Portraits galore

[priller]

Spent time with my family during Mother's Day. The trusty 50mm was put to the task of taking of few people pics.


My mom and dad:






My grandmother (89 years old, I believe):




My younger brother:




My oldest son (I thought this one looked best in b&w):




My daughter:

[Blue_In_AK]

1. These are great.

You nicely avoid that yellow cast that sometimes happens on the indoor shots (at least mine).

[priller]

2. The table we were sitting at had

a lot of nice soft light coming in, so I didn't have to deal with that. But I know what you mean.

[F.Gordon]

3. Damn. You're good.

I'm sure you've already been told that.

You have a beautiful family.

[priller]

4. Thanks. The family liked them.

They're a bit too "smiley" for my taste, but I think they turned out very well. Again I have to give props to the 50mm f/1.4. I don't know how it does it, but almost every photo I take with that lens has this certain quality to it, it just makes pictures look good. The same is true of the Nikon 85mm f/1.4, only more so, from pictures I've seen. And I know many people say the Nikon 35mm f/2 is their favorite lens. I'm becoming a big believer in primes.

[NV Whino]

5. Beautiful portraits

The lighting is wonderful.

And I agree, for a single, medium focus lens, the Nikon 50 mm rocks.

My needs precluded a single focus lens so I went for the 28-200 mm, and then later the 60 mm "micro."