{"id":791,"date":"2012-07-01T05:59:30","date_gmt":"2012-07-01T13:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randyw.camiwp.com\/?p=791"},"modified":"2015-01-03T19:49:03","modified_gmt":"2015-01-04T03:49:03","slug":"randy-wells-photography-classic-porsche-automotive-travel-music-video-reviews-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=791","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/canon_50.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/canon_50.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"canon_50\" width=\"317\" height=\"322\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/canon_50.jpg 317w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/canon_50-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 317px) 85vw, 317px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEEING THE WORLD THROUGH A NORMAL LENS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been a long time since I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve used a fixed focal length normal lens for stills (the first time was when I bought a Canon AE-1 in 1976). I have a 50mm f2 Summicron for my Leica M rangefinder, though I use it more for personal work. As a cineamatographer, I also use several fast fixed focal length lenses on my 5D MK II DSLR for motion filming. <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>Now it&#8217;s time to use a 50mm for an assignment. My goal with every story I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve done is to shoot each one differently \u00e2\u20ac\u201c to give it a unique look. In the past, this has been accomplished by using wide-angle and telephotos lenses. I&#8217;m now going to attempt to complete an entire shoot using only a Canon 50mm f1.4 lens. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I hear you say. Yes, it will probably be a challenge, but that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what I need now. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll keep you posted on how it goes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEEING THE WORLD THROUGH A NORMAL LENS It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been a long time since I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve used a fixed focal length normal lens for stills (the first time was when I bought a Canon AE-1 in 1976). I have a 50mm f2 Summicron for my Leica M rangefinder, though I use it more for personal work. As &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=791\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[4,10],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=791"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6865,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791\/revisions\/6865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}