Let me know if you have a lens or two you love to use for your headshots!

I live on my 135 f2L from Canon. Its an AMAZING lens and as long as I dont need full body length images of my clients it still works great in my small studio space.

@GaryHughesOfficial

8 ай бұрын

Possibly my favorite focal length to shoot at :)

@derbagger22

4 ай бұрын

I'm not doing headshots, but the 135 f/2 is my favorite lens, maybe of all time...

I am using 135mm 1.8f lens for head-shots, and 24-105mm 4f for batch shoot.

@GaryHughesOfficial

2 ай бұрын

Great choices!

I shoot with Micro Four Thirds and use a 40-150mm (80-300mm equivalent) lens and use it at the 200mm equivalent focal length.

@GaryHughesOfficial

9 ай бұрын

Man! I completely left out the micro folks. Thanks for picking up the slack!

I have no shame: I had been using my older EF 24-105 f4 on my R6 forever but recently committed to using my 50 1.8. One reason -- weight. It works dandy in close quarters, and therefore just as well if you have all the room in the world, as long as you keep your distance.

@GaryHughesOfficial

3 ай бұрын

Very cool, glad it works for you :)

Hi, Gary! I prefer to use the Canon 100 2.8L IS Macro. I feel the 85mm too short for me.

@GaryHughesOfficial

9 ай бұрын

That’s a great lens, for sure! I have a theory that most headshot photographers shoot between 85 and 135 most of the time :)

I am a MASSIVE fan of the 105mm focal length. To ME 85mm is so vanilla that everyone uses, I want my images to look slightly different. I use the Sigma 105 on my R6 but if I went back to Nikon, I would get their 105mm. I also shoot a X-H2 and have the 75mm 1.2 which is a gorgeous lens as well. I have only used for outdoor portraits so far but I have 2 headshot clients coming up so I want to demo it on them. They are repeat client friends so they can tolerate me playing around. :)

@GaryHughesOfficial

9 ай бұрын

105 is a great focal length for headshots, absolutely!

I use the Nikon 24-120 f/4 for headshots it’s a great all around lens and still get pretty good bokeh outside. I sometimes use the 24-70 for/2.8 and the nifty 50 1.8.

@GaryHughesOfficial

8 ай бұрын

That is such an incredible range for a lens. I saw that when doing research for the video. Thanks for watching!

Im on the fuji GFX system and use a 110mmf2 for 80 percent of my work, but the 80mm f1.7 and the Mitakon 65mm f1.4 get a lot of use too.

@GaryHughesOfficial

9 ай бұрын

Man, I guess I left out medium format folks! I’ve heard many good things about theT system

@PaulSaxbyPhotography

9 ай бұрын

@@GaryHughesOfficial its incredible but wouldn't recommend it for volume jobs, the files are way too big for that.

@GaryHughesOfficial

9 ай бұрын

I would imagine so. Still, seems pretty cool

The Fuji XF 50mm f2 is underrated, great for location work!!!

@GaryHughesOfficial

8 ай бұрын

Great focal length, for sure. Fuji makes some really interesting lenses!

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I'm shooting a Canon EOS R and have been using a Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 with the Canon EF/RF adapter with very good results. I've tried the Canon RF 85mm f/2.0 and didn't find its results as pleasing as the much older EF f/1.8 version. Then, again, art is a matter of personal taste. Isn't it? Finally, I've been considering a Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 G2 lens, but I really don't have the amount of work to justify the expense. Oh well... Thanks for a helpful video.

@GaryHughesOfficial

9 ай бұрын

Funny story, I STILL have that old 85mm 1.8 and love it. Talk about value for dollar! If you are looking for a 70-200 for the RF mount, consider the F4 version, it's a great lens and $1k cheaper than the 2.8 version. Ultimately, the photographer is the thing that makes the difference and you gotta use what you have :)