A natural light portrait photoshoot with the Sony A7III + Zeiss 35mm f1.4. I finally got my hands on my very own 35mm lens for my Sony A7III! I was so excited to be using it for the first time at a portrait photoshoot.

From the moment I bought this lens, I took it out with me every day to shoot and take daily photos. So it was a great experience taking it for an actual portrait photoshoot in this beautiful location. Our shoot with the Zeiss 35mm f1.4 was during golden hour turned to blue hour in a gorgeous, overgrown location.

In this behind the scenes video I share my SOOC Zeiss 35mm f1.4 photos so you can see the quality and sharpness of this lens. We test autofocus performance while capturing movement shots and utilising different lighting situations.

Since this photoshoot, the Zeiss 35mm f1.4 has become my workhorse lens on the Sony A7III. I use it to photograph my client work alongside my Zeiss 50mm f1.4 and Sony GM 85mm 1.4. I also use it heavily for wedding photography, it's my most used lens on a wedding day!

The Sony GM 35mm f1.4 was announced in 2021 and you can watch my real world review video about it here. The Zeiss 35mm f1.4 is a fantastic lens with beautiful image quality, sharpness and autofocus performance. It served me very well for over a year shooting heavily with it. However, Sony have improved many features the Zeiss 35mm f1.4 was missing in the new GM 35mm f1.4.

I decided to pre-order it the minute I finished my review video on the GM 35 - that's how quickly I fell in love with it! You can see an updated what's in my camera bag video here. The Zeiss 35mm f1.4 was my first native Sony lens and coincidentally, the first of my Sony lenses to be replaced.

model Madeline

hair + makeup Lidija

Watch the behind the scenes of our photoshoot below to hear all my thoughts about the Zeiss 35! And please subscribe to my channel if you haven’t already, I upload a new video every single Wednesday.

All photos edited with my new Mountains Lightroom Preset Pack!

All photos edited with my new Mountains Lightroom Preset Pack!

If you enjoyed this set of photos, you might want to check out my natural light portrait photography on the new GM 35mm f1.4!