Havana in Shallow Depth of Field

Columns of Distinction – Havana, Cuba My current photography has changed somewhat from the bulk of what I’ve shown you in this Cuba series. Not only in image style, but also in technique and even equipment. When I went to Cuba in 2024, I was still shooting predominantly Sony, but had bought the first couple of Leicas and started dabbling in manual-focus lenses. The Cuba workshop was led by a Sony Artisan, and I brought my Sony gear because it’s what I’m most comfortable with. I wasn’t ready to recklessly shoot manual focus with Leica. However, I brought one lens as an experiment to dabble in manual-focus, shallow-depth-of-field photography. It was the TTartisan 50mm f/2, an inexpensive but solidly built manual focus lens that worked on the Sony E-Mount. As I recall, it was about $70, so it was worth the risk of buying and was small enough to bring. I didn’t use that lens much until the last couple of days, when all my pre-planned portrait sessions were over, and I had captured all the…