People in Kassel, Germany, gathering in support of peace in Ukraine. All photos taken at f/1.2.
A lot of black on white, backlit dark items, specular highlights.
The lens is handling all of it very well, and it can double as a 100mm f/2.4 if you crop accordingly. No need to change lenses or worry about which composition might be the best choice.
(For those that look closely at the images, these are from two separate events.)
I have picked up a fair bit of high end advertising and lifestyle jobs recently, decided to get the 50mm 1.2 S.
No doubt, it's a great lens, not the same impact of depth as the 105mm 1.4E but a nice option to it for tighter working distances and more scope / inclusion. But, it is serious hunk of glass to haul around, more so than even the 105mm 1.4E. I call these "commitment" lenses. I knew it was big from the photos of it online but in person, it is comically big for a 50mm.
The 50mm 1.8 S is so incredibly good and way more practical so I will always have to have a damn good reason for schlepping the 1.2 around. But for what I bought it for, it is exactly what I was hoping it would be.
JadedWriter wrote:
Yeah a lot of people view street photography as a lot of different things. I don't exactly "see" in shadows so that form of it honestly doesn't interest me that much and it's just not how I shoot. What people gather on their cellphones is honestly just crap 90% of the time and I just have a documentarian kind of style. I have basically been described as Bill Cunnigham like twice, so there's a photographer for every style of street photography.
I love street photography but I am not a street photographer because my personality does not enable such function.
Watching the body language of the people in such photographs is just like watching nature or social documentaries which I also love.
and I think some people here doing a good job with street photography.
my impression from I do not remember where from legal point of view, if the eye can publicly see it, then the camera is allowed to capture it.
Side note:
I watched all photos and discussions in this forum and I can see some consistently good photographers.
and some photos are not as good even with the same lens, low iso and wide open. I do not like to point at those but wondering if bad copies exist or it is the body stabilization is off or, heat and humidity or whatever.
Street photography is definitely not for everybody. I picked it up to learn the basics of photography and ended up taking that into how I cover events. NissanPatrol wrote:
I love street photography but I am not a street photographer because my personality does not enable such function.
Watching the body language of the people in such photographs is just like watching nature or social documentaries which I also love.
and I think some people here doing a good job with street photography.
my impression from I do not remember where from legal point of view, if the eye can publicly see it, then the camera is allowed to capture it.
Side note:
I watched all photos and discussions in this forum and I can see some consistently good photographers.
and some photos are not as good even with the same lens, low iso and wide open. I do not like to point at those but wondering if bad copies exist or it is the body stabilization is off or, heat and humidity or whatever.
Ai_Print wrote:
I have picked up a fair bit of high end advertising and lifestyle jobs recently, decided to get the 50mm 1.2 S.
No doubt, it's a great lens, not the same impact of depth as the 105mm 1.4E but a nice option to it for tighter working distances and more scope / inclusion. But, it is serious hunk of glass to haul around, more so than even the 105mm 1.4E. I call these "commitment" lenses. I knew it was big from the photos of it online but in person, it is comically big for a 50mm.
The 50mm 1.8 S is so incredibly good and way more practical so I will always have to have a damn good reason for schlepping the 1.2 around. But for what I bought it for, it is exactly what I was hoping it would be. ...Show more →
Well said ^^^
First off, I don't own it, but I agree the 50/1.2s is special. And BIG to schlep. I also find the 105/1.4 somewhat of a commitment lens, but it's in my bag most of the time regardless. If I didn't have the 58/1.4, also in my bag most of the time, or if I had a special client or need that justified it, I'd consider getting one too.
Regardless, I enjoy browsing these images from it!
