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<p>My wife and I came to visit our daughter and son-in-law for the baptism of our granddaughter Beatrice on the weekend of February 22, 2025. I am now in the habit of taking two lenses with my camera when I don't bring my entire kit. One lens is the Canon RF 24-70mm, and the other is the Lensbaby Spark selective-focus lens. With the latter, I capture casual shots of them and their 9 children at home, and often render the images in black and white in post-processing.</p>
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<p>My Canon RF 24-70 is very sharp, and because its "field of view" is both wide (24mm) and narrow (70mm) it is quite versatile. (I do have to watch out for distortion at 24mm, but it's a minor concern.) With the 24-70 I usually keep the domestic images in color. If I were doing careful, intentional portraiture, I would probably post-process some images in black &amp; white. Tonality (the black-white range) is more obvious in black &amp; white, and careful adjustment of tones can make the image quite dramatic. With relatively sharp, domestic images, however, color is usually the way to go. The 24-70mm lens is also <em>big</em>, so people notice when you point the camera their way. So they smile, pose, etc. Oftentimes the results are very pleasing, if not quite at the level of careful portraiture. (For this photographer, this means that there may be too many distracting details in the background, or the lighting is unremarkable). </p>
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