Have I ever told you that I like to sew? It’s true. I come from a long line of wonderful seamstresses, so the cards are kind of stacked in my favor. When I first bought my sewing machine in college, I made all kinds of Halloween costumes, pillow cases, curtains and even a bedspread. The final product probably wasn’t worth a flip, but it was still fun. I like to sew and am envious of the super-cute things I see people whip together. But the truth is that these days, my sewing machine is nothing more than a dust collector. A closet space waster, if you will. I’d rather leave the sewing to Sheree Pair and put my time and energy toward photography. It’s fun too you know.
This past week my friend Wynter let me borrow a few lenses to see me through some equipment growing pains. One of the lenses is the much coveted Canon 50mmL 1.2 lens. The selling point on this sucker is it’s ability for a super shallow depth-of-field (that whole subject-really-in-focus, background-really-out-of-focus thing). While I have the lens, I thought it would be fun to test it out. My sweet husband had already let me follow him around the yard for 20 minutes, so I had to get creative. I went to the aforementioned waste of closet space and pulled out my huge pickle jar of thread. It was my Granny’s thread, and I love that I inherited it in the form of a giant pickle jar.
The lower the number (f/stop), the larger the aperture, which results in the shallow depth-of-field. The higher the number (f/stop), the smaller the aperture, which results in more of the thread coming into focus. I thought this was a cool example of how it all works.
Thanks for indulging the photo nerd in me. I promise to have more pretty pictures coming right up! I had a really fun family session yesterday that I am excited to share with you. Stay tuned…
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