Help again please.....

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im starting to do photography for the first time and trying to get my head around a few things.... thought there would be someone out there to help me understand a bit more....

if im doing a shoot with a small format SLR digital camera with a full size 35mm sensor and have the following lenses: 20mm, 28mm shift, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, 100mm macro, 135mm, 300mm, and i have to do all of the following different venues, which of the above should i use and why is it the best???
- A fashion magazine has hired you to photograph a story on business suits for women. They want high power shots of women in a slick city environment with a lot of action around them.

- A fashion magazine wants you to photograph a story on business suits for women. They want high power shots of women interacting with men and women in an office environment. The location has lots of natural light through waist high to ceiling windows but the spaces are a bit small.

- An advertising agency has asked for submissions to photograph a new Alessi juicer, which has been designed by an Italian design team and has won several prestigious design awards. The juicer looks like a brushed aluminium spaceship and they want a dramatic shot to emphasize its design.

I just cant work it out,.... i need a little asistance please anyone....

gen :thinking:
 
badgerbaiter said:
i'm a bit confused by the question. Is it an exam question? Are you asking which lens quits which task?
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what he said, ar ewe talking candids or posed? if candids the 135 would be what i picked, if posed the 85.
 
No not an exam question just some things ive found to test my knowledge and learn more.... as i know nothing about photograophy and need to learn...
 
You want us to do your homework for you :p
 
being more serious now, i think a lot would depend on the max aperture of those lenses.
its a shame the lens supplier didnt give you a zoom lens and save you a lot of hassle!
 
i signed up to this site to be incontact with people who knew what was happening with photography and to help me out. you arent doing my homeowrk for me, its not homework at all... im not in school or on a course i am just look at different things. i dont know anything about this and am trying to get better at it....
if you dont want to help then please just dont write back unnessasarally.
thanks
 
Gen said:
i signed up to this site to be incontact with people who knew what was happening with photography and to help me out. you arent doing my homeowrk for me, its not homework at all... im not in school or on a course i am just look at different things. i dont know anything about this and am trying to get better at it....
if you dont want to help then please just dont write back unnessasarally.
thanks
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I think we were just trying to work out exactly what you want to know..

Are you just asking why different lenses have different focal lengths? And what situations could suit what lens?
 
ok, here goes

Gen said:
- A fashion magazine has hired you to photograph a story on business suits for women. They want high power shots of women in a slick city environment with a lot of action around them.
I'm assuming this means its an outside shoot. It still requires a fairly wide angle lens, but as you are outside you've got more room to shoot. so i would say 35 or 50mm
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Gen said:
- A fashion magazine wants you to photograph a story on business suits for women. They want high power shots of women interacting with men and women in an office environment. The location has lots of natural light through waist high to ceiling windows but the spaces are a bit small.
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If you've got a small space and you are shooting people interacting then you need a fairly wide angle lens. Normally the shorter the focal length the wider the angle. So i would say the 20mm (or maybe the 28, but i dont know what a 28 shift is)

Gen said:
- An advertising agency has asked for submissions to photograph a new Alessi juicer, which has been designed by an Italian design team and has won several prestigious design awards. The juicer looks like a brushed aluminium spaceship and they want a dramatic shot to emphasize its design.
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So, this would be a close up shot i guess. So maybe a macro lens for the detail, or something like the 50mm to get the whole machine in.

thats all a matter of opinion and preference. There isnt really a right or wrong, so other people might dissagree
 
I thnk the 28mm is a tilt-shift. Never used one but I think it can used as a normal 28mm lens so you could use it in situation 2.

A wide angle might be fun to use to shoot the 'spaceship' Juicer. Get in close to emphasize it's curves and shapes.

If I was you though I'd sell the 28mm TS and buy a 24-70 F2.8 :p
 
Interested to know more about the Alessi Juicer, if you mean this one, here's one I shot and it's not that new !

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hahaha.... thanks guys, didnt mean to get funny i just have no clue and no one i knows does either... you have been a great help though... funny how you can understand things more when people explain things and its not just given to you in a statement way/...

thanks again...
 
I dont think ive ever seen a juicer like that!! thats actually cool!! you wouldnt have used a flash or filter with that would you?
 
Gen said:
if im doing a shoot with a small format SLR digital camera with a full size 35mm sensor
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With what?
Gen said:
... and have the following lenses: 20mm, 28mm shift, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, 100mm macro, 135mm, 300mm
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R-i-i-i-ight. You've got 8 different lenses and no idea what they do.

Give us a break, Gen. How stupid do you think we are?
 
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