Have you ever questioned what the greatest wedding photography lenses are?
When lenses are in question, there are a lot of choices, and lens manufacturers are constantly releasing new items. Many professional photographers are drawn to these shiny and bright objects and wind up with a large lens collection, but some of them get rarely used.
However, if you are limited to only three lenses for your photography collection, these are the lenses we would recommend.
Those are:
- EF 70-200mm f/2.8l
- EF 24-70mm f/2.8l
- EF 85mm f/1.8 usm
1. EF 70-200mm f/2.8l
We would not do wedding photography without this lens, despite its size and weight. When it involves weddings, the EF 70-200 f/2.8l is a go-to lens. It’s a flexible lens with incredible sharpness at all lengths. Even at 200mm and with a down aperture, the blur is stunning.
A wedding photographer can blend into the background using an EF 70-200mm f/2.8l lens. You do not have to be in close proximity to someone’s face to catch candid facial expressions and surprising moments; you may record candid looks and unexpected moments from a comfortable distance. This lens is very beneficial during the wedding day when you want to photograph from a far distance. It lets you quietly photograph the ring exchange, kisses, and vows.
You can choose to picture in Cropped mode if you ever need an even greater zoom while maintaining at the very same distance (if the camera has this option). With this option, you will have a 1.5x crop ratio in most cases (it will only use a part of the picture and enlarge it by approximately 1.5x). When you do this, ensure you have just enough pixels for this crop in the event you have to correct or adjust the composition later.
For example, when you are photographing with a 12-megapixel camera in full-frame mode, the camera will become a 5-megapixel camera when you switch to Crop mode. This is less than the bare minimum of pixels required to expand prints to a reasonable size (usually around 6 Megapixels).
2. EF 24-70mm f/2.8l
Photography To Remember told us that the EF 24-70mm f/2.8l lens provides the focal length variety required for photography on the go, and that is what photographers, especially wedding photographers need for the majority of the day. To name a few examples, you could use this lens to shoot larger location scenes, guests arriving, candid shots of guests, people roaming and talking while waiting for the wedding ceremony to begin or either during the wedding meal, certain details and decorations, the first dance and much more.
You can utilize this lens for images that don’t necessitate close portrait shooting, but it can certainly be utilized for that as well. The 50-70mm lens will produce attractive results. For portraits, though, you can utilize prime lenses.
At the wedding ceremonies, the 24-70mm lens gets a lot of action. Mainly because this lens is perfect for catching people, broader perspectives, and behind the scenes photographs.
For outdoor photography, many photographers utilize a considerably wider lens, like EF 14-24mm f/2.8l. But, although we’d want to have this lens in our collection, it is not a must-have. You may capture broad enough location landscapes with the EF 24-70mm lens. If you really need to photograph a larger scene, you can take several photos and patch them together with software like Photoshop to create a panorama. This is simple to accomplish, you just need to ensure that the exposure for the series of photographs is the same, it needs to be on a fixed point, and then capture a sequence of pictures while gently modifying your composition.
EF 85mm f/1.8 usm
An EF 85mm f/1.8 USM demands extra effort on your part because it is a fixed lens. To zoom in and out you must walk with your legs. However, this additional work is well worth it. Backgrounds are fluffier, portraits are clearer, and this lens performs admirably in poor light situations.
The nicest feature of this lens is its razor sharpness. This is your must-have lens, and it should not leave your collection at any time. It is light-sensitive, accurate, and produces excellent pictures. The EF 85mm f/1.8 usm is a fast, tiny, and exceptionally reliable lens.
The images taken by the camera using this lens were featured on one of the best wedding sites in the US, demonstrating that you really can capture a wedding day with your equipment if you know your equipment well enough.
These are the best 3 lenses you need to have if you want to take the best wedding pictures.
