Just bought a Nikon D5000, need some help/info/advice on lens choice?

I recently just got a Nikon D5000 (Kit w/ AF-S DX VR 18-55mm lens). I'm somewhat new to photography, but know some basics. I'm looking into lenses because I want to mainly take portraits/band promotional pics/concert pics.

I was wondering what a good lens would be to do these? I've looked into the
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM Lens
Nikon 35mm f/1.8G AF-S DX Lens
Nikon 50mm f/1.8D AF Nikkor Lens

As I said, I'm new to this (amateur), but any help/info/advice would be greatly appreciated!

Also, any feedback on the Nikon D60 would be cool, too. I found really cheap online and was thinking also getting that one as well. And as much as I would love to get the D5100, it wasn't in my price range at the moment.

Stick with the kit lens until you've got the basics of photography under your belt. If you're new to photography, you probably won't be shooting concert pics any time soon; they are pretty tough. No lens on its own will take good concert pics for you.

When you say "band promotional pictures", I guess you mean for CD covers and so on? That sounds like fun, but a word of advice which you are free to ignore: don't even CONSIDER charging money for it yet. Beginner photographers often make the mistake of assuming that they have a camera and thus they are in a position to start demanding money, when their skills are not up to it yet. By all means take photos of bands, but if there has to be some kind of exchange, let it be for free entry to their concerts or something similar.

Let's say that the bands agree to let you into their show to shoot. The three lenses you list are wide-to-normal, which are fine if you can get close to the stage, but of little use if you're further back. They are also fast lenses, which are good for concert pictures - again, if you can get close. The D5000 is a DX camera so those lenses will give you the equivalent of normal to short telephoto on an FX camera. Not impossible for concerts, for sure.

Having said all that, don't underestimate how tricky it can be to shoot in difficult lighting situations like a concert. You'll need to shoot in RAW without question and post process for the white balance and exposure afterwards.

For now you have one camera and one lens, and for general purpose photography that's enough. Watch out for what photographers call "GAS" (gear acquisition syndrome), which almost all photographers get at some point: they want more and more stuff because they think it will help them take better pictures - and in 99 per cent of the time, they are wrong. A D60 won't make much difference to your pictures if you're still new to photography - neither will a Hasselblad H5d (this is where GAS can lead you!) The D5000 is going to be fine for where you are at the moment. Take plenty of pictures, study them, see what works and what doesn't. That's how you improve - not by buying tons of stuff.

The kit lens is fine for portraits - if you use it at the 55mm end of the zoom, it'll be good.

Once you have learnt the basics, it would be good to get the Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G - certainly not the AF model if you want to autofocus. You need to buy AF-S lenses if you want to autofocus because your camera doesn't have an autofocus motor in the camera body.

The other focal lengths are too wide for portraits.

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