About this episode

Brooks Jensen discusses the importance of finding one's natural vision in photography and the implications for lens selection.

Here's a Thought… #2739 with Brooks Jensen Your Basic Lens My first camera was a 35mm SLR. I was advised to use a 50mm lens because that would most closely match normal human vision. It took me 10 years to unlearn that bad advice. Or, maybe I should say that it took me 10 years to find my natural vision. Once we discover our natural vision, choosing our basic lens becomes so much easier. Become a member of LensWork Online and have access to all 2700+ Here's a Thought… commentaries.

People in this episode

Host: Brooks Jensen

Topics covered

• photography
• creative process
• lens selection
• visual perception
• natural vision

Keywords

• 35mm SLR
• 50mm lens
• normal human vision
• natural vision
• photography advice

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