The Big Upgrade in Gear
It has been about 6 years since I last bought any camera equipment, and although I keep all of my equipment in very good condition, I was lacking a few special items. I am currently shooting only with zoom lenses. Mind you, my Canon 24-70 & 70-200 L-series lenses are nothing to sneeze at... it's any photographers dream to own such quality lenses... but I felt like my photography was lacking something and needed a little bit of a boost, creative change if you will...
So after much research and searching for quotes, I decided on purchasing some prime lenses. Which ones? I went for Canon 50mm 1.2 and a Canon 85mm 1.2. Why? For many reasons... but the two main ones were to create better quality, more crisp photographs for newborn & portraits (50mm) and to be further enough away from guests at a wedding to be able to capture those great candid/documentary style photos without having a massive lens in their face (85mm) and while I was at it, I decided to upgrade to the 5D Mark III from the 5D Mark II.
I've only played around with the 50mm and I love it! It will take me a little getting used to by not being able to quickly zoom in and out by a twist of the wrist, but to start stepping in and out from the subject. Sounds like an easy task... not so easy... but I am enjoying learning and getting used to the prime as I get to photograph our little munchkin Tasma!