lenses for weddings & studio (canon)

[RJOquendo]

Hey guys,

This is my first post on this forum and an amateur photographer.

I want to know what lenses are good for studio & weddings (indoor & outdoor)

I am on a $300 budget a month.

[gazsus]

This could be a good start

lenses for wedding photography - Google Search

[inkista]

Are you shooting full frame or crop? (i.e., what camera body are you using; Nikon and Canon can make a big difference here). And do you intend to do this professionally, or as a hobbyist?

I'd recommend reading this primer about lenses, so you can get a feel for what focal length, max. aperture, etc. means in terms of what you can use the lens for.

Weddings, professional kit recommendations normally come down to an external speedlight flash unit and f/2.8 L zooms (a 24-70 f/2.8 and a stabilized 70-200 f/2.8 being the most commonly recommended), and a fast prime or two, but on a $300 a month budget that would take well over a year to save up and purchase.

Less expensive lenses, if you're on a crop body, would be the Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 and its ilk, as well as 35mm f/2 (or f/1.8), 50mm f/1.4, and 85mm f/1.8 primes.

For studio work, it comes down to subject and working distance. For project/object photography you probably want a macro lens or [if you want to be really spendy and odd] a tilt-shift and extension tubes, for people a fast prime anywhere from 24mm to 100mm. (Longer and you'd have to be in a really BIG studio, or taking extreme closeups).

[jdepould]

f/2.8 is a minimum for wedding work. In the studio you can get away with slower glass, stopped down around f/8, provided you've got good lights.

Tilt-shifts are nice for wedding work, but definitely nice to have.

[RJOquendo]

Thanks guys for your help!