Our very good friend Kelly from KellyLylePhotography.com was up this past weekend and boy did we talk photography!! Specialty lenses and how to use them most effectively was a topic we discussed at length. In fact I would love to here your thoughts on this as well, so please feel free to chime in below in the comments section. We also talked theory, exposure, lighting, dimension, aperture, shutter speed, new camera technology (Sony stuff), and more so stayed tuned for an interesting read and future articles to come!
Check this shot out Michele took of Kelly and I with the Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 L Lens and the 5D mark II.
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Kelly and I – Canon 5D mark II, Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 L @ f/1.4, 1/640sec, ISO 100
Here is another shot taking with the 85mm of Michele and I 
I Love this picture!!!
Michele and I – Canon 5D mark II, Canon EF 85mm f/1.4 L @ f/1.2, 1/500sec, ISO 100
It was a great time all around, but the real reason Kelly flew in from Illinois was to shoot our Wedding! Oh Yeah!!, Michele and I got married and Kelly Lyle Photography shot the wedding for us. Let me tell you, it pays to have one of the best wedding photographers in the country as a friend!!
Check out Kelly’s latest work here: KellyLylePhotography.com. I took this image of Kelly with the 5D Mark II and my favorite lens, the Canon EF 135mm f/2 L @ f/4.5 1/800sec.
Kelly Lyle – Canon 5D mark II, Canon EF 135mm f/2 L @ f/4.5, 1/800sec, ISO 800 – Un-edited
Our Wedding Day was the most amazing day of my life to say the least!! Michele looked absolutely gorgeous as you would expect and I must admit, I looked pretty handsome myself. More to come on the wedding and wedding photography soon…..
Back to the topic at hand, I decided I’m gong to do a series of articles based on the photography discussions Kelly and I had, but for now lets talk “Specialty Lenses” for lack of a better topic title.
What is a specialty lens?? My basic definition is this: A lens that is usually very expensive and has a redundant focal length with a killer zoom you already have like the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS II for example. Two “specialty” lenses we talked about at length and used extensively were the Canon EF 85mm f/1.4 L, and the Canon EF 135mm f/2 L Lens. Both amazing lenses that have a “magic” look to them, but you can get the same shot with the 70-200mm and it’s a hell of a lot easier to just have the one lens mounted. So why would you want to use one of these lenses at a a wedding when you so restricted with focal length and they cost a bloody fortune? A fisheye lens would also be considered a specialty lens in my book!
