This image was created using the Sony A7R V and the FE 50mm f/1.4 GM lens—gear powerful enough to keep up with both the elements and the human reality behind the frame.
Shot at f/1.8, the lens offered a perfect balance of shallow depth of field and edge-to-edge sharpness. The fast aperture allowed the subject to emerge from a dramatic background while maintaining subtle detail in the crashing waves and coastal textures. The camera’s real-time eye autofocus locked on through swirling fabric, wind, and shifting light, ensuring the moment was captured with clarity.
The photo was taken at Las Ruinas del Faro in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico—a site that holds a haunting beauty and historical weight, mirroring the emotional tension in the frame.
What the image doesn’t show is the deeper challenge behind it:
The model—my wife and creative partner—lives with epilepsy. This shoot demanded not only creative vision, but medical awareness: managing sensitivity to light, fatigue from medication, and physical strain under intense conditions. Every second of this image was earned with care, trust, and coordination.