Andrea Estrada
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Andrea Estrada ✦
This photo was taken one boring night during the Covid-19 lockdown. I slowly started to fall in love with photography, living vicariously through YouTube videos of people shooting street photography and film. I was alone in my room at 3 am with the urge to take pictures. I set up my TV in the dark, displaying various backgrounds while using my iPad as a light panel. The only camera I had was an old Canon Rebel XS so I had no way to see the final composition in front of the camera. Experimenting by myself that night ignited an unending passion for photography in me.
Music
Events
Canon M50 Mark II | Viltrox Speedbooster | 28mm - 105mm f3.5-4.5
Year
04/2024
8day
headshots
Canon M50 Mark II | Viltrox Speedbooster | 50mm f1.8
Year
08/2024
Wedding
Photos
Canon M50 Mark II | Viltrox Speedbooster | 19mm - 35mm f3.5-4.5
Year
04/2024
Kids on a fieldtrip :) ↓
“I bought a wide angle lens specifically for these ↕”
Graduation
Photos
Canon M50 | Viltrox Speedbooster | 50mm Lens | 28 - 105mm Lens
Year
03/2024
Astroyd
Canon Rebel XS | 18 - 55mm [ Broken - Manual Only] kit lens
Year
04/2022
Greece
Canon M50 | 15 - 45mm Kit Lens | Viltrox Speedbooster | 50mm
Year
06/2023
Why the Canon M50?
I chose the Canon M50 because the Viltrox Speedbooster greatly improves the camera's functionality. With the Viltrox Speedbooster, I can use older Canon EF full-frame lenses, allowing me to explore a variety of focal lengths at an affordable cost. All of the lenses I’ve bought have been under $200! Not only that, but because the optics in the Speedbooster compress the light from a full-frame lens into a cropped APS-C sensor, the f-stop on all my EF lenses is slightly wider than it would be on a full-frame DSLR. In other words, the Speedbooster allows more light to enter my camera when using full-frame lenses, which improves its performance in low-light conditions! Lastly, if I were to upgrade to a Canon full-frame mirrorless camera, Canon makes a variety of lens adapters that work great and add even more functionality to the lenses, ensuring my decision to choose the Canon M50 is future-proof.
The Covid-19 Photobook
This was the project that helped me fall in love with photography. It was 2019, and I was studying Digital Media at the University of Houston. We started online classes, and our final project in my photography class was to make a photobook. That was the first time I experimented with my old Canon Rebel XS. It was challenging to take pictures of myself without a screen to compose the image, but I figured that as long as I could see the light coming through my viewfinder in front of the lens, then I must be in frame. I experimented with long exposure and flash to show motion and a sense of urgency. I am very proud of this project, and I’m so grateful that I was able to find a lifelong passion.
