[ photos from july 10, 2010 ]
today's get together was at tiffany's - which means lots of delicious food and wonderful lighting. their house is gorgeous. and i got to use a 50mm 1.4 ;) more below. (the film roll shots were taken with my 1.8 though)
victoria salvaged two rolls of old projector slides from her school's library - and they are beautiful. i think they were once a photographic haiku lesson. regardless, they are curly - pretty - and film-i-ilicious.
i'll put all the film related photos here, the next box is just a couple of snapshot of the day :)
last three were sooc :)
tiffany has curly hair, so it matches the film - right? going to steal that from victoria and try this again some day.
last three were sooc :)
tiffany has curly hair, so it matches the film - right? going to steal that from victoria and try this again some day.
the glitter i brought to christine's house was still in my bag - so we had fun painting nails and sprinkling glitter on them.
somewhere in this photo mass i switched lenses with victoria and gave her my 1.8 and i borrowed her 1.4. i swear it 1.4 really does have a difference. you notice it when it focuses - when it takes a shot - and the end result. in darker lighting, it takes the 1.8 forever to find somewhere to focus, while the 1.4 gets it in a snap. it just feels like a better lens, and i think i'm going to upgrade to one. victoria has it on a 1 year loan from her family friend's dad :) (he's a camera freak and has a plethora of lens. *NAMNAMNAM*
i now understand why the obsession with black nail polish. you see this 1.4 goodness?
tiffany and i did victoria's nails :B
I LOVE MAH BLACK/GOLD NAILS. please excuse my failure of nail painting - i'm terrible.
my camera's a fattie. (victoria's holding it because i was too short to get this shot....*sigh*)
tiffany's very talkative neighbor with a tooth grin :)
FEWD
spring rolls!
yum, ai yu. a lemony jello drink :)
LOOK AT THAT 1.4 GOODNESS.
ahahaha, i don't even.
no, your eyes do not deceive you.
i tested out all the glitter on kevin before i did it to myself :D lady kevkev, as tiffany says.
SO SPAHKLY.
and then, behold tiffany's nail polish collection.
ahh I love these!! especially the film ones... soosooso pretty!!!
ReplyDeleteand YES I completely agree about the 1.4, I've only had mine a few days but I got to use it for my final photoshoot in Paris and I was so glad, because I've noticed a big difference in sharpness, blur, focus, and overall quality. or maybe not a huge difference, but basically all the little things that irked me about my 1.8 were completely fixed in the 1.4! :D
it's so much fun that she has it for a year and you got to use it for a little bit :P I love trying out other people's lenses! haha.
but yeah, you should definitely upgrade to it! the nikon version is only like $270 (at least that's what I got mine new for), so I'd imagine the canon version is about the same, and that way if you sold your 1.8 for like $100, it's as if you barely spent any money! :D
emily: thanks girl :)<3 (when will we get to see the paris diary? :D)
ReplyDeletevery true! :) sell them on ebay?
asdkjfasld. i love it so much. :D still, i wonder if i should use my money on the 17-55m 2.8 tamron :O
so would you recommend buying the 1.8 or the 1.4? I'm torn between the two, as the 1.8 is substantially cheaper. ^.^
ReplyDeletejennifer: it is cheaper, so that's why i got it. but if you are a lover of bokeh and are looking for a longterm investment - go for the 1.4. i want to update, but if you're short on money - the 1.8 is fine too!
ReplyDeleteah, thank you! it's a difficult decision. you're definitely right about the bokeh, though: your photos look wonderful!
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