Photography Techniques : Selecting a Camera Lens

Different types of camera lenses are needed for different types of photography, and a lens should be selected based on the particular effect the photographer is trying to create. Learn about wide lenses, fish-eye lenses and more with help from a photographer in this free video on photography tips and camera lenses.

Expert: Kight Haberer
Contact: actionshootersphotography.com
Bio: Kight Haberer has a degree in photography from the University of North Texas. He is the owner of Action Shooters Photography, which is based out of Fort Worth, Texas.
Filmmaker: Kevin Haberer

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• tips
• techniques
• beginners
• cameras
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• lens
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• fluorescent
• lighting

[ZioZambe]

The whole video is poor and pointless but...

Once and for all: LONGER LENS DOES NOT GIVE YOU A BLURRY BACKGROUND. It's a myth. The only thing that can give you a blurry background is the aperture.

And for God's sake : LEARN BEFORE YOU TEACH!

[papsykes]

waste of time

[akosijhep23]

by reading the top and leading comment i didnt watch the video lols

[scituateskatepark]

I recently just bought a dslr and am a skateboarder. I love to take photos of skateboarding also. I have the kit lens that came with my camera and was wondering if i should invest in buying a 50mm lens or a fisheye. what would have the best outcome to make my photographs look better. And what is your opinion on flashes. Thank you

[surferboy36O]

@ZioZambe PART 2: Although I have a certain understanding of physics and optics, I still haven't found a propper explanation to give you of why this is, but I just tested it and it's true, I used a 50mm at 100% and a 200mm at 25%, both at f8 and the 200 clearly has less depth of field.

[surferboy36O]

@ZioZambe I thought it was the oversizing "illusion" what was going on, but actually longer focal lenths give you less depth of field. Even if it was the case, DOF being defined as the distance in front of and behind the subject focal plane in which an object is still in acceptable focus, is reduced because of the magnification effect. Continues -->>

[ugui193]

@ZioZambe I am really sorry but longer lenses of course that give you a blurry background, if you zoom all the way in everything out of the focal zone will be blown out.

[michaelandcarina]

The 50mm works fine for portrait photography on a cropped sensor, like those found in the Canon 7d, t2i or t3i. And yes, aperture controls the bokeh, not the length of the lens.

[ZioZambe]

@JdMetal : Good luck to you with your "simple" approach. If you don't know how things work you'll always be an amateur. There's nothing wrong about learning things properly and ABSOLUTELY nothing wrong about learning a bit of humility. The next time that you'll insist zooming in and out and notice that "damn! why doesn't my bokeh get any different?!" you'll remember be :) "Enough said", bye my friend!

[JdMetal]

@ZioZambe good luck with your so called ' physics ' explanation........u just make things SO complicated.......good luck teach your students very all tiny technical and physics details........learning every details doesn't necessarily make u a good photographer............ enough said...