Yesterday, I had the privilege of photographing Chloe, the beautiful five-month-old daughter of former students of mine, Tabitha and Ryan. She was a delight: well behaved, and did I mention beautiful? I spent about an hour with grandmother, mother, and daughter. I shot over 400 photos and managed to get a pretty good variety after post-production.
I used three lenses on the 5D: the EF 50mm f/1.4 USM, EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM, and the new EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM — pretty much in that order. After looking at the results, I have to say I’m hooked on the L lenses. While the 50mm is a beautiful lens, the subtleties or color and clarity I get from the L lenses is obviously superior. (I switched to the 16-35 on photo #25 in the gallery; all shots before that are with the 50mm.) This session taught me that I need to upgrade, so I’ll likely be putting my 50mm and my EF 85mm f/1.8 USM on eBay in order to get the EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM.
Anyway, please check out the 130 photos of the adorable Chloe in her gallery.
