Guide: choosing a lens for taking portraits

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The beautiful days are coming, and with them the heat and beautiful light. For many of us devices come out of the closets and we get them ready for weddings, christenings, vacations, etc. One of the favorite shots is the portrait, whether it’s people we love or strangers. Here are some tips to help you choose the right goal and adapt to situations in order to achieve future memories.

Photographing people, which lenses to choose?

– When we want to take a group or a person in context we can take a 24mm or a 35mm. They are ideal lenses for this type of photo.

– You want to take your friend either by foot or in American plane? The 50mm lends itself perfectly to this situation. Moreover, it is probably the lens that is the most versatile and the most used by photographers.

– If you want to capture an attitude and take a portrait by definition, take in this case an 85 mm. He will be able to perfectly reveal the facial expressions or even the character of the subject.

– With a 100 mm, you can capture an intense look, a detail of the face. Like the 85mm, they are very often used in studios. Outdoors, this lens is perfect if you want to take some distance and get away from your subject a bit. He / she will be less impressed by your presence and as a bonus you will get a natural portrait. These long focal lengths allow the subject to be isolated from its context.

Key points to remember

Pay attention to the perspectives so as not to have deformations, favor 50 mm up to 135 mm, like Zeiss Milvus, DZO Pictor Zoom for example. The long focal lengths also allow better isolation of the subject and thus offer very nice Bokeh . You can use a medium aperture and the extra large apertures that are not necessary when shooting close-up. Extreme openings are often to be avoided if you want to have a completely clean face. On the other hand, when photographing in a wide shot, isolating the sharp subject against a blurred background requires a rather long lens with a very large aperture.

Finally, fixed focal lengths are by default very bright thanks to their large aperture (small number of diaphragm, for example f / 1.8). Here is an example of shots of a person with a diaphragm difference. You can see that the background on an f / 1.8 aperture is much more blurry and therefore emphasizes the subject.

Now it’s your turn to experiment. Borrow these lenses from a friend, go to your Fnac store and ask to try an optic. Advisors will be there to guide you and provide you with answers, to complete this article.

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