advice on which lens to use 3 hours from now

I have a small morning photoshoot, on the beach right at the time of sunrise.
I was thinking to use my 50 as I use that one consistently and lot these days , but then again the 24-70 may come in handy for the versatility to capture what I may be missing with the 50. If you have any thoughts or comments please let me know.

Also any advice on what do you think is the best Aperture to shoot at this time ?

Thanks in advance.

Eiro wrote in post #10178419
I have a small morning photoshoot, on the beach right at the time of sunrise.
I was thinking to use my 50 as I use that one consistently and lot these days , but then again the 24-70 may come in handy for the versatility to capture what I may be missing with the 50. If you have any thoughts or comments please let me know.

Also any advice on what do you think is the best Aperture to shoot at this time ?

Thanks in advance.

the 50 1.2L is amazingly sharp at f4, if you have enough light, i would recommend shooting a few shots with the sunrise in the subjects eyes, and shoot them close up with your back to the sunrise, try and get as much of the sunrise in their eye as possible. could be a cool half face shot with some vivid eyes, and a little sky in the upper right of the frame.

just me i guess.

dwarfcow wrote in post #10178453
the 50 1.2L is amazingly sharp at f4, if you have enough light, i would recommend shooting a few shots with the sunrise in the subjects eyes, and shoot them close up with your back to the sunrise, try and get as much of the sunrise in their eye as possible. could be a cool half face shot with some vivid eyes, and a little sky in the upper right of the frame.

just me i guess.

I'm going to give it a shot. Definitely going to experiment with what you said.

Put the 24-70L on and bring the 50L anyway. Use an aperture setting that is in accordance with the effect you want to achieve, whether that may be a background with more definition or something more out of focus and 'dreamy'. The low light might also mean you should consider using a wider aperture, unless you want to increase your ISO.

The 50L has a dual purpose. Firstly its a backup if your other lens fails. Secondly its wide aperture can allow for superb dreamy backgrounds and hence reduce the impact of distracting background objects. The 50L, with a bit of walking, would certainly cover a decent range of focal lengths, but I reckon having a 24mm focal length on you would still be very handy for environmental portraits.

If you use flash, don't be afraid to try backlit portraits as well as silhouettes (which don't need a flash).

I think its those to lens that will be going with me.