About the photographer
A way of seeing.
Yenra Photography brings together portraits, cosplay, places, and the moments when imagination becomes visible.
“Beauty is always inner first, never outer only; more felt by the heart than seen by the eye.”
Photographs are made through attention and collaboration. This archive holds event coverage and location sessions alongside thoughts about light, expression, and the experience of being photographed.
Read My Ethereal Aim →Photographs, people & credits
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For a session, begin with working together for a portrait.
Equipment notebook
The homepage’s equipment list, retained here as recorded on October 14, 2026. The separate lens essay reflects an earlier point in time.
Cameras and lenses from the existing list
Cameras
- Nikon Z8 (current)
- Nikon D850 (backup)
- Nikon D600 (backup)
- Nikon D300 (my first DSLR)
Z Lenses
- Nikon NIKKOR Z 40mm f/2 Lens
- Nikon NIKKOR Z 26mm f/2.8 Lens
FX Lenses
- Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR Lens (middle of the Nikon trinity of lenses)
- Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200mm f/2G ED VR II Lens (superlative portrait lens)
- Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED Lens (my ultrawide lens, some distortion but still amazing)
- Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 58mm f/1.4G Lens (very special out-of-focus bokeh)
- Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8E FL ED VR Lens (the last FX version we'll see)
- Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 300mm f/2.8G ED VR II Lens (such a gorgeous lens)
- Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR Lens (wildlife photography champion)
- Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 20mm f/1.8G ED Lens (very close focusing - star-like pattern when light glints)
- Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 105mm f/1.4E ED Lens (possibly even better than the 85mm)
- Nikon AF NIKKOR 24mm f/2.8D Lens (good old wide)
- Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.4G Classic Portrait Lens (what I call my beauty lens)
- Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G Autofocus Lens (my nifty fifty)