Asian Photography — November 2017

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Wedding Special

and some outdoors. The lenses need
to be fast, and cover a range of focal
lengths for that perfect shot.
In this article we have narrowed
down several lenses, apertures and focal
lengths which will be perfect additions to
a wedding photographer’s arsenal.
The most important factor while
selecting a right lens for wedding
photography is the maximum supported
aperture. Wider apertures allow more
light into the camera allowing to capture
low light images. Professional lenses
usually are expensive but will have
apertures which are perfect for low light
imaging. The second important factor
is optical quality which is not much of
a worry for professional line of lenses.
Lastly it’s all about the build quality and
value for money.

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Certain situations demand the
photographer to go close. Every lens
can focus up to its nearest focussing
distance which is 25-50 cm depending on
the lens. Wide angle lenses are different
as they have the ability to go even close
and sometimes closer like an inch. Wide
angle fast lenses are just the right tool
when it comes to going close and still
have a lot of elements in the frame. Also
the wide aperture will allow you to shoot
comfortably in low light. Wide lenses also
are best for group shots where you do
not have to move backwards to infi nity.
Wide angle lenses if used correctly
render quite amazing depth effects on
the photographs creating several visual
layers. It depends on the creative use
of the photographer. Wide angle lenses
either come in zoom confi guration
like say a 16-35mm of a 17-40mm
depending upon manufacturers sporting
wide open maximum apertures. Fixed
focal length wide angle lenses are also
a good choice but it limits itself to just
one focal length which might not be
someone’s style. If you are a fan of
wide angle fi xed lenses, you can go for
something with a crazy focal length of
12mm or even 8mm which would render
fi sh eye effects and also would exhibit
visually distorted images. But again that
is the beauty of wide angle lenses.

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If anyone asks about the most

favourable walk around lens for wedding

photographers, it would defi nitely be the

24-70mm focal length. This focal length

is one of the most popular among most

professional photographers be it wedding

photographer or a photojournalist. The

beauty of this lens is its wide focal length

of 24mm on a full frame camera and the

70mm mid telephoto combined with

aperture of f/2.8 This lens is common

and all manufacturers including third

parties make these lenses with superior

optical quality which produces really

amazing and distortion free images. The

24-70mm focal length is what a wedding

photographer will have on himself at

all the times, unless the photographer

has totally different perspective and

preference.

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Telephoto lenses come in handy

for a lot of situations. In weddings, the

70-200mm focal length is also used a lot

as these are situations where one needs

to take candid images only or standing a

bit away from the action. The 70-200mm

lens is a professional level lens and quite

heavy to carry around. The pro level

70-200 mm lenses usually have open

apertures like f/2.8 which is great when

you are shooting subjects surrounded