How to get a good shot?

First, should we film the whole scene?

If you like shooting big scenes, such as landscape photography, city photography, environmental portrait photography and so on. Shooting this kind of subject requires shooting the whole picture, not local close-ups. Then the lens you need is a wide-angle lens, because it can help you shoot more scenes.

Some old wizards will turn the wide-angle lens into a story lens, because the wide-angle lens can capture more details to express the background of the theme, thus better expressing the theme to be expressed. This kind of shooting is often used in documentary photography and scene portrait photography.

When you need a shallow depth of field, a wide-angle lens may not meet your requirements. I believe everyone knows that the depth of field has a great relationship with the focal length and aperture. When shooting the same subject and using the same aperture, the longer the focal length, the shallower the depth of field. Then at this time, it is necessary to shoot in a far place with a medium telephoto lens.

Second, do you want to take good-looking photos?

If the background is not the first consideration, you only need a clear subject and a fuzzy background, then you can use a large aperture lens. However, large aperture lenses are very expensive, and the average photographer will not buy this thing.

In fact, the illusion effect of hazy background can also be shot with medium-long focal length, and the effect of shallow depth of field can be shot with f/2.8 or even f/4. Don't buy a large aperture lens when you don't have enough budget to buy it. You can also shoot shallow depth of field with a zoom lens.

How close can you get to your topic?

For animal photography and sports photography, it is very important to have a clear subject, so it is recommended to shoot with a telephoto lens. In fact, some street photographers also like to use telephoto lenses, because telephoto lenses can shoot people's subtle expressions on the premise of reducing aggression. However, there is also a defect here, which is the lack of background.

If you are at a distance from the object you want to shoot and can only shoot from a long distance, then you should shoot with a telephoto lens. Just like sports photography, you can't get close to the athletes who are moving. You must shoot with a telephoto lens at this time.

4. Is there no tripod to shoot in low light?

"Hand shaking" I believe this is something that anyone can't avoid. Unless you are an iron fist, you won't move there. Nowadays, the anti-shake technology of digital cameras is getting better and better, and even the five-speed shutter can be improved, which is unimaginable in the era of paper submission.

In addition, compared with telephoto lens, wide-angle lens has better anti-shake performance, while telephoto lens has worse anti-shake performance. This is because the safety shutter is the reciprocal of the focal length. The longer the focal length, the faster the safety shutter will be. If a full-frame camera with a 50mm lens is used, the shutter value of the "safety shutter" is 1/50s. If you use a shutter that is slower than this speed when shooting, it is easy to cause the picture to shake and cause the picture to blur.