We spent Christmas week in Marseille with Chiara’s four grandparents and a few (but not all) of her aunts and uncles. She was, of course, spoiled with gifts—so many that we couldn’t bring them all back to London! Chiara and her toys stayed behind in Marseille for an extra week while we headed off for our ski trip.
The photos below were taken with our 5D MkII, using 100mm or 50mm lenses. Unfortunately, our main zoom lens didn’t survive London’s winter chill. This made for more cropping and some tricky indoor shots!
Canon EOS 5D Mk II – EF 100mm – 1/250 sec at f/5.6, ISO 100 – Late afternoon on Marseille “vieux port” with a view of “Notre Dame de la Garde” in the background. The picture was cropped and the sky darkened to improve the dramatic look of sunset.
Canon EOS 5D Mk II – EF 100mm – 1/80 sec at f/2.8, ISO 2000 – Chiara sharing her Christmas presents, or more specifically asking for people to play with her or explain how toys work.
Canon EOS 400D – EF 28-135mm – 1/80 sec at f/3.5, ISO 800 – Almost everyone (missing Gael who took the picture) waiting eagerly to start the aperitif and presents opening. Chiara was the only one who respected the dress code wearing her red Christmas pyjama.
Canon EOS 5D Mk II – EF 100mm – 1/50 sec at f/2.8, ISO 2000 – Chiara enjoying time with uncle Anthony jumping around. The 100mm macro is producing awesome portraits as soon as the distance to subject is carefully managed. It’s very sharp in the centre and adding a bit of vignetting re-enforce this sensation.
Canon EOS 5D Mk II – EF 100mm – 1/3200 sec at f/2.8, ISO 100 – Fishing boats in Cassis. We spent a few hours in this very picturesque town. One may wonder if the colourful boats were placed on purpose for postcard pictures.
Those picture were taken on the top floor of the house where we had a very pleasant light coming out from the window.