I've been using my 85mm lens as opposed to the 50mm I usually use. It's affecting the way I see things. With the 85mm I'm picking up on diagonals and playing with the relationship between foreground and background space more. The 50mm is close to how our eyes perceive the world. The 85 has a more zoomed, narrower view plane. So there is room for more abstraction when using it. That is if you define abstraction as being what's different than what the eyes perceive.
I'm also developing the pictures differently. I've been staying away from strong contrast and going for a more even tone. This is something that feels a little more like film. That said, I believe in being true to the medium. I am not interested in trying to fake the viewer out into thinking that these were taken with film. It's just that film looks so damn beautiful.
In April I'll be headed to Cuba for a weeklong photo workshop with Jay Seldin. Needless to say I'm very excited. I ordered a 50mm tilt shift lens that I can't wait to use. This lens should help capture the architecture in Cuba well. It will be hard shooting black and white surrounded by all that color.
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