There are many ways to feel lost in the world of photography, among so many concepts, camera models, lenses, brands and words, it is even surprising that someone dares to take an interest in this chaotic world, but the truth is that it is, because all this is complicated ?, it is fascinating, and because we are challenging people, the more complicated we are, the better, the more motivated we are , am I wrong ??
Well, one of those moments is definitely the time to choose our first SLR camera, it’s usually the one that takes us upside down, we all find it spectacular but we don’t know which one is the best, if it’s worth spending. more or less, we don’t even know what most of the functions they have mean.
- Once researched and selected one.
- We usually buy it in a kit.
- That is.
- With a zoom of a certain focal length (18-55.
- 18-200.
- Etc.
- ).
- Which at first seems an unbeatable purchase.
- Only at first.
- In short.
- We have learned the ins and outs of our SLR but unfortunately we are starting to see that there are things that do not fit us well.
- We lack quality.
- We lack light.
- We lack angle or we have too much?Get your hands off your head.
- You weren’t wrong to buy your camera.
- What should the lens improve?.
- Even the simplest camera with a good lens will give you wonderful results.
- Of course.
- This does not apply to ‘one for all and all for one’.
- Each goal has its function and each will give you the best results in different situations.
There are many terms that can scare you, overexposed, blurry, nervous, poorly framed?Well, among them should not count the premium, the fixed focal lengths are those that do not zoom, that is, those in which the focal length cannot be varied. is what there is, and if you want to have that person closer, you have to bring them closer.
Among the fixed focal lengths for the portrait, we will highlight the 50 mm F / 1: 4, the king of lenses Let’s see why he deserves such an ostentatious title?
The 50 mm is impressive. Perfectly focused and clear protagonists, the ability to obtain photographs with correct exposure, without movement or noise, even in low light situations, intense looks, to highlight the individual above the mass. He talks about the ability to transform an ordinary flower into a special flower, in a meadow where they all seem like a tale of the Little Prince.
The 50mm tells us the story of a photographer who does not settle or hide, that if he wants something moves to achieve it, that if he sees something too far, he just comes up, talks about effort, but above all good results as a reward.
A 50 mm lens is the lens that we should all dream of, discover here its virtues in detail.
When we are facing a landscape, as a rule, we seek to obtain the widest angle or part of scene, because we seek the magnificence of nature, its greatness; we want to show and show that there are landscapes that can take our breath away.
Now, how do we capture this greatness? Well, with what we call a wide-angle lens.
A wide angle is approximately equivalent to a focal length between 16 and 24 mm, with 18 mm perhaps the most common (often included in the initial kit of any camera, such as 18-55, 18-200, etc. ).
As the name suggests, the angle it covers is wide, allowing a larger part of the scene to be framed. For this reason, it is the star goal of landscapers and is usually part of the recipe for a good landscape photograph, although as always, with other ingredients such as a small opening (e. g. F/11) to get most of the landscape focused. and therefore add feeling of depth, a good tripod to ensure the sharpness of the image (without shaking), a good composition, etc.
A wide angle not only tells us about vast expanses of beautiful landscapes, this magic lens tells us about original frames, optical distortions (among other attributes, it has the ability to distort everything that comes close to optics) with which to let our imagination fly. It speaks to us of depth, of lost paths in the distance, of majestic landscapes.
A wide angle is the objective ability to save, to store the grandeur and essence of the landscape before us as we perceive it when we imagine our image and pull the trigger.
You will be a faithful travel companion both to portray cities and landscapes and even, why not, people a little unreal about their proportions close to the target.
Note: we intend to capture splendid landscapes in the landscape book
How many times have you been left wanting to be able to fly, to know how to climb, to be able to overcome impossible heads or distances to be able to obtain this image that you see so clearly in your head but that you can’t reach it?
You know it or not, when you complain or beg, you did it on the telephoto lens.
We consider the telephoto lens, on which covers a focal length between 80-100 mm and 300 mm. Most of the zooms provided in our starter kit can cover up to 200 mm.
They are characterized by the approach of what for some reason it is not possible for us to approach, the greater the focal length, the closer we get to what we want to photograph, they are common in sports photography, for example.
Another feature of the telephoto lens is that it is “flattened”. The image I mean, it removes the depth of the scene by clearly joining the background with the photographed. This may seem to make our image chaotic (mixing background and focus), but fortunately, a longer focal length equates to a lower available depth of field, making it easy to isolate the subject from your environment. Get a blurry background.
If you want to photograph surfers but from the ground, without getting wet, if you want to isolate something that has fascinated you in the distance of everything around it, if you want to go as far as any other target can, or if you or your model is a little shy, will a telephoto lens love it?
Macrophotography is the photograph of small great things, of the impossible, of the small giant made. I would venture to say that anyone who has ever tried it is addicted to such a wonder.
There are many ways to get into macro photography as well as budgets, but without a doubt the easiest way is to achieve a macro lens, you have different focal lengths, which in macrophotography determines the distance at which you need to position yourself to photograph. its small protagonist (shorter focal length closer, greater focal length further).
Macro photography has the ability to enlarge the photography by a ratio of 1: 1, that is, if something takes up two centimeters in real life, it will also do it on your sensor, and you visualize it now or not, that translates into a great enlargement?
Macrophotography is a photograph of challenges but at the same time of amazing results, it is an almost magical photograph, which teaches us what our eye can not see with the naked eye, is the ability to represent millions of impossible ways that surround us in our day to day. lives that seem unreal.
Macro photography is about impossible worlds, patient photographers, enthusiasts and perfectionists.
Each moment has its purpose, each image that you project in your mind will be made exclusively with one of them, each one will offer you unique possibilities, irreplaceable images and only by knowing them will you be able to get the most out of it. all its possibilities.
It does not matter if you do not have the best lenses on the market, the important thing is to know your opportunities and take advantage of them, either with your zoom from the original kit, or with the best optics on the market. , if you know how to use them correctly, if you learn to think at any moment what focal length you chose and why, and how I can make the most of it, then you will be very, very close to being the photographer you dream of being.
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