Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

Nice captures.

At f/8, the lens has given good sharpness even at the extreme ends. Looks like you have found the sweet spot for this lens.

saketb wrote in post #15819658
Nice captures.

At f/8, the lens has given good sharpness even at the extreme ends. Looks like you have found the sweet spot for this lens.

Yeah I never shoot it at any other aperture. These were handheld too. IS is really good.

Some portraits

My grandma

G0dfather wrote in post #15823680
Some portraits

My grandma

Colleague's daughter who loves being in front of the camera

I would like to comment as well as critique on your photographs, if its okay with you.

Very nice captures, I personally liked the 1st & 2nd images. The 1st one taken in monochrome has given a very soft look in the photograph and brings out your Grandmother in the picture.

The second one has come out even great with a diagonal rule approach. This method is often difficult to get in general photography with people. You have nailed it greatly.
I see that the aperture is set at f/8 which is showing more of the background in focus, rather if you would have selected a much wider aperture you would have got a shallower DoF and blurred out the background even more and this would have made the subject stand out.

Shooting children at eye level gives more beautiful pictures and even try keeping the full face in the frame. Try and see the difference.

saketb wrote in post #15823809
I would like to comment as well as critique on your photographs, if its okay with you.

Very nice captures, I personally liked the 1st & 2nd images. The 1st one taken in monochrome has given a very soft look in the photograph and brings out your Grandmother in the picture.

The second one has come out even great with a diagonal rule approach. This method is often difficult to get in general photography with people. You have nailed it greatly.
I see that the aperture is set at f/8 which is showing more of the background in focus, rather if you would have selected a much wider aperture you would have got a shallower DoF and blurred out the background even more and this would have made the subject stand out.

Shooting children at eye level gives more beautiful pictures and even try keeping the full face in the frame. Try and see the difference.

Thanks saketb! Yes I agree with you that children shot at the eye level are far more striking.

I had shot these photos some time back when all I had was the 18-55. Didn't realise I had used F8 for some of these pics, was shooting in Program mode. Nowadays I use the 50mm/1.8 for portraits, usually at F2.5 to get the optimum sharpness and bokeh.

I actually did a double-take when I looked at the Exif data for this shot... I was almost certain this was from my Nifty Fifty, based on the IQ.

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