It has been a while since I added anything to my site or blog - I am still beset my many distractions. However, I find it important to dedicate some time to making this website and this blog grow, so, even though I am not ready to share galleries/a fuller portfolio yet, I figured that I would share a selection of some of my favorite photos I took throughout 2019. In that way, I intend to share at least one photo each day from December 25 to 31 inclusively.

So I want to start with a callback to summer, with three photos of Brianna Aiken taken at the Auto Boneyard in Cardinal, ON. This shoot, and this set in particular, represents my first experience shooting with the Canon RP, which is my first full frame mirrorless camera. Previously, I had been using a DSLR, the Canon 6D, and I was none too pleased with its autofocus performance: it had only a few focus points that were poorly spread out on the screen. Even if you found one that would minimize recomposition, you could almost assume that either the focusing would be bad, or that even minimal recomposition would lead to even worse focus, generally compromising image quality. I usually spent shoots struggling against my camera or anxiously checking each image for sharpness every time I took one just to ensure that output was reasonable.

Needless to say, shooting at anything wider than f/4 would result in headaches, especially if it were a telephoto. In that context, my 100L, which is currently tied with the 40mm pancake as my widest lens, did not see much use in that period. (And f/2.8 is not even so wide, especially not for primes.)

Enter the Canon RP, which opened up a new world. I simply do not want to imagine what would have happened if I tried to shoot something similar with the 6D. Focus with an unreliable corner point. Recompose. Check for sharpness. Possibly find out that it was blurry only way after the shoot when looking at it on my computer. Or shoot a f/4 and have a really busy background.

When July 2019 Where Auto Boneyard @ Cardinal ON Who Brianna Aiken

Camera Canon RP Lens 100L