2021 calendar
October 20, 2020
Simon Blackley
As I do every year around this time, I’ve been going through the thousands of images I’ve shot in the past 12 months in order to choose 13 for the calendar that I’ll have printed as a gift for clients, family and friends. Here’s my selection, with a few notes on each image.
Cover
Moonlight on the church of Cadaqués, in Catalonia – 6 October 2019 Fujifilm X100T, 23mm fixed lens, 1/60 sec at f/2.8, ISO 3200
January
Angelica, studio portrait – 25 February 2020 Nikon D850, AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D, 1/350 sec at f/2.0, ISO 100
February
Serkan, environmental portrait – 15 January 2020 Nikon D850, AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D, 1/350 at f/1.8, ISO 100
March
Office Christmas party, Brussels – 20 December 2019 Nikon D850, AF-S NIKKOR 24mm f/1.8G ED, 1/250 at f/4.0, ISO 400
April
Sara, environmental portrait – 7 August 2020 Nikon D850, AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D, 1/180 sec at f/2.8, ISO 200
May
Orphilus at Dada Studios, Brussels – 5 September 2020 Nikon D850, AF DC-Nikkor 135mm f/2D, 1/250 sec at f/2.8, ISO 1600
June
COVID wedding, Brussels – 9 June 2020 Nikon D850, AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D, 1/125 at f/5.6, ISO 64
July
Abi heavily pregnant – 23 November 2019 Nikon D850, AF-S NIKKOR 24mm f/1.8G ED, 1/250 sec at f/2.8, ISO 200
August
Hortense, studio portrait – 10 October 2020 Nikon D850, AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D, 1/250 at f/8.0, ISO 64
September
Yousri, Brussels – 3 November 2019 Nikon D850, AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D, 1/90 sec at f/2.0, ISO 400
October
Hen party (EVJF), Brussels – 16 November 2019 Nikon D850, AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D, 1/250 sec at f/4.0, ISO 400
November
Studio portrait of a man – 6 August 2020 Nikon D850, AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D, 1/250 sec at f/4.0, ISO 100
December
Boy at a family party, Brussels – 28 June 2020 Nikon D850, AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D, 1/250 sec at f/4.8, ISO 800