{"id":2086,"date":"2013-06-02T13:15:21","date_gmt":"2013-06-02T13:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arjunkarthaphotography.com\/?p=2086"},"modified":"2020-05-09T02:30:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T21:00:16","slug":"best-lenses-for-wedding-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arjunkarthaphotography.com\/best-lenses-for-wedding-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Lenses for Wedding Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"
As a professional Indian Wedding Photographer<\/a>, I often get asked about what kind of equipment I use, so here’s a post dedicated to the very best lenses for wedding photography<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n I’m quite amazed at how intensely popular wedding photography has become over the last few years, especially here in India. There are literally scores of amateur-turned-professional photographers who are bringing in intense creativity and excellence into shooting Indian weddings, and I’m quite confident that we’ve only touched the tip of the iceberg. The person or people who benefits most from this literal explosion of talent of course, is the bride and the groom! However, Indian wedding photography is really tricky — and not something that can be done professionally without being suitably equipped for it.<\/span><\/p>\n Most weddings in the west are day affairs: typically a day ceremony, followed by a early evening reception. Indian weddings, if you’re not familiar with them — go on for days! As a photographer, you’ll be expected to deliver winning pictures in all sorts of conditions — a brightly lit sunny day with the hot Indian sun directly overhead, a small room where the bride’s getting her mahendi done lit only with incandescent tube lights, or a wedding ceremony late at night lit with bright yellow fluorescent halogen lights. Lighting is only something that YOU know – as a photographer – something that can make or break the shots you take. The only thing you can do is carry the right gear, and use your experience the best you can to get the perfect shot. Remember, after the wedding is over and done with, nobody will remember how late at night it was, or how terribly the venue was lit — but your brilliant picture of the bride just before she marries her husband — is what will live on for eternity.<\/span><\/p>\n Apart from all the other equipment I usually carry, I’m going to focus this post on some of the best lenses I wouldn’t leave home without. I’m a Nikon shooter, so most of the gear below is geared towards Nikon, but the same holds true for other camera companies.<\/span><\/p>\n If there ever came a time where I was only allowed ONE lens on my camera — this one would be it. Brilliantly sharp, with a crisp creamy bokeh that no other lens can ever deliver – this is my go-to lens for just about anything. This lens loves being shot wide open – bang away at 1.4 as long as you want, the brilliant auto-focus ensures you’re locked on to your target for as long as your heart desires. With an open aperture of 1.4, you can shoot literally in darkness — as this lens lets in more light than anything else you’ve probably seen. With 4 times more light than a 2.8 lens, that translates into four stops of more light coming into your sensor – use this at night for gorgeous results you’ll love. Now I can wax eloquently about this lens for the rest of this post, but I think examples speak louder than anything I can ever say, so here are a few examples for a wedding I recently shot.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\nIndian Weddings: Complex, intricate and so difficult to shoot!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
The portrait and just about anything lens: Nikon 85mm f\/1.4 G<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n