Some more recent photos, birthday presents

Here are some more photos:

Zuleikha needs glasses, so we went shopping for them. And I took some photos while she tried different frames, to show her how she looks from a slightly different angle. Like here:

Last Sunday I turned 61, and this is what I\’ve got – a book, and a new lens for my camera:

It\’s David Mitchell\’s \”Cloud Atlas\”, and the Olympus Micro Zuiko Digital 75mm/1.8 lens. Both are wonderful. So the rest of this blog post\’s photos were all taken with that new lens, either fully or near fully open:

This one was at f/5, with an overhead octabox and one of my studio strobes:

As you can see, that 75mm lens is perfect for head & shoulder portraits, and it reminds me a lot of my 135mm/2.8 which I had for my Canon A-1, and which I now also have for my Olympus OM-2N. The angle of view is very similar, with the 75mm being slightly tighter, and comparable to a 150mm lens on a 135 film camera. Might be a bit long for normal indoor living rooms, where our 45mm lenses shine, but outdoors, or for candids, or the mentioned head & shoulders, it\’s just perfect. And for cats of course. Purrfect.

As always, thanks for reading.