Thank you very much ! Anytime you have questions or just want to talk shop gimme a shout.

– Jason

I am 24 years old out of Waterloo,Ontario Canada and your photography is so inspiring. I would love to shoot like u one day. Hopefully i can attend your workshop one day.

Sincerely,
Poyan

Thank you for the compliment.

No there was no diffusion on the window. I would say the window was about 10 feet from her.

Question: Was there any diffusion of the light streaming in? And, how far was the window approximately from your subject?

To figure out what size the lens will be equal to if you did not have the 1.6 crop factor, you just multiply 1.6 by the lens you are using. So for example, 1.6 x 85 = 136mm lens. That’s a long lens and not very suitable for portrait shooting. Your 135mm lens x1.6 = 216 mm ! Waaaayyyy too long of a lens. I recommend buying a 50mm and then you will have an equivalent lens of 80mm.

Actually I just use the black and white conversion built into CS3. I do this on a new adjustment layer. I fiddle with it until I like what I see. But also to remember that when you PRINT the photo to convert the color profile from RGB to sRGB.

If I used 1/15th my shot would look like I used a lensbaby.