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The Olympus AF-1 Twin features a dual lens system so that you can switch between a 35mm wide-angle lens and a 70mm telephoto lens at the touch of a button - essentially like phone cameras except well, that it shoots 35mm film. Surely it inspired the iPhone camera system right?
For this portrait session, I am using the Zeiss 50mm f1.4 on the Sony A7 IV, capturing backlit images on the beach during golden hour. The combination of the lens’s wide aperture and the warm, soft light of the setting sun helped create intimate, glowing portraits with beautiful light falloff and natural skin tones.
The Sony 28mm f2 is a wide-angle prime lens designed for Sony’s full-frame E-mount cameras. I believe it’s an underrated lens from Sony as it’s able to deliver high quality results at a relatively cheap price point for a native lens.
I am comparing the Zeiss 50mm f1.4 vs Zeiss 55mm f1.8 at a real-world portrait photoshoot. I share various different side by side photo comparisons at 100% crop, so you can see all the details.
During this photoshoot, I share my go-to tips for shooting portraits with a 24mm prime lens. I take you behind the scenes of a moody blue hour shoot with Serena using the Sony 24mm f1.4 GM on the full frame Sony A7RIV.
For this portrait photoshoot I am using the Fujifilm X-T4 paired with two of my favorite prime lenses: the Fujinon XF 16mm f/1.4 R WR and XF 23mm f/1.4 R LM WR.
Today I am sharing a set of photos captured during blue hour. For this portrait photography session, I am using the Sony A7RIV with the GM 85mm f1.4 lens.
This set of photos is a portrait photoshoot I did on the streets of Sydney using the Canon 5D mkIV + Canon EF 24-70mm f2.8 lens.
The Nikon Z8 is a 46 megapixel full frame camera, featuring a fully electronic shutter. During this portrait photoshoot with the Z8, I am using 2 lenses. The Nikkor Z 35mm f1.8 S and Nikkor Z 85mm f1.2 S. Watch my behind the scenes video to see the SOOC unedited photo at 100% crop. The photos in this blog post are my final, edited version of the images from the Nikon Z8.
The Sony A7RV is a full frame, 61 megapixel camera for stills and video. In today’s portrait photography session I am using the Sony GM 135mm f1.8 lens. For this portrait photoshoot, I am using natural light and making use of different parts of our location to create a series of photos.
The Fujifilm GFX100 is a mirrorless large format camera featuring 102MP and a sensor size of 43.8mm x 32.9mm. I am using the GFX100 with 2 G-mount lenses. The GF 45mm f2.8 R WR and the GF 110mm f2 R LM WR.
In this portrait photoshoot, I share 5 tips for better portrait locations even when you find yourself in a mundane location. The photos in this creative photoshoot behind the scenes were shot on the Canon 5D mk4 + Canon EF 35mm f1.4 mk1.
The Fujifilm X-S10 is a small, light weight and very capable mirrorless camera featuring an X-Trans APSC sensor. The X-S10 focuses on simplicity and ergonomics making it an extremely user friendly camera.
The Zeiss 55mm f1.8 is a budget-friendly prime lens which I am using on the full frame Sony A7C camera body. In this behind the scenes video, I share with you my composition tips and how I direct my subject for portraits with a 55mm.
The G 24mm f2.8, G 40mm f2.5 and G 50mm f2.5 are 3 new compact G lenses from Sony. These are all small and light weight lenses that I will be using on the Sony A7C camera body for both photo and video tests.
The GFX 100S is a medium format, 100MP camera from Fujifilm and for this portrait photoshoot, I’ll be using it with the GF 80mm f1.7. Download high resolution images from this camera to see all the details.
The GM 50mm f1.2 is Sony's latest premium prime lens delivering extremely sharp images. I use the GM 50mm f1.2 for portrait photography on the Sony A7III and Sony A7C. Download high res sample images.
In this iPhone 12 Pro Max camera review, we are doing a natural light portrait photoshoot. I will be testing out the standard camera, wide angle camera, zooming functions and the portrait camera too. We will also be testing out the Pro Max's video features including the very exciting IBIS!
The Fujifilm X100V is a small, lightweight and compact camera. I decided to do an on location, natural light portrait photoshoot with the X100V to test out the image quality, focus accuracy, sharpness and overall performance of the camera.
In this photography tutorial, I share my favourite portrait composition tips to capture better looking portraits. I chose an urban location for this photoshoot, since having a distracting background with lines, different colours and textures is helpful to see the before & afters of my composition tips.
