Camera Lenses Explained - My Beginner's Guide

Send us Fan MailA listener asked me to do an episode strictly on lenses, so here it is. If you want me to explain something, just hit the “Send us a text” link on the podcast feed, and you can have your own almost personalised episode of the podcast. How utterly splendid.Lenses attach to cameras and focus what you point your camera at onto the camera sensor. So, lenses are quite important in photography terms!In this episode, I tell you.What are the main types of lenses?What focal length is (quickly).What aperture is (not as quickly).What does this stuff all mean to you?I also want to tell youWhat if you use a phone to take photos?What I do.All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!What is not to love? How utterly splendid. My brand new course Photography for Beginners: Sunrise in Mexico, will teach you exactly how to get out at sunrise and come back with photos you love  all told in plain English. it includes real footage of me photographing an actual sunrise in Mexico with an entry level camera. Find out more at rickmcevoyphotography.com/courses.  If you want to start taking stunning sunrise photos, and why wouldn't you,  check out my Photography for Beginners: Sunrise in Mexico course at rickmcevoyphotography.com/courses.Support the showGet your question answeredThis is what my podcast is all about: answering your photography questions. Just head over to my shiny new website to find out more about me, my podcast and my photography.Thanks very much for listeningCheers from me Rick