I have a Canon Digital Rebel. I ahve doing photography for quite some time and am now starting to focus onw edding photography. I have only done 2 weddings, and though I am good with photoshop, I am realiziing that i need some new lenses in order to really make my photos much higher quality.....and not spend hours on photoshop! The max I can afford right now is $500. I prefer the $200-$300 range. Any sugestions?
2007-11-02 08:01:14 · 8 answers · asked by Alicia 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
I am currently using a 28-55mm canon lens, and a 70-300 tamron lens.
2007-11-02 08:37:26 · update #1
Go to shutterbug.com and, in the Search box, type in "What's in their bag?"
The entire article was titled "What's In Their Bag? A Look Inside Top Wedding Shooter Kits" and was in the April 2006 Shutterbug Magazine.
2007-11-02 10:28:23 · answer #1 · answered by EDWIN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you talking about to shoot the wedding or to shoot the bride? I have a Canon 30d and my new favorite lens is the Tamron 28-75mm it's sharper than most canon lenses i've bought and the reviews are great. that would be fine for shooting the actual wedding and people walking around and such. If you want a lens for close up or portrait work the Canon 100mm macro is a great lens for that. I you are looking at budget zoom the Tamron 70-300 was my choice, it has a macro button on it also. I bought the Canon 70-300 and the noise it produced was unacceptable, would not produce good enlargements at all. I took it back and bought the Tamron 28-200 liked the range here and good lens but I wanted more reach. I took that back and got the Tamron 70-300 for around 200.00 and for the price it's good. You might also want to try renting lenses just when you need them try www.rentglass.com
2007-11-02 15:36:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Really, you also need another body and flash as well as better lenses. The Canon (or any) kit lens is not ideal for wedding photography. You need a fast WA zoom and a fast medium telephoto at the very least. Good lenses are not cheap. I know $500 won't get it in the Nikon line, and I'm sure the Canon L lenses are along the same price structure.
You might look into a few prime lenses instead, paricularly a 20ish mm, a 50mm and 85mm,, but you absolutely need a backup system. The plain fact is, you cannot get set up for professionally shooting weddings with your budget
2007-11-02 15:32:28 · answer #3 · answered by Ara57 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hello, i see you have two nice lenses, i actually dont get what else you are needing, maybe a wide angle, because with the conversion the 28 is a 42 but if you get a wide angle i believe that you would have it all of hte necessary. I dont understand why you spend so much time in photoshop. Probably you are not adjusting correctly the white balance, dont do it in the preset modes, adjust it manually and you will have a much nicer colour wich you will not need to recalibrate the curves in Photoshop.
I dont know what else to tell you, maybe sell the 28-55 add a difference of money and buy a 18-55mm wich will give you that range that you dont have with these.
2007-11-03 14:34:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask 10 people and get 10 answers I suppose, but I use only one lens for weddings, a 24-85 Nikkon with macro. It allows me to work a really small room or a large group at close quarters.
There are times when a longer lens would be nice, but changing a lens during the affair is a no-no in my book, and someplace I don't even want to go.
2007-11-03 10:30:34 · answer #5 · answered by copious 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
telephoto, this would help you get closer but feel lie a fly on the wall. You can by all lenses in the world though and it doesnt take away from raw talent for compostition, lighting, and angles....If your good in those areas any lens will do to create great work. I would maybe do a couple more weddings and let the lens pay for itself:o) hope that helped
2007-11-02 15:06:27 · answer #6 · answered by steph b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what you use now would help.......
a 12-24mm, a 35mm, a 50mm, a 70mm and a mild tele like a 100-135mm, use primes if you really want sharp images - will give more speed than zooms also
get and use a grey card and that will save you wasting time in PS, along with lightingand a tri/monopod/cable release.........i find its best to get the best possible source image to limit post production time (photoshop)
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2007-11-02 15:25:35 · answer #7 · answered by Antoni 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
See recommendations here: http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Canon-Lenses/Canon-Wedding-Lens.aspx
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2007-11-02 19:23:16 · answer #8 · answered by Picture Taker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋