Photography: For Photography we mainly use Nikon cameras, but you can find similar lenses in either Sony or Canon if you use them. Here’s our photography lenses list:
1. Sony / Nikon / Canon 24-70 mm F2.8: You want your shots to be wide but also want to cover that portrait range, you can go for any of the 24-70mm lenses. The cheaper alternatives usually have a constant aperture of F4 but we prefer F2.8 because they help with low light situations. And they are a bit sharper too.
2. Sony / Nikon / Canon 70-200 mm F2.8: This here is your all rounder lens. With that focal range, you can capture a great amount of candid shots and do portraits too. Their constant aperture of F2.8 gives you that buttery smooth bokeh. Close up shots never looked so good.
3. Sony / Nikon / Canon 50mm F1.8: In our personal experience, you can’t go wrong with a 50mm lens. It’s pretty much the first lens every photography should purchase. It’s called the Nifty Fifty for a reason. They’re also not that highly priced and with that constant aperture of F1.8, they not only give great shallow depth of field, they also work amazing under lowlight situations. Most times if it’s an outdoor shoot, you won’t even need any flashes. More expensive variants have a constant aperture of F1.4.
Videography: For Videography we prefer to use Sony’s Mirrorless cameras. They’re compact, light weight and overall perform better than Canon or Nikon in our opinion. Here’s the list of lenses we use for our videos:
1. Sigma 16mm F1.4: This lens is a beast. Its perfect for video in so many different ways. It’s wide with a focal length of 16mm, but doesn’t distort the image a lot. That aperture of F1.4 just makes it one of the best low light lenses on the market right now. It’s reasonably priced and it very sharp as well. It’s just perfect!
2. Sony 16-35mm F2.8: The 16-35mm gets used mainly if we don’t have a secondary shooter on board. This lens helps us cover a good focal range. It’s a bit pricey but it’s worth the investment. If not for video, this lens is one of the best landscape photography lenses on the market. A cheaper version comes with a constant aperture of F4.
3. Macro Lenses: We usually use Marco lenses to get detailed and close up shots of the wedding rings. Our personal preference would be a 50mm Macro with a constant aperture of F2.8.
4. Sony 70-200mm F2.8: All weddings have some sort of performances that need to be captured. And those performances also have peoples reactions. For those, we use the 70-200mm F2.8 lens as it allows us to zoom in and capture the wonderful smiles and moments that the couple can forever cherish.
5. Sony 85mm F1.8: We use the 85mm for those tight framed tripod shots and creative shots. Usually weddings have a lot of people moving around, we prefer the 85mm so we can capture the subject from a distance. But if the wedding doesn’t involve a huge crowd, then we switch to the 35mm instead. Usually just comes down to personal preference.
