Do you know what sets a real “great photographer” apart from the one who isn’t?It is not the possibility to travel in hidden corners that few photographers have walked through before, nor to have beautiful models to represent. You’ll tell me it’s the camera, but neither. The camera is a necessary piece to capture the photo, there is the best and the worst, but a photo after all, all cameras can take.
One of the aspects that distinguishes a good photographer is its lens, you can take a good photo with a good camera, but a spectacular photo only comes out of a spectacular lens.
- If the photos you get with your SLR camera don’t fill you up.
- If you think you have a good camera but the results aren’t as you imagined before shooting.
- Read on.
- In this article I bring you 3 tips that allows you to choose the lens you need to take the step in your SLR photography.
You don’t misunderstand me I don’t want to confront lens versus camera, both are key elements to capture the photo, however, in my opinion, any SLR camera today can take decent pictures, I don’t know any SLR camera that produces horrible results photographically speaking. . I have my favorite SLR cameras, no doubt, but I think any camera will serve to make a decent photo. From there, if you want not only a decent photo but a spectacular, creative, overwhelming, different quality. , revolutionary and captivating, the best camera alone is insufficient.
The key is in the prism, in the perspective with which you see and capture this scene.
You know photography is light. When you press the camera shutter, the scene light moves through the lens, passing through each of the crystals inside the lens. During this journey through the lens, the light undergoes a transformation that prepares will be the photograph you will see later on your camera screen or once printed. All creative charging in terms of optics and light occurs during this trip. As the light comes out at the other end of the lens and the camera body begins to pass, everything is decided. Much of the image is practically defined, the rest of the process is done by the camera, and although there is still some “creative margin”, the most important thing is already done.
In photography, isn’t there any better proof than what your own eyes see, the visual?Here are some examples of stunning photos, taken with very affordable cameras, considered “amateurs” or beginners, but with attached lenses that would make us drool to many. Here are some examples of real photographs taken with 3 specific lenses:
Did I convince you? So, let’s talk about your next target
Choosing the right goal is no easy task, on the market you will find thousands of options, expensive and cheap lenses, dozens of brands, hundreds of models, with manual focus, automatic, with additional options, etc.
I will not go into all the nuances and small details because I would lengthen this article too much, and because in my online photography course I dedicate the whole unit 13 to choose a good lens. What I propose now is a series of tips or tricks that will help you successfully buy this goal that your camera aspires to.
All lenses have some maximum aperture, the best ones are the ones that have a very wide maximum aperture, if you are wondering what is going on with the aperture, this is also explained in the course with details and exercises, but for you to get an idea, the symbol of the aperture is usually f /, and the smaller the number that accompanies it, the wider the aperture. Imagine two identical lenses in everything but aperture, one has an f/5 aperture and the other f/1. 4. the largest aperture is f/1. 4, and that’s the best.
Why is it so essential to invest in a large lens aperture?Among other things, this is due to the fact that a large aperture gives you a lot of flexibility when working with light, you can capture images of low-light scenes, and where you would normally get a dark photo, with a large aperture, you could get a decently lit photo, without lights or flashes or stories. The simple optics of the lens allow you to do it, Magic?
While the goal mark and the notoriety it may have are important, the results it offers are even more important. Search Flickr or any other photo social network with the target name, watch and study the results you see. This will help you make a good decision.
An all-terrain lens is a lens with a wide range of focal lengths. For example, a lens with a focal length of 18 to 300 mm is a versatile tool, as it works for you both over short focal lengths, 18 mm and 300 mm, and all between these two ends. At first it may seem useful, practical, you think that with a large focal length you can photograph many frames at different focal lengths. Unfortunately, what you don’t say is that in order for the lens to take pictures at different focal lengths, its optical quality must be lower than that of a lens with a shorter focal range or a fixed focal length. It’s like the saying, the one that covers a lot, small pressures. The same goes for goals. A fixed focal length lens (e. g. the King of Lenses) seems to have the limitation of not being able to photograph more than that specific distance (50 mm), however, that is precisely why it is the lens that offers the best optical quality, under this focal length.
And I’ll tell you who you are. I mean that a photographer’s ideal lens is a lens designed for the type of photography the photographer likes, many photography enthusiasts don’t know which lens to choose, there are so many to choose from, and my answer always starts in the same way, “What kind of photography do you like?”Are you attracted to landscapes or are you more of a portrait?Or is your thing more like macro photography?
Choosing your next goal should start with yourself as a photographer and the type of photography that appeals most to you. What defines you as a photographer will also define the type of lens you’ll feel most comfortable with?
And I’m already stopping writing, so it doesn’t take too long. Remember that in the course, you have a complete unit dedicated to the topic of targeting. Trust me, you can’t like SLR photography and just use the lens. provided with your camera, offering very limited possibilities.
Remember that a spectacular photograph needs a spectacular lens.