Ever since I got my Nikon eighteen months ago, I’ve had the goal of eventually being able to purchase a prime (non zoom) lens to complement the two “kit lenses” that came with the camera.
A few weeks ago, my new 35 mm prime lens was finally delivered to our house. Oh happy day.
One of several advantages of having a prime lens is that it is good for producing bokeh (BOH-kuh), which is the blurry effect you sometimes see in the background of a photo.
And of course, being newly prime-lensed licensed, I had to walk around the house and shoot everything I possibly could.
Poor Summer. All she was trying to do was take a nap and then the mamarazzi had to show up with her camera. A girl just can’t get any peace.
She eventually decided, “If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em” and started helping me out by doing a little posing.
When I had bokeh-ized everything I could find indoors, I pointed my lens in an outdoorsly direction.
New lens. Bokeh fun. Happy day.
Pretteh bokeh! I use a 50mm lens and it’s fun to play around with the depth of field. Have fun! (can’t wait to hear more about Meagan – I am secretly hoping she and Nathan are having twins because they are so much fun!) (My twin girls are 5 1/2)
Kristina,
Yep. I guess that was pretty funny. New lens, meet old lens!
I love that the first picture you took (or at least, the first one displayed) was of your other camera lens!
Like the pictures. Never heard of a prime lens. Tell me more.
Ann,
Here’s an article that explains it far better than I can.
The main point they make is that made prime lenses take crisper, sharer photos and because they are a simpler lens than a zoom lens, they are usually less expensive.
The article is very informative if you want to glance through it and get a little more understanding.
bohek… cool images with the blurry surroundings. quite nice.
btw, any new news on Meagan?
Mrs. Pam,
Meagan will have her first “official” doctor visit (except of course for the one when pregnancy was confirmed) in the next week or so. Hope to have news (mostly about a nailed down due date) at that point.
She’s doing well, all in all!