From the course: Learning Food and Drink Photography
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Evaluating lens options
From the course: Learning Food and Drink Photography
Evaluating lens options
Along with thinking about which camera format is going to best serve you, we also need to explore lens possibilities. So let's take a look at some of the considerations with both the medium format and the DSLRs. The most common feature we look for as food photographers is the ability to get in tight. Using macro lenses makes this possible, getting in as tight as 4 to 6 inches. This stability, along with shooting at a wide or open aperture, helps create a look and style for our food photography. So here is an example of the macro, in tight, and you can see with this image of the ice cream that I am in probably 3 inches away from the subject. So it fills the frame, I'm shooting wide open, and have shallow depth of field. On the opposite end of the macro lens is the telephoto lens. It allows us to shoot from a distance but still fill the frame with the intended subject. While not used as often as the macro for food photography, the telephoto can get us in tight to the food without being…
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