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My first photo shooting with the Canon 6D

28. July 2016

One day before I headed to Italy, I spontaneously purchased a new camera. Since I have been thinking a long time about upgrading to a full frame camera, I just told myself that the time has come to invest some of the money I’ve been saving into photography. To be honest with you, I was actually not really sure about what camera to get: The Sony a7, which is a great camera by the way, or the “iconic” Canon 6D. I couldn’t really decide which one to take until I thought about it more precisely the evening before I went to the store to get my new camera. I compared both models and just thought that I would probably prefer the Canon 6D as I’m obviously used to Canon cameras already.

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So now I’m gonna tell you something about the shooting: I basically just wanted to take some photos of a friend of mine in order to test the Camera together with my 50mm lens which is great for portraits and close-ups. We shooted at different locations throughout the park of the resort where I stayed on my way from Siena to Verona. (If you haven’t seen the travel guide to Siena yet, klick here) To give the photos a special touch, we tried out to shoot with some cool accessories such as the funny propeller beanie …