Become a Good Photographer, Part Seven: Choose Lenses Based On You, Not Your Activity (opens in new tab)

The standard advice for lens selection follows a simple formula: match the focal length to the genre. Portraits need 85mm or longer. Landscapes want 20mm or shorter. Street photography lives at 50mm. This reasoning isn’t entirely wrong, but it misses the more important variable: you. I don’t normally talk about specific gear because it’s a […]