OviV wrote:
Andy,
These are all very nice. As far as a good portrait lens, you may want to consider the Tamron 28-75 2.8. It is one of my sharpest lens I own and it can be had for aroun $375. It also makes a great walkaround/event lens. I know a lot of purist prefer primes for portrait work but the zoom really helps with being able to recompose a shot and not moving around. This is very important for me in my cramped studio space. As far as your shutter speeds, keep in mind that when you are shooting with flash/strobes shutter speed does not play much of a part at all (except if you are trying to get some ambient light in the picture). What controls your lighting is your apperture and light power. When using a white background which I intend to blow out anyways, I do not worry much about using smaller appertures.
Ovi
Andy,
These are all very nice. As far as a good portrait lens, you may want to consider the Tamron 28-75 2.8. It is one of my sharpest lens I own and it can be had for aroun $375. It also makes a great walkaround/event lens. I know a lot of purist prefer primes for portrait work but the zoom really helps with being able to recompose a shot and not moving around. This is very important for me in my cramped studio space. As far as your shutter speeds, keep in mind that when you are shooting with flash/strobes shutter speed does not play much of a part at all (except if you are trying to get some ambient light in the picture). What controls your lighting is your apperture and light power. When using a white background which I intend to blow out anyways, I do not worry much about using smaller appertures.
Ovi
All excellent advice, gratefully received..thanks! I agree with you on the zoom lens, even on my kit lens I was using the whole range of lengths, and I really couldn't be doing with swapping over every couple of minutes.
mak8ce wrote:
Those are so great. I love the one with the flower. What a cute little girl. Good work!
Those are so great. I love the one with the flower. What a cute little girl. Good work!
Thank you very much!
