biggest dilemma…. more important than which flats to take, or choosing to take 5 necklaces rather than that one realllly heavy one that I love. This decision drove me crazy for a few days before the honeymoon. I remember saying to Michael “Ohhhh I just don’t know which one to choose!!” He would always respond with something like “Katelyn, it’s not that big of a deal.” Ummm Excuse me?! YES, yes it is most definitely a BIG DEAL! Deciding which lenses to take to our Mediterranean honeymoon was huge. The first thing I did was take my battery grip off the bottom of my camera body. That saved me a ton of shoulder pain! Next, I thought about what I
would need while walking around different cities. I most definitely needed a wide angle and I wanted a little bit of zoom. Since I shoot with only prime lenses for the most part, this narrowed my choices down quite a bit. I decided to take the 24-105mm 4.0. After deciding that, I realized I could only take one more and that lens needed to be a great portrait lens. I HAD to take a prime with me! So of course the 50 1.2 made it into our suitcase! I was realllly satisfied with the lens selection. At moments I wished I had me 85 or my 24 but overall, the 24-105 and the 50 were absolutely perfect for capturing details AND landscapes. Here are some examples!
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This shot on the LEFT was shot with the 50 1.2… unfortunately it didn’t do much for my fizzy hair. The image on the RIGHT was shot with the 24 and allowed me to zoom in and frame that with the rocks in the foreground.
This is probably one of my top 5 favorite pictures from the whole honeymoon… he’s so cute:) Oh and it was shot with the 50mm at 1.6 ISO 400 1/1600sec
Even though this is more of a landscape shot, it was also shot with the 50mm.
This however was shot with the 24-105 at 4.0 ISO 500 1/320sec
Both images below were shot with the 50. Image on Left: 50mm 1.2 ISO 320 1/2500sec
24-105
24-105
Can’t capture Athens with a 50! This is also shot with the 24-105
50mm
So to all of you honeymooners out there that have an SLR and are at a lost for what to take with you, I HIGHLY recommend taking a wide angle lens and a portrait lens! It worked really well for us!!
Thanks for reading!
— Katelyn
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