Nice Shots Baker!


The 85mm f/1.8 would work well for this. If you shoot at f/2 you would be able to double your shutter speed and cut your ISO in half. That sounds pretty good to me. The other benefit would also be a more blurred background at the wider apertures as well as a more compressed background with a longer focal length, this way you would be able to cut down on background distractions. Certainly f/2.8 would work well in this setting too. I think that a shutter speed of 1/500sec is a good minimum, however, 1/640sec to 1/800sec would be a nice goal for your new lens, and 1/1000sec would be ideal for serving and spiking, but that