35mm or a 50mm lens for wedding photography?
Hi i'm having a little bit of a struggle on deciding on which focal length for my upcoming wedding. Its my first wedding so i'm kind of nervous and i want to buy a new lens just for this certain situation. From what i've read the Nikon 35mm and 50mm both sound outstanding. But i'm only confused on what would be the better advantage? Thanks for the help guys!
Added (1). Hondo- That was dumb to even say, everyone has to start off somewhere and who are you to tell someone else what they are able to do or not. I came on here to get a better perspective who has been on field that shot weddings before and knows the insides and out that could help me choose on what is the better option on lens for certain situations, not to hear your dumbass comment. Since this is my first wedding and i'm on a tight budget i can only choose one of those lenses so i was just looking for a better insight.
Blazer - I have the Nikon D7000 thanks for answering back: D
It would help if I knew your camera. If you are using a full 35mm frame camera the 35mm lens will be mild wide-angle and the 50mm lens will be close to human-eye perception (normal). If your are using a smaller format camera (i.e., D3000, D3100, D5000, D5100 or D7000) the 35mm lens will be normal and the 50mm will be slightly telephoto.
In either case I would opt for the 50mm lens. The F1.8G is the best deal for quality and wide enough aperture at a good price ~$200.
The 50mm will take very nice face-shots. If lighting allows keep the f-stop at 2.2 or less when the background is very busy on portrait shots. This will blur-out backgrounds nicely.
I own a D5100 and my 50mm F1.8G lens is the one that gets most use.
If I could only take one lens to a wedding it would be the 50mm F1.8G. Just enough telephoto to flatten faces (no "big nose" distortion that wide angle lens provide). If a stronger telephoto is desired, I can always crop the picture to "zoom in" on details when standing too far away.
Not trying to be mean, but if you don't even know what focal length lens to use in certain situations, the last thing you should be doing is wedding photography.