Portrait- Task 1a lens research

In this post i will be discussing the different types of lens that can be used in photography.

Prime lens: A Prime lens is a lens that has a fixed focal length, this means that the lens wont zoom in or out, The most standard prime lens is the 50mm “normal lens.” Its focal length roughly matches where your eye focuses, giving you an image that’s nearly the same as to what’s in front of you. a prime lens can give you a higher quality image, the design is much simpler because its not made to zoom, so this means it will have fewer visual defects. The downside of using a prime lens is that it doesn't change focal length so you cant zoom in on things or zoom out of the subject.
 Photo by Christopher O’Donnell.

Zoom lens: A lens allowing a camera to change smoothly from a long shot to a close-up or vice versa by varying the focal length. these are usually kit lenses, it can zoom from a wide angle shot up to a telephoto lens with a focal length of 18-55mm or up to 75mm. the zoom lens is good because you can use it in many different situations, at 18mm  it is a wide angle lens so it is good for landscapes architecture but at the other end at 55mm is good for portrait photography.
This was taken by Steve McCurry

Wide Angle lens: A wide angle lens is a lens which has a smaller focal length than a normal lens, which is about 35mm, a wide angle or ultra wide angle lens is used to photograph a big scene, to capture a smaller scene in a limited amount of space. A disadvantage o f using a wide angle lens is that the images come out distorted and it makes it look like the image is curving in on the middle point.

This was taken by Ken koskela

Telephoto lens:  A lens that has a longer focal lens than a standard lens giving a narrow field of view and a magnified image. lenses with a focal range of 100mm or above are classed as telephoto. a telephoto lens is used to capture and keep an  image in focus when shooting images far away or they can be used well in portrait, a disadvantage of using a telephoto lens is when your focal length is at its highest the stability becomes a problem so it is hard to control, use a tripod for this.

This photo was taken by Andrew Gibson 

Standard lens: A standard lens is one that usually comes with the camera also known as a kit lens, the focal length is normally about 18-55mm, this gives a field of view similar to the naked eye. which gives an image a more natural feel. they are a good overall lens which can be used for landscapes, portraits and as they have a wide aperture it is good for indoor and low light photography.

Portrait lens: