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Budget Portrait Photopraphy?

Started Aug 24, 2018 | Discussions thread
Arizona Sunset
Arizona Sunset Veteran Member • Posts: 3,797
Re: Budget Portrait Photopraphy?

Here's what I'd do.

Buy the 50 f2 or 60 f2.8 for the compression and flattering perspective. From a practical perspective, the 35 f1.4 is a better "all around lens", but it is not a portrait specialist's tool. It will show slight distortion for a head shot (not because of the lens, because of the distance).

Also, from experience, if you show a woman her portrait at 23/35/50 FOV's, she almost always picks the 50 (and the one with the thinnest depth of field), unless it's to show off the location / view, in which case, the 23 half body at f2-f2.8 might be preferred.

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