns, distant stares and wide eyes, not a glimpse of her cheeky grin. This is my third post about using this lens - first is
here, second
here. Again, I'm really pleased with these portraits - they've got a very different quality from my usual portraits of the Bee, an intimacy I have been craving, which comes using a lens that allows me to up close and use a very shallow depth of field. The result, as you'll see, if that only small areas of her face are in focus - usually the eyes; I knew this could be special in portraits, but now I really understand why - these portraits capture how she often appears to me, as her mum, cuddling her and holding her close, and it allows me, as a photographer, to place emphasis on those beautiful eyes and long lashes, a pink cheek, an open mouth with a baby tooth or two... I love the Bee! And I'm falling fast for my 50mm prime too. Some are in both colour and b&w - this is because I feel they offer something different as such; I have kept editing to minimum (exposure and white balance adjustments in a couple of places), so no digital retouching - personally, this is how I like portraits, as I want to see the Bee as she is, not how she would be if we all lived in a magazine (however, note I'm always happy to do some retouching if that is what portrait clients request).
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| Eyes in focus, nose not - holy grail of shallow d-o-f portrait photography! |
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| Possibly my favourite |
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| :) this really captures the Bee I know and love so much |
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| Looking tired |
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| Yawn |
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| Those eyes |
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| Another yawn |
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| Little teeth - another favourite |
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| Love the feeling of soft light on this - another favourite |
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| Looking out of the window - love this |
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| Again, loving the soft light |
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