Hello everyone, I am a hobbyist photographer and have been given an opportunity to do a photo shoot (pro bono) at a charity school with students ranging from kindergarten to high-school. The “client” would like to have photos of the students at different moment of the day, in the classroom, at recess, at the canteen, etc… as well as some portraits.
It’s basically a journalistic/documenting photo shoots, and the first assignment I ever got. I was wondering what kind of lenses you would pick for this type of job. Would you go with primes only, zoom only or a combination of prime+zoom?
I have a fuji xt5 with the xf 16mm f/2.8, xf 35mm f/1.4 and the xf 18-55mm kit lens. I also have some manual lense in 35mm and 50mm which I use on my “I don’t care” days only. I have been considering for a longtime getting the xf 56mm f/1.2 WR, but I’m afraid of the double redundancy of that focal length in my set.
Thank you for your input!
the focal length that gives the correct framing at the shooting distance you will be using.
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I would use the kit lens at 20 to 28 and the 35 prime, the point being that you can include the setting and still have good moments captured and a bit of reach or even the odd portrait. Even though singling any student out doesn’t feel like the vibe from what you expressed. Hope this helps!
That Fuji kit zoom is straight up banger lens. Use that for everything except portraits, and bring the 35 to cover those. If you pick up the 56 one day you don’t have any redundancy, the zoom at 50 and that 56 are different beasts
35mm then crop if you need to
Had a similar pro bono assignment for a school overseas. Used a full frame with 35mm and 50mm lenses. The 35mm was very useful for putting context to the pictured and for candid shots of students doing experiments or teachers supervising students cleaning the grounds. The fast 50mm allowed me to do closer indoor shots with subject isolation to highlight what a student or teacher was doing.
Glad I wasn’t asked to take photos of kids doing sports in the oval. I didn’t have any telephoto that day.