My Go-To Portrait Wedding Camera Lens! (85mm) 💍

Wondering what one of my favorite lenses is as a professional photographer? 💭

The 85mm is a solid lens I absolutely love shooting with for couples and wedding events!

Here’s why my fellow photographers 📸

Unlike the lower focal lengths, the 85mm will not distort faces… and backgrounds!!

You can get away with the 50mm but the background will not be as “flattened/compressed” in this photo as it would be if I shot on a lower focal length.

Being even further also allows us to leave the couple to naturally be themselves without you being all in their business.

This gives us candid, yet so natural feeling photos.

This is best used when you have lots of space to work with, especially outside with great scenery and your backgrounds are clear of any distractions. 🌄

❗️ That being said, there are some cons when it comes to using this lens.

- This lens is NOT a run n’ gun type of lens. Due to how tight this focal length is, it will be hard to use in many scenarios and even harder in tight indoor spaces, unless YOU have control of what's around you (i.e people, distractions in the background). 💫

- Any pose changes, or anything that needs to be removed from the scene; you need to yell from afar, move closer or run to the background to clean up whatever it may be. 📢

😌 Overall, I love this lens and will always pull it out when it’s time for Wedding Couples’ Portraits!

#lemon8partner #wedding2023 #weddingideas #weddingphotography #weddingphotoideas #camerasettings #camerareview #canon #cameralens #portraitphotography