Los Angeles Wedding Photographers Blog

Last weekend I finally got to test out the lens that has been haunting my dreams for the past few months – the canon 50mm f/1.4 is in my opinion one of the most perfect lenses for portraits, and recently I’ve been “blog stalking” photographers who use this lens to gain as much inspiration and advice as I could.  I really love the narrow depth of field this lens allows along with the clarity and the gorgeous blurring effect of backgrounds, and I’ve been dying to get hold of one for some time now.

On Saturday the planets above Venice Beach lined up perfectly and I found myself with this lens, a camera and my favorite person in the world to photograph, my eternal muse, who also happens to be my wife.  Kate agreed to be my guinea pig whilst I got to grips with the lens, in preparation for Al and Beth’s engagement shoot  which would take place in the same location the day after – so it was a location scout and a private self taught workshop all in one – exhausting!