Shooting for portraits

Although I love to capture people’s expressions, I don’t qualify myself as a portrait photographer per se. As a matter of fact, I have always been unable to focus my work on a single aspect (that is maybe the missing link in my life, but this is no the subject of this post) and there is not one morning when I don’t come up with a new idea that would take me to a new direction.

However, I recently acquired a used Nikon 85mm f1.4 lens that made me reinvent myself, again. This lens is known to be a portrait lens, for it allows to capture sharply the features of a face while rendering a soft background. A magical lens, as my friend Clif says. Truly.

“I wish more people felt that photography was an adventure the same as life itself and felt that their individual feelings were worth expressing. To me, that makes photography more exciting.”

~Harry Callahan