Canon 50mm f/1.2...

And so it has arrived. The replacement for my Canon 50mm f/1.4. It came yesterday and only had chance to play with it on the Canon 1D mkVI, so i'm looking forward to see what it can do on the full frame. Shot at night with it and the separation in depth of field is so far beyond the f/1.4. It creates a much cleaner depth of field on the faster apertures and captures detail in focal areas in a different league to the f/1.4. The sharpest lens i've used and don't think it will come off the camera for some time. It also feels 100 times nicer on the camera and gives a much better balance in your hand, especially on the 1D. Price is a little steep, but most definitely a must have lens if your shooting people...

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Jay...

Update from a shoot last week. Part of an on going project shooting a series of watches. This is the second shoot in a line of more to come. The project will hold a mix of lifestyle and product shots to really sell the watches in hand. Had a easy shoot with this one as i know 'Jay' and managed to be in and out of the studio in about 4 hours, so worked out to be a pretty easy day. More to come soon...

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Flickr...

Almost a year ago i set out to create the project '365'. This entails shooting an image everyday for a year. It'a not been the easiest project i've set out to complete, in act it is probably the most difficult of all. Now the project is coming to a close and i decided to check out how many people have been view it... I was pretty amazed. It's had just over 200,000 views. At the beginning of the year i speculated about 50,000 would view the project by the end, i'm so happy more people have taken a liking to it. So thanks to everyone who's stopped by and checked it out. I really appreciate it and if you havn't check it out then take a look.... 'Project 365'

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