With Lockdown 2.0 kicking off soon in the UK we headed to a close woodland which we’d never visited before. We took Pippi because Alf had Conjunctivitis at the time (he’s ok now!) and we also took a new lens out, the Sigma Art 85mm 1.4. The walk and the locations we found throughout are covered in the Video:
Really, I just wanted to get some pretty photos of Pippi and usually I would just have edited my fave (the header photo) but for the video I did go through and edit one or two from each “spot”.
Shooting with the 85mm was pretty cool. I think it’s great for controlled portraits and closer work – I’ve also tried it in a client shoot and it only struggled once – with very strong backlight near a dark subject. That “weakness” is the same as the 105 1.4 and to be honest, most lenses will struggle in that situation too!
The ulterior motive for this “shoot” was to test the 85mm 1.4 Sigma Art Lens. That’s it onboard the Sony A7r iii. I, of course, included the recording from my electronic viewfinder for this one too! The moment the header image was shot is right here!
The lens held up well, it missed 4 shots focus wise but really, that was probably me! Insane hit rate for such a shallow depth of field and the rendition of background detail was beautiful.
I think we got some super cute shots in the half hour walk in this new location!
Verdict on the 85mm?
Yeah, it’s a keeper!
Here’s a quick link to view it on Amazon.
Verdict on the location?
I think we’ll be back!
My personal fave photo from the session was this one:

What do you guys think?!