Equipment

Camera Lenses:

Prime Lens:

• A prime lens has only one focal length
• They take high quality photos but photographers tend to not use a prime lens due to the face it only has one focal length and you are unable to change this.
• It has a larger aperture

Wide Angle Lens:

• This lens allows photographers to take photos with a wide perspective
• This is a good lens to use for landscape shoots
• It can also be used to get close to a subject, but this may cause some distortion, however you can say it is a deliberate thing you wanted to do

Standard Lens:

• This refers to a camera lens that has a range of 18 - 55mm
• This is the lens that comes with the DSLR when you buy it.

Zoom Lens:

• Allows a photographer to have a wide range of focal length
• However, the longer the focal length, the more impact a camera shake will have on the images.

Fisheye Lens:

• This lens gives the same effect as a wide angle lens in the sense that you are able to get a lot in one image
• However a fisheye lens adds a curve to the image to get even more into the shot

Macro Lens:

• A macro lens is used for close-up photography e.g. flowers
• Limited depth of field
• Lighting can become difficult as the subject may be so close to the lens that not enough lights is able to get into the frame.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   

Equipment:

Beauty Dish:

• A beauty dish is a lighting device that uses reflector to distribute light towards a focal point. 
• It is mainly used in fashion photography.
• The light created is between that of a direct flash and a softbox. 
• This gives a dramatic effect and makes people look more beautiful. 

Reflectors:

• Light reflectors bounce light back onto the subject. 
• They can come in a variety of shapes a colours.
• They get rid of shadows.
• If the model holds a gold reflector under their chin, they will gain a slight glow where the shadow was before.
• They can be white, gold, black or silver

Light Box:

• A light box is used for taking macro shots
• It is a small box that helps to focus the light onto the object that you are taking a photo of.
• The lights are positioned around the outside of the box.