They have great image quality and are small and light so they don’t feel like a burden or like they weigh you down. If you like to always have your camera on you or like to go on photo walks, 35mm lenses are great to take with you. 35mm lenses may not be the best option for single subject portraits and headshots because of how you get a bit of rounded distortion with them, but for group portraits, it’s perfectly fine, as you’re standing further away from your subjects. They also can be used to do family group portraits. 50mm lenses are frustrating to shoot indoors because they’re often just not quite wide enough and you end up not being able to frame multiple subjects the way you want.ģ5mm lenses let you do candid shots with multiple layers really well. It can really be a nightmare trying to photograph people indoors with lenses longer than 35mm. In small rooms it can be a problem and something a little bit wider like a 28mm lens can be helpful to have but it’s usually not a problem. 35mm prime lenses with wide maximum apertures in particular are great for indoor photography without flash, because they let more light in. Family photos taken with a 35mm lens have an intimate feel to them.ģ5mm lenses are also wide enough that if you’re doing family photography indoors, you won’t really have many issues getting everything in the frame. Family Photographyģ5mm lenses work great for taking family photos, whether it’s your own family or for clients.Īgain, what’s great about 35mm lenses for family photography is the up close and personal perspective that you get. It’s a little less uncomfortable than compared to candid street photography with a 35mm lens because you don’t know those people. Again, this puts the viewer in the perspective of being right there with the subjects.Ī 35mm lens just adds an extra bit of intimacy that works really well for showing the ups and downs of a subject’s struggles in documentary photography.Įven though 35mm lenses are wide and require you to get close to your subjects, it’s not much of a concern for doing documentary photography because you know the subjects. There’s no better way to capture that than with a wide angle lens such as a 35mm.
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They aim to tell these as personally as possible so that the viewer develops a connection with the subject, much like with movie and book characters. Documentary Photographyĭocumentary photographers (I’m talking stills photographers here for the most part) tell visual stories about people and places. When you combine this perspective with important world events, it can be powerful and moving. It’s a perspective that requires the photographer to be close up in the action, making for very personal images that put the viewer right there in the scene. The 35mm perspective is great for photojournalism for similar reasons that it works so well for street photography. Zoom lenses are frequently used by photojournalists but for when the action is close, 35mm lenses have been used by many photographers. With a 35mm prime lens and a compact camera body, you’re not weighed down by anything. Big and heavy gear is a burden when doing street photography it makes it really obvious when you go to take a photo, your back and shoulders start hurting from the weight of the gear, and you’re less mobile. I tried shooting street photography with a 24-70mm zoom lens back when I was getting into photography and I won’t be doing that again other than for shits and giggles. It can take some getting used to if you’ve only shot with longer lenses, but it’s really not that uncomfortable getting close to people once you get used to it and the perspective you get is worth whatever discomfort you may feel.Īnother reason why 35mm lenses work so well for street photography is that they’re relatively compact and lightweight. But you don’t have to get so close that you’re literally invading peoples’ personal space. In order to fill the frame with your subjects with a 35mm lens, you do have to get close. I have nothing against that style but it’s not really my cup of tea for my own work. With longer lenses, you get compression, which makes for a perspective of looking through a telescope or a sniper rifle. 35mm is a pretty close angle of view to what the human eye sees. I like street photos shot with a wider angle lens because it’s more intimate and real. The most important thing to me in a lens for street photography is probably the perspective it provides.
This focal length gives you a pretty wide perspective without a lot of distortion.
It doesn’t get any better than 35mm for street photography in my opinion. The 35mm focal length is excellent for street photography.
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