Hi Everyone

Today I am going to look at which lenses are best for which situation.  As an event photographer in Edinburgh and someone who photographs conferences around Scotland, I have to make sure I have the right lenses for the occasion.  If I photograph sport, I need longer lenses but not necessary beyond 200-300mm, although it’s good to have up to 400mm, hoewever you may want a shorter length if you are photographing football behind the goals, same with rugby.  Also do you need fast expensive lenses for sport, not necessarily unless you are working in Low light or floodlit areas.

For wedding and conference photographers in Edinburgh, which are the best lenses, well that depends again on the light, you will however benefit from a zoom lens say 24-70mm for instance, also something a bit longer up to 200mm but probably not more.  If you want to do some macro work at weddings then a macro lens may be useful, but overall you are best to minimise it, as you don’t want to be dragging a whole load of gear around all day, weddings are tiring enough without that.  Should you go prime or zoom, well that depends again on the light, prime lenses are better in low light and you tend to get a faster lens for your money, however you lose that versatility that you have with zooms.  I like prime lenses when I am photographing conferences in Edinburgh, as I can use them to good effect when someone is speaking on the podium, then use my zoom for the candid photos. Usually an 80mm prime lens is ideal for conferences.  Also you can often take more lenses if you are shooting mirrorless due to the smaller size of the new lenses.  For landscapes you want a wide angle such as 24 or 28mm at least, or even less ie 16-18mm.  If you want to get all arty a fish eye or 10mm lens may be ideal for these whacky photos.

So I hope all this helps, happy photo shooting.

Kind Regards

Colin

www.colinwrightphotography.co.uk