Portraits with a Cheap 50mm
Wednesday 10 June 2026, 14:41 by Elja Trum | 1,323 views | 0 commentsThis article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.
A cheap but fast 50mm lens is a great starting point for beginner photographers. For little money, you can play around with a shallow depth of field in your photos. Gavin Hoey puts one to use in this video too.
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Elja Trum is the founder of Photofacts and online photography course website Photofacts Academy. He has been writing about photography since 2006. Elja is also the author of (Dutch) books on composition, black-and-white photography, flash photography and portrait photography.
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