{"id":1113,"date":"2014-02-19T14:53:16","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T19:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmphotography.goodgallery.com\/blog\/?p=1113"},"modified":"2014-11-25T14:56:43","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T19:56:43","slug":"lens-essentials-my-af-s-nikkor-85mm-1-4g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmphotography.com\/blog\/lens-essentials-my-af-s-nikkor-85mm-1-4g\/","title":{"rendered":"Lens Essentials – My AF-S Nikkor 85mm 1.4G"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I gear up for WPPI, I\u2019ve been refreshing my presentations with new imagery for my keynotes. A few weeks back, I posted a blog entry about my essential lenses in my gear bag. Now, I take EIGHT lenses with me to each and every wedding I shoot. My reasons are vast, but the bottom line is that I believe the lenses are an extension of my mind\u2019s eye. <\/p>\n

One of the most frequently asked questions from photographers is \u201cwhat\u2019s your favorite lens\u201d. My normal answer is \u201cthat\u2019s like asking me which one of my daughters is my favorite\u201d\u2026. or something dumb like that. Truth be told, if I had to truly pick one favorite, it\u2019d have to be the AF-S Nikkor 85mm 1.4G. I was very privileged to be one of the very first people to shoot this lens, and I gave it a whirl while shooting a global ad campaign for Nikkor. The 85 D was also a favorite, and I had wondered what they could have done to improve this lens. Well, how about everything. It\u2019s four years old now, but it\u2019s still a lens that I simply can\u2019t do without. <\/p>\n

I begin each wedding day with this lens on one of my D4\u2019s without fail. It allows me to create a look and feel that I simply can\u2019t obtain with any other lens. Oh, and I nearly always shoot it wide open at 1.4. My goal is to capture and isolate moments. There are times we work in places with distracting backgrounds, and this lens lets me extinguish those distractions with a shallow depth of field that I can\u2019t achieve with other lenses. <\/p>\n

The other element is it\u2019s speed. The speed of focus, and it\u2019s aperture value allow me to keep this lens on for nearly any situation, and there\u2019s hardly ever an environment I\u2019m in where I can\u2019t produce an image. All I need is a tiny bit of light, and when coupled with my D4, or my Df, it\u2019s a very, very powerful combination. <\/p>\n

Perhaps the most important reason- I don\u2019t miss moments with this lens. I have complete confidence that I can produce razor sharp images in nearly any condition I face. From the prep stages, to the portraits of my brides, to the ceremony, and through various spontaneous situations throughout the day, this lens allows me capture images I simply wouldn\u2019t create without it. <\/p>\n

If you\u2019re going to WPPI, try and catch me at the Nikon Theatre where I\u2019ll be shooting live with this lens, and giving some information on how make our brides look their best!<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a few with the AF-S Nikkor 85mm 1.4G<\/a><\/p>\n

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As I gear up for WPPI, I\u2019ve been refreshing my presentations with new imagery for my keynotes. A few weeks back, I posted a blog entry about my essential lenses in my gear bag. Now, I take EIGHT lenses with me to each and every wedding I shoot. My reasons are vast, but the bottom […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1117,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weddings","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cmphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1139,"href":"https:\/\/cmphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113\/revisions\/1139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}