Become a Good Photographer, Part Seven: Choose Lenses Based On You, Not Your Activity

The standard advice for lens selection follows a simple formula: match the focal length to the genre. Portraits need 85mm or longer. Landscapes want 20mm or shorter. Street photography lives at 50mm. This reasoning isn t entirely wrong, but it misses the more important variable: you. I don t normally talk about specific gear because it s a [ ]