{"id":19346,"date":"2013-10-20T10:02:59","date_gmt":"2013-10-20T02:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=19346"},"modified":"2018-04-03T11:10:28","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T03:10:28","slug":"kids-17mm-25mm-etc-part-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2013\/10\/20\/kids-17mm-25mm-etc-part-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids @ 17mm, 25mm etc. \u2013 Part 12"},"content":{"rendered":"

This weekend was a pretty cramped one for us – on account that Saturday morning was spent going by a school to give a talk, and Sunday was Hannah’s Nursery end-of-year concert event at Kallang Theater. Still lots of opportunities to take pictures though, and this weekend’s theme were pictures all shot wide-open (or nearly!). It’s quite fun – being the easily impressed photographic amateur I am – to watch how thin and wide depth-of-field changes when I shoot the three 17mm, 25mm and 45mm prime lenses at maximum aperture, and I’m increasingly getting a handle on which aperture to choose when intending to achieve a specific depth-of-field.<\/p>\n

\"Peter
Peter can’t take his eyes of Mommy’s lychee-flavored soda at Pastamania @ Hougang Mall. Taken at 17mm f2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The
The kids and Daddy. Half of every picture with Peter will see a trickle of his drool either collecting at his lips, or already in a puddle on someone’s hand! Taken at 17mm f1.8.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hannah
Hannah having her 5 minutes of evening iPad time. Thankfully she’s still not too distressed when that time is denied to her – we’re still quite conscious about her not getting hooked so early onto these electronic gadgets. Taken at 45mm f1.8.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hannah
Hannah asked for a picture to be taken of her latest home-building project using megablocks. Taken at 17mm f1.8.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"We
We brought Hannah for poolside photos<\/a> years ago, and are doing the same for Peter too. Taken at 45mm f1.8.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Peter
Peter seemed to enjoy his Tummy Time at the poolside deck chairs. Might be just that it’s a new physical environment for him, what in the cool mid-morning breeze. Taken at 45mm f1.8.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Of camera systems too; the photographic world was set abuzz by Sony’s announcement of their new line of compact full<\/em>-frame systems. Lots of vigorous debate on its implications, prophesizing of the demise of smaller format compact systems, and professional photographers also weighing in to give some much-needed perspective on what the new line really means, with three of my favorite photography blogs sharing their observations here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>. The new Sony A7 and A7R really does look interesting and if I had a ton of cash to spend trying out new systems – I am a bit of a gear head afterall LOL – I would! But I don’t, and I’m pretty happy with the m4\/3s and the three absolutely wonderful and comparatively low-cost primes to continue taking pictures of our two children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This weekend was a pretty cramped one for us – on account that Saturday morning was spent going by a school to give a talk, and Sunday was Hannah’s Nursery end-of-year concert event at Kallang Theater. Still lots of opportunities<\/p>\n

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