For the longest time, I had primarily used an 18-105mm lens on my Nikon DSLR because it provided me with a great range. I could take closeups, I could zoom in for distant shots and it seemed like the most practical lens de jour. In fact, there's only one shortcoming to this lens. It's big and heavy. Like, really heavy.
So, one day a couple of weeks ago, I switched it out for one of my fixed focus lenses (much smaller and lighter), which I generally only use for portraits. It's a 50mm 1:1.8D that takes a beautiful, crisp shot. I'm really loving it thus far. It seems so much more personal to take pictures of things exactly as you see them. Of course, the limitation of a fixed focal lens is that you can't zoom. At all. But that's okay if you're taking shots of people or of food.
Speaking of food, check out the berries from our garden. We're right at the end of raspberry season, blackberries are in their prime and our blueberries are just starting to ripen. Parker feels like quite the farmer whenever we head out to pick the berries. He holds the tupperware and I brave the thorny bushes to harvest the fruit. Then, we go inside, breathe in the sweet smells and dive into the fruit of our labor.
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