I took this portrait of my friend Michael yesterday.

I recently purchased a TTArtisan 75mm f/1.5 lens (a copy of a famous and very expensive Zeis BIotar lens from the early-mid twentieth century), and this is the first portrait I took with it that I am really happy with. It’s a manual focus lens, and my eyes are not getting any younger, so focusing wide open does have its challenges.

A friend looked may the portrait and said it was “balanced.” That description works for me!