Telephoto portraits with 400mm f2.8 Lens

Few weeks ago I did small seminar on Wildlife Photography in London.

I choose Richmond Park as location for this as it is maximum close to wild location, and still with 100% chance that we can see and do photos of wild animals.

After we did all the talking and photos we did also photos of animals and I decide to do few portraits of people which were participating in seminar.

All photos taken with:

Camera: Nikon D850

Lens: Nikkor 400mm f2.8 VR

All on wide open aperture of f2.8

400mm f2.8 have great sharpness and amazing bokeh, but it turn out that communicating with models is quite difficult.

All photos were taken from 10-15 meter distance, so I have to either scream or just show with hands people to move.

But holding 5kg+ combo of 400mm telephoto lens and camera in one hand and showing with other hand was not easy task.

I usually use my Gitzo Monopod with such heavy lenses but it is perfectly hand handable for 10-15 minutes of shooting.

Other factor when shooting people with such long lens was that I was not able to control backgrounds so well as with normal lens.

As usually I would say to models “Move here” or “a little bit on left” but with 15meter distance between photographer and model it is quite hard to give directions.

And I didn’t even try to do full body portraits, as this would have required 20-30 meter distance, and zero chance of communication and directing models.

So conclusion is that even if lens have amazing sharpness, great bokeh it is suitable for portait work only with experience models who know how to pose.

Leave your comments below for experiences with telephoto portraits.

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Here are photos which I made on Notting Hill Carnival.

Equipment used:

Camera: Nikon D800

Lenses:

Nikkor 105mm f1.4

Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 VR

Nikkor 85mm f1.4 Af-d

There were amazing costumes and when one have chance to photograph outside of crowd amazing results can be achieved.

This photo particularly is done with Nikkor 105mm f1.4 shot at f1.4!

Great looking Notting Hill Carnival Angels

Some seriously Sexy Busty girls at Notting Hill Gate Carnival. Photo is screaming “Notting hill Carnival Sex”

Fit Young Girl Showing Beach Ready Body here and great smile.

Police didn’t mind to have selfies with people and especially young girls.

This for sure is photo to remember for the guy.

Trucks with different music were helping for good mood.

All sexy girls dancers were in beautiful and colorful makeup.

Amazing colours after pain fight. Shoot with Nikkor 105mm at f1.4

Amazingly beautiful and sexy young black dancers.

I receive curse for making this photo but was worth it.

Busty big lips sexy girl at notting hill carnival

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On 10.10 there was world Zombie Day in London. You can see some of the photos which I take today, but if you are scared of zombies close this page immediately and don’t look further down.

For Zombie and Horror movies fans this is a must do event! Walking dead in real is very hard thing to see.
Makeup of all participants was class leading and more real looking than some of Holywood movies!
Looking forward for next festival like this.

Camera Gear used:

Camera: Nikon D800

Lenses:

Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 Af-S

Nikkor 85mm f1.4 Af-d

Walking Death style zombies

Zombie attack which is hard to survive without receiving hearth stroke.

Zombie straight out of Walking Death movie.

Beware of zombie attack

Great and very professional makeup by all people.


Not recommended to see before going to slepp

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Notting Hill Carnival London

Photos from me from Notting Hill Carnival London
Great weather,  Music,  Joy and something which is highly recommended to visit, if you are coming to London in August.
It is always fun and I have visited it in 4 years in row.

Photos made with:
Camera: Nikon D800

Lenses:
Nikkor 70-200mm AF-S VR F2.8
Nikkor 24-70mm F2.8
Nikkor 85mm f1.4 Af-d

It is great that people are happily posing for photos, especially if you carry respective Photo Equipment.

Some people were making photos with phones of course.

And numerous selfies of Instragram Kifla’s

Fun is the most important part of festival.
But of course don’t forget to use clothes ready to be painted in numerous colors.

Some people have smoked too much

There were people in traditional African appeal.

Unfortunately Quite a lot of rubish is left after Carnival.

Various cocktails were offered to Carnival Visitors

Here you can see moment of paint fights which are typical for Carnival.

Really sad to see such thing on Street for someone just to save 50p for toilet. Notting hill carnival peeing.

And it was not the only case unfortunately.. Notting hill carnival pee on streets.

There were real fires for food preparation, not microwave ovens.

Millions of people are visiting carnival each year!

Notting hill festival is place where you can meet your dream or devil.

Time to say good Bye again to carnival

All people were having lot of fun at Notting hill festival.

It was great carnival which I enjoy a lot and I’m looking forward for next year 50 anniversary of largest street carnival in Europe!

Photography by Teo Totev

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Some photos which I take last weekend  from Choppers event at Ace Cafe London.

It was a rainy day but still it was excellent day to see great bikes in nice place and have a chat with friendly people.

After listening stories about Isle of Man race I decide this will be in my “To Do” list for 2016.

Camera gear used:

Camera: Nikon D800

Lenses:

Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8 AF-S

Nikkor 35mm f1.4 AF-S

Nikkor 14-24mm f2.8

Photography by Teo Totev Photography

Harley Davidson – Photo by Motorcycle Photographer Teo Totev

Choppers Event London

Motorcycle photography by London Photographer Teo Totev

Photo by Motorcycle Photographer Teo Totev

Chopper Photos

Motorcycle Portraits by London Photographer Teo Totev

Triumph motorcycle photography by Teo Totev

Montana motorcycle at motorcycle event london

Harley-Davidson Sportster at great motorcycle event London

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Glamour Model Photographer London, Fine art photography, UK glamour, Lingerie, Nude photography by Teo Totev. Available nationally & internationally.

You can see below results which I have achieved in single photosession with one model.

It is important to be master of lighting to be able to show beautiful body shapes.

Using a simple sofa is can bring a lot for poses of boudoir photography.

Lying down on sofa is usually relaxing, but in this case model was able to show a lot of passion doing it.

High heels are mandatory attribute for sexy look.

Black and white or tonned B/W photography match really well naked women body.

Glamour nude photography is really eye pleasing and every women should have at least one such photo session.

One of my fine art photos, which was always rated by my customers as one of top UK glamour photos which they have ever seen.

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Recently I have a project to photograph a group of people in front of some famous Landmark in London with holding photos of few famous Bulgarian Actors.  So I decided to go for photos in front of Tower Bridge.

Photography Equipment used:

Camera: Nikon D800

Lens: Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8 Af-s

Flash: Nikon SB800

Flash Reflector: Rogue Flashbender

Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge London

London Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge London Photo Session | West London Photographer

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I decided to do some testing of my medium format lenses /Phase One Mount/ for my own use. But I think it is much better to share it with broader audience.

Test was done with following conditions:

Camera: Phase One DF

Digital Back: Leaf Aptus 75

Tripod: Manfrotto 055XPROB with Manfrotto 222 head

Self Timer: 3 sec

Distance: 1 meter /only 55-110 was shot at 1.5 meters/

Settings: ISO50, Manual Mode

Speed: 1/50 for f4 lenses, 1/100 for f2.8 lenses and 1/200 for f2.0 lenses

Focus Mode: Autofocus lenses were tested only with autofocus /S mode/. Manual focus lenses were focused with focus confirmation on camera.

Test Target: Distance to from camera was 1.0 meters and target have 3 lines with font sizes:1,2,3

All lenses were tested with 2 shoots, and from following lenses I have 2 copies each:

– Schneider Kreuznach 80mm LS f/2.8 ;  Mamiya 80mm AF f2.8 ; Mamiya 150mm AF f3.5

All copies have given same result.

List of all lenses:

AF-D:  Schneider Kreuznach 80mm AF LS f/2.8, Macro 120/4.0 MF D
AF lenses /not D/ were: 150/3.5 AF (2 copies tested), 80/2.8 AF (2 copies tested), 55/2.8 AF, 45/2.8 AF, 35/3.5 AF, 55-110/4.5 AF
MF: 24/4.0, 30/3.5, 80/1.9, 80/4.0, 110/2.0, 110/2.8, 140/1.8, 150/3.5
Haven’t test yet: 150/2.8 – too big minimum distance and 105-210/4.5AF as it didn’t work with my current body

And here comes the test results.

Here it is how I would rate lenses for center Sharpness and Bokeh:

Premier league:

Mamiya 120mm f4.0 D /Manual Focus/ – Sharpness: 10 Bokeh: 5 (D Version) – MTF for Phase One / Mamiya 120mm Macro Phase One 120mm f/4 D Macro MF Specifications

Mamiya 80mm f4.0  MF  – Sharpness: 10 Bokeh: 5 (C Version)

Schneider Kreuznach 80mm AF LS f/2.8 –  Sharpness: 9 Bokeh: 6 (2 copies tested) – MTF for Schneider Kreuznach 80mm f/2.8 LS Schneider Kreuznach 80mm f2.8 LS Specifications

Mamiya 24mm f4.0 MF Fisheye –  Sharpness: 9 Bokeh: 3 (C Version)

Zeiss 110mm f2.0  /Hasselblad V/  – Sharpness: 8 Bokeh: 9 (F Version)  – MFT for Zeiss 110/2.0 Zeiss 110mm f2.0 Specifications

Mamiya 110mm MF f2.8 – Sharpness: 9 Bokeh: 6 /not shown in photos/

Very Good:

Mamiya 80mm AF f2.8  –  Sharpness: 7 Bokeh: 7  (non D version, 2 copies tested)

Mamiya 80mm MF f1.9 –  Sharpness: 6 Bokeh: 8  (N Version)

Mamiya 55mm AF f2.8 –   Sharpness: 6 Bokeh: 5 (non D version)

Mamiya 45mm AF f2.8 –   Sharpness: 6 Bokeh: 5  (non D version)

Mamiya 150mm MF f3.5 –   Sharpness: 6 Bokeh: 6 (2 copies tested)

Good:

Mamiya 35mm AF f3.5  –  Sharpness: 5 Bokeh: 5  (non D version)

Mamiya 55-110mm AF f4.5  –  Sharpness: 5 Bokeh: 5 (non D version)

Mamiya 150mm AF f3.5 –   Sharpness: 5 Bokeh: 6 (non D version)

Poor:

Russian Lens 35KP 140mm MF f1.8 – Sharpness: 2 Bokeh: 10

Russian Arsat 30mm f3.5 Fisheye  – Sharpness: 1 Bokeh: 1

Haven’t test yet: 150/2.8 MF- too big minimum focus distance and Mamiya105-210/4.5 AF as it didn’t work with my current body

First center sharpness:

Center 100% crop of 200x200px for each lens:

Here are individual photos showing bokeh of Mamiya /  Phase one lenses:

/right click on images and select open in new window to see them in full resolution/

Premier League Lenses:

Mamiya 120mm f4.0 D /Manual Focus/ – Sharpness: 10 Bokeh: 5

One of best mamiya 645 lenses.

Mamiya 80mm f4.0 MF  – Sharpness: 10 Bokeh: 5

Schneider Kreuznach 80mm AF LS f/2.8 –  Sharpness: 9 Bokeh: 6

Mamiya 24mm f4.0 MF Fisheye –  Sharpness: 9 Bokeh: 3

Among the best mamiya 645 lenses.

Zeiss /Hasselblad V/ 110mm f2.0 – Sharpness: 8 Bokeh: 9

Mamiya 110mm MF f2.8 – Sharpness: 9 Bokeh: 7 /not shown in photos/

Very Good:

Mamiya 80mm AF f2.8  –  Sharpness: 7 Bokeh: 7

Mamiya 80mm MF f1.9 –  Sharpness: 6 Bokeh: 8

Mamiya 55mm AF f2.8 –   Sharpness: 6 Bokeh: 5

Mamiya 45mm AF f2.8 –   Sharpness: 6 Bokeh: 5

Mamiya 150mm MF f3.5 –   Sharpness: 6 Bokeh: 6

Good:

Mamiya 35mm AF f3.5  –  Sharpness: 5 Bokeh: 5

Mamiya 55-110mm AF f4.5 (at 1.5m)  –  Sharpness: 5 Bokeh: 5

Mamiya 150mm AF f3.5 –   Sharpness: 5 Bokeh: 6

Poor:

Russian Projector Lens 35KP 140mm MF f1.8 – Sharpness: 2 Bokeh: 10 /cover 48×36 sensor without vignetting!/ –  (shot at 0.7m due to currently use as fixed focus lens, I’m still waiting for focusing helicoid)

Russian Arsat 30mm f3.5 Fisheye  – Sharpness: 1 Bokeh: 1

Arsat turn out to be worst mamiya 645 lens in this lenses review

I hope that you enjoy this Mamiya 645 and Phase One Lens Test Review and it will help you decide which lens you need.

I will add in next days also photos for Mamiya 110mm f2.8 MF, Mamiya 150mm f2.8 MF and Mamiya 105-210mm f4.5 AF as they were not included in this test.

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Right in the middle of summer it was the perfect time to do some do some fashion photography with lovely indian model Pareen.

Photography Gear Used:

Camera: Nikon D800

Lenses:

Nikkor 85mm f1.4 Af-d

Nikkor 135mm f2.0 DC

Nikkor 35mm f1.4 Af-s

We start with doing stunning headshot photo:

Then we move to some more fashion style photography:

Pareen:

Even it was challenging to find place for autumn fashion photos in the middle of summer we manage to find right spot:

Mirror images tend to be fashionable lately so I decide to try with one:

It was a great day, nice photo shoot and, of course, nice photos in the end.

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London is my favourite town and place where I decide to be my home after visiting 50 countries around the world.

Photo Gear Used:

Camera: Nikon D800

Lenses:

Nikkor 14-24mm f2.8

Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8

Here are few of my favourite places and London Images which I have taken in Central London and London City:

And another very touristic but still very British place is Parlament next to Westminster Abbey:

And one photo for a place called Little Venice, but it is not located in Italy but in London nice neighborhood.

London in summer is the place to be!

And don’t believe rumours about rain or bad weather, this is not true at all. Pictures of london proove that england is not bad place in summer.

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