How To Shoot with a 35mm Lens

In this video Brenda walks through how to shoot with an 35mm lens. She discusses what makes it a great lens for everything from photojournalism to landscapes and portraits. She also covers some of her best tips for using a 35mm and how to get a great composition.

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Quality 35mm lens for Sony Full Frame:

Samyang 35mm f/1.4 II for Sony:

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[dronepilotrc]

I have a cheap 35mm manual lens and it’s definitely been fun finding my way with it

[Daniel_Zalman]

You guys make really beautiful wedding photographs. They're not just documenting an event. You produce beautiful images that stand on their own.

[thelookoflifefilms]

I love changing it up, all the focal lengths from 24, 28, 40, 50, 85, etc and outstanding in their own way. For years I found my photos very stagnant because of using the same focal length. Every focal length allows a different way of telling a story as well as composing

[EM]

Brenda...excellent job explaining the why 35mm is such a versatile focal length and its limitations. Concise, clean and conversational/didactic is what I enjoy about your presentation style. Keep up the great and you've earned yourselves a new subscribe. Cheers!

[markrossi]

Nice video. I love my 35 1.8 for all the reasons you talked about.

[fathampeak]

Brilliant, thank you, you have shown great photos as examples and refreshed my yearning for a 35mm prime! I have an Olympus 35mm f2 in my cupboard, it was my favorite lens in the OM film system, now I just need to get one for Canon.

[rainerwunderlich]

Nevertheless the 35 2.0 from Canon ist one of the most underrated lenses. Use it with love, espspecially combined with the 85 1.2 on weddings an more. Greets

[Hodenkat]

I haven't really found myself using my 35 as much as my 16 and 50 primes. I'm told it makes a great street photography lens, so that will be my test. I'll be doing some street photos this weekend and I will force myself to taking ONLY the 35 to see what I can come up with. I'm still learning composition, but I've always wanted to try street photography so maybe I'll be inspired by this lens! Thanks!

[Daniel_Zalman]

I totally agree that zooming with your feet isn't always a solution. Yes, with enough room, you can fit the same amount of "stuff" in the image, but the perspective changes (i.e. the relationship between the subject and the background).

[ronjenkins]

I'm considering a 35mm prime. I have a Canon R8 and am using 50mm f/1.8 and 85mm f/1.8 lenses from my APSC DSLR. At the moment I have crop sensor kit lens and EF-S 10-18 as wider alternatives.
The Canon EF 35mm f/1.8 looks like it would nicely fill a hole, being a full frame lens.

[RDMusic]

i am encouraged to buy 35mm f1.8 as a beginnner photographer. thanks.

[randybulatao]

My cam is Fuji X-S20 paired with TTArtisan 35mm f1.8
Just like this review, I totally agree that 35mm is versatile. Just the right distance.

[cameraprepper]

A 35mm Lens is "the holy grail" of Lenses, if you look back on old compact Cameras with fixed mounted Lenses, then they had 35, 38 or 40mm Lenses and for a very good reason, it is a focal Length that is easy to use for most people that not have much experience with photography. I love the 35mm focal length, When I go with one Lens only, then the 35mm is a high scoring favorite, I have two 35mm Lenses, the Voigtländer APO-Lanthar 35mm 2.0 Aspherical which is second to none in optical image quality ! The other one is the Sony Carl Zeiss Sonnar 35mm 2.8 T* ZA which is so Light and compact, that you always can find space in a bag or pocket for it !

[lisawilliams]

Awesome review of the 35mm. I have a 35mm 1.8, but don't use it very often (mainly use the 85mm). After watching your review I will get a little more use out of my 35mm and practice some of your suggested techniques. Thanks

[Fotogoscar]

I mostly use my 35 f1.8 for astrophotography. But this will help with incorporating landscape story telling with people/portraits. Thanks for sharing

[AkosKiss]

35mm is my all time favorite focal length. I even have a 23mm f/1.4 (35mm equivalent) on my APS-C camera.

[robertgiguere]

Good video!
To me changing lenses in a quickly changing environment is a little crazy when both Tamron & Sigma have excellent 2.8 zoom lenses that cover roughly 25-75. ( lots of great stuff can be done now in post).
I use my 35 strictly for street photography where I want to go unnoticed.

[TheBergreens]

Thanks for watching! If you have any feedback or questions, leave a comment below 😊

[luisdavidvargasgalvan]

226 / 5.000
Hello, good morning, question: minute 3:39, the backlight is high, but in front of the couple, do you use it directly on the camera??? Or do you put them found one to the other? Thank you very much. You would help me with your answer. Greetings from Tijuana B.C. Mexico

[shuyk]

I need some advice. My friend asked for help with a family portrait shoot, would the 35 be a good option or should I go with a 24 ? Thanks in advance!!