shoot today in san anselmo

i had a great shoot today with jette who is one of my favorite girls. we hung out in her house and exploited her awesome wallpaper. we also talked about cool shoot ideas for the future (stay tuned). we had a break in the rain for an afternoon of brilliant sun which lit up the whole house.

the only downside of the day was realizing that i dislike the 50mm/1.2L. granted, i've only rented it twice (ever) but i now have no desire to do so again. don't get me wrong, it's a gorgeous lens however it just didn't mesh with the spacial relationship i have in my head between a model and her environment. also, there seems to be some minor distortion when you tilt up or down - i expect this from a wider lens, but i thought the 50mm was immune to that problem. i may very well be imagining the distortion but i'll take the 85 or 100mm over this lens in the future.

it's getting late and, though i'm enjoying listening to the loud rain outside, i must hit the hay. considering that i've been working like crazy these last 2 weeks (until 4:30-5am), 3am feels positively early! i'm hoping for 8hrs of sleep tonight instead of 5-6 so i'm sure my blogging will be more coherent tomorrow.