I am not Ana Photography

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What kind of equipment (camera body, lens, filters, flash, tripod, cleaning equipment other) do you use?

 

Camera: Canon 5D Mk II
Lens: 50mm f/1.4 most of the time, and 100mm f/2.8 L Macro
Tripod: Velbon CX 444
Other than that, I use a remote (RC-6 by Canon), a regular cleaning kit for sensitive glass surface and no flash whatsoever.
I also use an analogue Canon AE-1 with 50mm f/1.8.

 

What do you like and dislike about your equipment, specially your camera, and how would you improve it?

 

I adore the 5D Mk II. It was my dream camera long before I bought it, and it somehow still is. The features that (sort-of) bug me from time to time, mostly auto-focus issues, have been improved with the MK III version.

 

What is your favourite lens, and why?

 

50mm f/1.4, because it is a great all-around lens. I love prime lenses in general, and this one is my favourite for it equals the angle of the human eye-sight when adapted to a full-frame body.
However, I wish it was better built, for I had to replace it earlier this year because of the bent focus ring, and quite a lot of my friends/acquaintances had the same issue.

 

When you travel, what is in your essential photographic kit bag?

 

Canon 5D Mk II with 50mm f/1.4 or Canon AE-1 with 50mm f/1.8, a remote control, an extra battery, some extra films, and a tripod when there is some space left.

 

What kind of software/tools do you use for post-processing, if any?

 

Photoshop CS6 and Lightroom 5.

 

Which style of photography do you like the most, and why?

 

I like simple headshots with a touch of emotional input. I think it is challenging to convey the raw emotion, and it still moves me every time I look at the photograph.
Also, I have got a soft spot for landscapes taken on film.

 

What goal are you working towards within your photography and when will you know you have reached it?

 

My constant goal is to never stop improving.

 

Looking at your own work, which piece is your favourite? Why? Please provide a link to the picture.

 

At the time of typing, this one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ana-ana-ana/10869605613/
It is a part of ‘The Black Out Days’, the series that I am working on right now, and it describes the current state of my life the most accurately.

 

Does your work fit into any one or more distinct genres (nature, landscape, long-exposure, black-and-white, infra-red, urban, artistic, macro, vintage, vernacular, social, street)? If other, please specify.

 

I think it is a fusion of portrait and conceptual. I also take thousands of ‘diary’ photographs, which are more like a lifestyle or documentary.

 

Are there any photography websites that you visit regularly?

 

Flickr and several blogs.

 

What is the one most important lesson that you have learned since you started taking photographs?

 

That it is absolutely useless to compare your work to the work of the others.

 

And finally, what other interesting photographers would you like to see in this blog?

 

I would like to get to know some talented but yet unknown artists.