I love the 50mm lenses that I work with, and is the primary lens through which I view the world. It allows me to capture the expressions on people's faces, and that's what I really enjoy.
To take in more of the envirnoment, I use 24mm lenses. And, all of these are primes suitable for photography in avaliable light.
I enjoy working with Black & White. It's ability to generate brilliant highlights, rich blacks, a tremendous silky, creamy feel all over together with a sense of timelessness is terrific.
I'm pretty deliberate in my work, waiting for things to happen that set a mood and tell a story, while guaging lighting conditions, composition and perspective, to help me capture the moment the way I interpreted it. I thus average about 15 to 20 images per hour of photography, resulting in about 200 images for 10 hours of photography.
I generally do not make use of any auxillary light source while I work. When the quality of avaliable light gets poor (soft, diffused lighting that don't generate shadows), I tend to use the the light that I bring along, but only at those times when really needed and after having the couple's consent. I almost never use flash to compensate for poor light as it destroys the mood of the image.I would also very much
like to have a contraption built that will
allow me to selectively light a few sections, and thus play around with
the shadows, midtones and highlights. I need to look around and get one.