William, I think this is about our "own", rather than "paid for" shots.
If I include my jobs, then some 80% will fall into "tele" range, almost
always with 100/ 135mm in 35mm, 120/ 150 in the Hassel. Second lens
would be the 24mm for the 35mm format and the 50mm for the Hassel. I
hardly used my zooms unless the photo absolutely demanded - exceptions
being 35~70 2.8 (long gone) and 28~70 4.0 wich had some use in parties
and events.
But those were the lens required to do the job anyway - when we're asked
to provide some particular view of the shoes we're doing that, even if
we offer a side shot as alternative.
LF
William Robb escreveu:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Farr"
Subject: RE: Resisting the Temptation of Wide-Angle (was - Panasonic
G1...example photo @ ISO 1000)
I'm not claiming that wide-angle shots are inferior. Some shots can
only be
made with a wide lens and many photographers are skilled and
expressive with
them. My own experience is that my photographs are better when I use
the
longest lens that will suffice. Sometimes that will still be a wide
lens,
but in future I'll resist the temptation to pursue a wide view for
its own
sake.
In my professional years I found that a wide lens was handy for
getting into
the front rank of a media event and still being able to frame the
shot. In
a crowded room I could grab a reasonably large group from only a
metre or
two away with my venerable M 24~35 (shooting film). Landscapes and
industrial scenes often needed my widest lens (15mm at work, 17mm in my
personal kit)to encompass the client's brief.
My current taste is for a tighter view. If possible I'll back up as
much as
I'm able and shoot as long as I can. I simply prefer the aesthetics
of the
longer lens.... for now.
I find for myself, that if I am doing a paid shoot, I, of course, grab
whichever lens is required, and often that is a very wide angle, but
if I am pleasure shooting, I tend towards standard to short telephoto
more than anything else.
One of the things I like about digital is that the plethora of
slightly wide angle focal lengths from my 35mm film days have now
become standards to short telephotos.
When I was shooting 35mm, I always wanted a 60mm lens.
William Robb
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