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Canon RF mount 85mm f1.2 lens review

Canon RF 85mm f1.2 review… After a day with it.

By Etienne / January 30, 2023 / 4 Comments

The last month was a very exciting one. I got to spend 3 days shooting and discovering a new area. And I got to do that using the Canon RF 85mm f1.2, for one of these days. One of my previous posts is a very long-term (8 years!) review of Fujifilm cameras. Today I will…

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eople photography with a wide-angle lens with Pics of Asia

People Photography using a wide-angle lens: challenge yourself! 

By Etienne / May 3, 2022 / 2 Comments

What was supposed to be a short blog post about my photography inspiration for 2022 turned into a full-on tutorial about how to take photos of people using a wide-angle lens. It must be the fact that I have been back running photography tours and workshops this year and I feel very inspired! Last month,…

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Review of the Mitakon lens portrait photography travel

Review of the Mitakon 35mm f/0.95 FX

By Etienne / September 11, 2019 / 12 Comments

September 2019 updates: After now over two years of shooting with this lens, I do have a few things to add. I still love this lens very much, and I mostly use it for portraits, or when the light is very flat. Shooting with a really wide aperture helps to bring back depth to the…

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Man in Vietnam working in a green peanut field at sunset

The 50mm photographer

By Etienne / January 9, 2016 / 7 Comments

As you may know now I am a 50mm photographer. Most of what I have been shooting in the last 3 years has been done with a 50mm. 2 years ago I bought myself a Carl Zeiss 50mm lens, with manual focus. That would be a good opportunity for me to practice with manual focus…

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black and white photo of Kmu women in Laos

Getting close or staying far from your subject? A discussion

By Etienne / March 11, 2014 / 5 Comments

A while ago, I met Tad during a photo tour in Hoi An. Following this tour we have had an email discussion about 2 different ways of shooting people while traveling: getting close or staying far from your subject? This discussion dates from a while back but I did lost track. Finally I am posting…

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