This lens does NOT get a lot of play.
It's a wide angle lens that is just a bit too bendy for portraits.
Well, for close ups, anyway. I have used it when I want to tell the
story of the location but being a wide angle lens, it distorts
headshot style portraits in a weird and awkward way that I don't care
for. Plus, the bulk of my shooting is done in the studio and this is
not a great lens for that kind of environment.
However, I do live in a spectacular
location – Whitehorse Yukon – where the landscape is
unforgettably beautiful and immensely photograph-able. There are
numerous landscape photographers in my area who can attest to that!
So for outdoor shoots like family or kids portraits, it is a fun one
to use now and then to create a sense of scale and to celebrate the
environment. I normally only shoot on location at our family farm –
Sourdough Sodbusters- which is my favorite outdoor location because I
know the layout so well as well as the path of the sunlight &
shadows. Not to mention that I have a number of sets laid out in
various spots on the property to create a variety of photos for my
clients.
All in all, this is a great lens to
have if you're a portrait shooter who wants to be able to grab a
bunch of the environment in some of the shots. It's essential as a
landscape photographer.
Do you have this lens? If so, what are
your thoughts on it?
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