- If you are shooting as a sports photographer don’t use anything shorter than a 70-200mm lens
- When shooting landscapes shoot with 14mm f/2.8 16-35mm f/2.8 or 24 f/1.4
- Wide angles give an expansive view and make you feel like you are in the photo.
- If you shoot scenes with prominent foreground objects, then a wide-angle lens would be the best option
- Standard zoom lenses are good lenses because they are versatile so you can do wide angle landscape shooting
- Standard lenses can cover wide angle focal lengths to a medium telephoto.
- prime lenses offer just one focal length, such as 35mm, 50mm, or 85mm.
- Prime can’t zoom but can help with good composition.
- prime lenses are usually cheaper than other lenses.
- Telephoto lenses can let you take photos of a subject or person without being close to it at all.
- telephoto lenses are like shooting with binoculars because they magnify things from a distance
- Telephoto lenses are really useful for candid street photography.
- Telephoto lenses make everything appear closer together rather than wide angle lenses.
- Telephoto lenses are also excellent for sports, nature, and wildlife photography, where it can be difficult to get close.
- The most popular telephotos seem to be 70-300mm or 70-200mm.
- Telephoto is good for making things look larger in comparison to other objects.
- Telephoto needs to have a fast shutter speed if you are shooting from afar.
- To be able to stop action without blur, you need a fast shutter speed like f/4, f/2.8 or has a larger aperture.
- Macro lenses are perfect for shooting small things.
- Tilt shift lenses are good for shooting architecture.