My Other Favorite Lens (85mm f/1.8)
My other go-to lens, and one that is beloved by so many portrait (and wedding) photographers is the 85mm f/1.8. At 85mm, it’s long enough to be a very flattering lens (in fact, I’d say that 85mm is where the “good portrait lens” range begins), plus at f/1.8, it can really make that background behind your subject beautifully soft and blurry (more on that on page 92, but just know that it’s a background master of a lens). The other awesome thing about it is that it’s small, lightweight, and surprisingly inexpensive. You can pick up a new one from Canon, Sony, or Nikon for around $500 (or even slightly less)—for ...
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