One of my favourite shots from the last wedding I photographed. Calum & Kaisa at Bunchrew House. Amazing location and such a fun wedding. Congrats again! More photos very soon.
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5 Aug 2013
A Little Preview of Calum & Kaisa's Wedding At Bunchrew House, Inverness, Scotland.
One of my favourite shots from the last wedding I photographed. Calum & Kaisa at Bunchrew House. Amazing location and such a fun wedding. Congrats again! More photos very soon.
17 Apr 2012
Visceral Attack at The Moorings Bar
I went to Aberdeen last weekend to meet up with a friend and hit the pubs for a good night out but while at The Moorings Bar (an awesome rock bar in town) I got side tracked as a band walked on stage to play a set, it was the headliner of the evening and their name was Visceral Attack. As soon as they started playing I was blown away by their energy, the singer was going nuts and was actually in the crowd for the whole show which was pretty cool while the rest of the band expelled a massive wall of sound that instantly made me put down my drink, stop chatting and turn to the stage. The music was heavy and combined with the pure raw energy I was compelled to grab my camera (which I didn't intend to use, I just had it in my bag) and get up front and document what was going on. I tried to capture the visceral movement that was being unleashed by the whole band and especially vocalist Chris Mc Cabe. By the end of the few songs I photographed I felt drained trying to keep up with Chris and the band (crazy amount of energy, they certainly put in a shift), I am lucky I have spent years shooting in fast paced situations with manual focus lenses as there was no way any autofocus was going to keep up with this singer. All I can say is that it was good fun to photograph them and it's rare that a band make me grab my camera when i'm not intending to. They put on a great show with very cool heavy music and boundless energy.
If your into heavy music and see these guys are touring in your area then I recommend heading out and catching the show, will be well worth it.
You can check out their Webpage here and facebook page here
Here are some of the shots from this impromptu live shoot of Visceral Attack at The Moorings Bar in Aberdeen, Scotland.
If your into heavy music and see these guys are touring in your area then I recommend heading out and catching the show, will be well worth it.
You can check out their Webpage here and facebook page here
Here are some of the shots from this impromptu live shoot of Visceral Attack at The Moorings Bar in Aberdeen, Scotland.
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8 Mar 2012
Carl Zeiss Distagon 28mm f2 ZE & 35mm f2 ZE Video Review
I purchased these two Carl Zeiss lenses last year for my Canon 5D MK 2. The Distagon T* 35mm f2 and the 28mm f2 ZE. I wrote up a blog post review on them and recently I have been getting a lot of emails since inquiring about my experience with them so I decided to make a video version which hopefully will clear up some people's questions. It was made on the fly with no preparation but I hope I hit the main points about my experiences with them over the last 6 months.
You can view the blog post I wrote up just after shooting a wedding with these lenses here
You can also view all my favourite images from the wedding day here
I hope this video helps some people looking at these lenses with some of the same questions and curiosities that I had before purchasing them.
Check out my youtube page here which has this video (in three parts) and some other stuff.
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13 Oct 2011
New Carl Zeiss 25mm f2 Coming Soon.
I just heard that there will be a new Carl Zeiss 25mm f2 released soon. This is a lens that does interest me even though I own the Zeiss 35mm f2 and 28mm f2. 25mm sounds like a great compromise between 28mm and 24mm for a standard wide lens. Originally when I bought the 28mm I was deciding between it and the Canon 24mm f1.4 and found that the 24mm was maybe a little too wide for my liking. I know that 24 and 25mm are almost the same but I have been so impressed with my Zeiss glass that It is tempting. The only problem is that I would have to get rid of my 28mm to justify it and I love my little 28. I will wait and see what the 25 is like when released and compare the two to see which one I prefer. Thanks Zeiss you have given me another lens headache dilemma to ponder, just when I thought I was finished for a while.
You can read my Carl Zeiss distagon 35mm f2 and 28mm f2 review here if your interested.
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You can read my Carl Zeiss distagon 35mm f2 and 28mm f2 review here if your interested.
www.drewportfolio.com
andrew@drewportfolio.com
6 Oct 2011
Carl Zeiss Distagon 35mm f2 & 28mm f2 ZE Review (with pro wedding testing)
*UPDATE MARCH 2012* You can now view my video review of these lenses here
Just over a month ago I was looking to purchase some wider lenses for my Canon 5D MK 2, I looked into all the options, Canon, Carl Zeiss, Sigma and Tokina. I previously owned the Canon EF 16-35 f2.8 II lens which although proving very good I never used it wider than 24mm so there was a lot of wasted focal length and I wanted a faster aperture than 2.8 (f2 would be even much better for that extra stop of light), So I decided to sell it and invest in a faster prime wide angle as I knew the prime would give me better overall image quality and a wider aperture.
After doing plenty of research into all the different options I quickly ruled out brands like Tokina who don't have any full frame fast prime lenses in the 24-35mm range. Sigma have a 24mm f1.8 and a 28mm f1.8 which are quite dated now and from what I found weren't all that great when used wide open. I did look into older manual focus lenses being used via an adapter but the stop down metering (darkening of the focus screen when closing down the aperture) was a deal breaker as it made it nearly impossible to focus in lower light. So that left Canon and Carl Zeiss in the running.
Canon have the L primes that everyone rates very highly, the 24mm f1.4 ( a nice fast aperture but at £1429) and the 35mm f1.4 (again very fast aperture at £1220). These lenses would obviously be a great choice, they have really fast apertures which is brilliant in low light and for isolating subjects from backgrounds, they are Canons luxury line so they are very pricey which I would pay if they produce the stunning image quality I was after.
Canon also have a cheaper range of lenses in this focal lengths, the Canon EF 28mm f1.8 (small, lightweight and is fast but not brilliant when used wide open) and the Canon EF 35 f2 (fast but an older design that is very noisy when auto focussing and has a horribly small manual focus ring). To be honest these two were never really an option as I know that they are not built great and I wanted lenses that would withstand a good few years of professional (ab)use.
Just over a month ago I was looking to purchase some wider lenses for my Canon 5D MK 2, I looked into all the options, Canon, Carl Zeiss, Sigma and Tokina. I previously owned the Canon EF 16-35 f2.8 II lens which although proving very good I never used it wider than 24mm so there was a lot of wasted focal length and I wanted a faster aperture than 2.8 (f2 would be even much better for that extra stop of light), So I decided to sell it and invest in a faster prime wide angle as I knew the prime would give me better overall image quality and a wider aperture.
After doing plenty of research into all the different options I quickly ruled out brands like Tokina who don't have any full frame fast prime lenses in the 24-35mm range. Sigma have a 24mm f1.8 and a 28mm f1.8 which are quite dated now and from what I found weren't all that great when used wide open. I did look into older manual focus lenses being used via an adapter but the stop down metering (darkening of the focus screen when closing down the aperture) was a deal breaker as it made it nearly impossible to focus in lower light. So that left Canon and Carl Zeiss in the running.
Canon have the L primes that everyone rates very highly, the 24mm f1.4 ( a nice fast aperture but at £1429) and the 35mm f1.4 (again very fast aperture at £1220). These lenses would obviously be a great choice, they have really fast apertures which is brilliant in low light and for isolating subjects from backgrounds, they are Canons luxury line so they are very pricey which I would pay if they produce the stunning image quality I was after.
Canon also have a cheaper range of lenses in this focal lengths, the Canon EF 28mm f1.8 (small, lightweight and is fast but not brilliant when used wide open) and the Canon EF 35 f2 (fast but an older design that is very noisy when auto focussing and has a horribly small manual focus ring). To be honest these two were never really an option as I know that they are not built great and I wanted lenses that would withstand a good few years of professional (ab)use.
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