Wide-Angle Zooms

The ins and outs of a landscape photographer’s most used lens

Staff

Published February 28, 2012

Wide-angle lenses are essential landscape photography tools for their ability to take in epic vistas and allow you to move in close to emphasize a foreground object while still showing enough of its surroundings to give a feel for the location.

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