Nude Photography Blog
I have been surprised at how much interest the first part of this series created, so obviously there were many photographers who wanted to see a direct comparison between the 24-105L and various prime lenses within that range. I am looking forward to see for myself and others how the zoom compares to the 35mm F2.0.
New website design at www.ashleykaryl.com
Anybody who has been following this blog may remember a while ago that I had finally decided I should push ahead with a long overdue update of my site at http://www.ashleykaryl.com. The old site shown below was still functional and had a clean simple design but it had been some time since I had changed anything and I really felt like it needed a new look.
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A few months ago I purchased a 24-105L after years of using mainly prime lenses and I have to say I have been generally impressed by the performance of the zoom. When it first arrived I did a quick test and felt that in most cases it was a more than reasonable match for my Canon primes in professional use, so it would seldom be necessary in practice to take off the zoom in favour of the primes. This was good news if true at least on from the standpoint of convenience.
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How To Photograph Nudes Like A Professional
This is just a super brief blog post to say that you may now see some free chapter excerpts from my book “How To Photograph Nudes Like A Professional” which is available for download at http://www.nudephotopro.com. Just scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the link.
Canon 85mm F1.8 lens
The lens you see above is a Canon 85mm F1.8 that I originally purchased back in about 1992 if my memory serves me right. It’s actually the second oldest lens in my collection and I’ve used it on countless jobs over the years. Remarkably it still feels & handles like a brand new lens, performing well in the era of high resolution digital cameras, even though it was very much intended for film use when originally designed.
From what I can tell, Canon haven’t changed a thing on this lens in the last 17 years, which is a sure fire sign that they managed to do it right the first time round. It’s still very much one of my favourite lenses.
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Nude photography by candlelight
W Eugene Smith once said, “I only ever use available light, flash light, strobe, flood light. Whatever light is available I will use”. We should all remember that the literal translation of photography means to paint with light, so as photographers there should be no form of light that we won’t consider when creating images.
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Photographers who only shoot images for personal use that will never be published don’t need a model release, but professionals or indeed any amateur who is publishing material in a way that could be deemed commercial should really obtain a signed model release, where the subject consents to the usage of their image in various media as specified in the release.
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Kata R-103 shown with camera equipment
Put together a group of professional photographers and assuming they don’t all work exclusively in the studio, I can pretty much guarantee they will all have an interest and fairly strong opinions about their choice of camera bags.
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Australian glamour calendar
I was in the process of putting away some old transparencies into some plastic containers, so they could be safely put away in storage when I came across a series of images that I did in the late 1980’s when I was first starting out as a photographer. This image above and one from below came from a non nude glamour calendar that I was shooting when I was just 20 years old.
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