Take the challenge
Feb 17, 2018 09:57:37 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
When going out to shoot, use only one lens. Surprise yourself with your own creativity.
Feb 17, 2018 10:06:04 #
leftj
Loc: Texas
gvarner wrote:
When going out to shoot, use only one lens. Surprise yourself with your own creativity.
Probably be the most fun if that one lens is a prime.
Feb 17, 2018 10:20:57 #
gvarner wrote:
When going out to shoot, use only one lens. Surprise yourself with your own creativity.
I usually only take one prime lens when I go out, most often a 50mm.
Feb 17, 2018 10:21:12 #
leftj wrote:
Probably be the most fun if that one lens is a prime.
Feb 17, 2018 10:32:54 #
gvarner wrote:
When going out to shoot, use only one lens. Surprise yourself with your own creativity.
I agree, but then again, all I have is one lens...A Tamron 16 - 300. But, lol, i'm sure you don't mean this type of lens...
Rich...
Feb 17, 2018 10:36:11 #
Pablo8
Loc: Nottingham UK.
I used to do this in the late 1940's / 50's. as a schoolboy with a very modest camera. Would set myself a task/challenge eg ...just set 4ft focus distance, and only shoot with that setting, or the choice of f/5,6..8...11...or 16...just choose one aperture and learn what I could, and could not get, using the shutter to compensate for the light, or lack of it. Other days my settings aperture/focus distance etc. would be changed. I did not have an exposure meter, but used the details from the film carton guide lines. These were an all day challenge, and riding on my cycle gave me the benefit of plenty of different locations to practice learning more about what was to become my profession, for over 40 years.
Feb 17, 2018 10:40:11 #
gvarner wrote:
When going out to shoot, use only one lens. Surprise yourself with your own creativity.
I’ll up the challenge: on the next trip, take one camera and one lens..
And yes, I did.... a Fuji XE2s & an 18-55 lens to France 🇫🇷
Feb 17, 2018 10:55:37 #
Look at life through one perspective? Not me. I prefer to see life with an 18-200 perspective. Sometimes I really open my mind and go 200-500.
Feb 17, 2018 11:22:19 #
I've done that a lot with outdoor model photo shoots. I take only my Tamron 45mm f/1.8 SP VC lens. I just have to move a little more than I would with a zoom lens.
Feb 17, 2018 11:25:04 #
wkillham wrote:
Look at life through one perspective? Not me. I prefer to see life with an 18-200 perspective. Sometimes I really open my mind and go 200-500.
But don't you ever want to try something new and different? Put a 35mm or 50mm lens on your camera and challenge yourself by shooting with only one focal length?
Feb 17, 2018 11:32:25 #
Feb 17, 2018 16:31:53 #
Mac wrote:
But don't you ever want to try something new and different? Put a 35mm or 50mm lens on your camera and challenge yourself by shooting with only one focal length?
Another advantage is that you will know ahead of time how your photos will be in terms of depth of field and distortion. When I have photographed models, it would be bad if I was close to a model and used a wide angle setting on a zoom lens. The wide angle distortion would look terrible. A longer focal length would force me to back away from the model and eliminate distortion. The wide angle setting would also produce a very deep depth of field which also would not be good.Feb 17, 2018 21:13:00 #
gvarner wrote:
When going out to shoot, use only one lens. Surprise yourself with your own creativity.
Why would I cut myself short?
Feb 17, 2018 21:22:51 #
gvarner wrote:
When going out to shoot, use only one lens. Surprise yourself with your own creativity.
For ten years I had a rangefinder camera with a 45mm lens; I got plenty of challenge. Now I enjoy taking the picture I want to take.
Feb 18, 2018 06:02:37 #
I only use 18-55 for 98% of my shots. But, I do a lot of closer stuff 30yrds or less.
Marty
Marty
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