@mishkalidas wrote:I use my camera mostly for travel, landscape, street, and portrait photography. I also like doing food photography,
The list of the types of things you like to photograph are quite diverse:and I am curious as to what you will produce: i.e. are you going to produce images for social media, UHD screens, small prints or large high resolution prints. The reason I ask is because the larger the image, particulary in print the better your lenses should be.
If you are not going for large, hi-res prints, and unless you want to carry a bunch of prime lenses I would personally stick to zooms.
In the range of walk-around lenses, good for travel and street photography as well as shooting your food I have several suggetions for you. The following sample images are all taken hand-held
As has been already suggested the 17-55mm f2.8 lens is among the best EF-S zoom in the range of walk-around lenses.
This is taken with the 17-55 on a Canon 600D
Another great lens is the EF-S 15-85mm, a wider range at each end and it is an excellent lens - it has been called the secret L series lens, although it cannot claim that monicer because is it nether and EF lens nor weather resistant (to my knowledge no EF-S lens is).It is also a bit more compact than the 17-55 and lighter too.
This image is taken with the 15-85mm, using a Canon 60D
If you want to have more reach in one lens then you might want to consider the latest iteration of the 18-135mm lens, it got a wider reach, but has smaller aptertures than the 17-55mm - the small aperture means a greater depth of field and for food work close up that is likely not a bad thing unless you want to focus on one tiny element on the plate.
This image is taken with the 18-135mm and the 80D.
For a longer reach, i.e. telephoto, then I would recommend the Canon EF 70-300 F4.0-5.6 IS II USM. For the price it is an excellent lens with a great reach. I use if for more than just wildlife, I have also used it for landscape work and portraits. For an exhaustive article on this lens see the thread on Canon 70-300 Non L lenses. HERE
@ebiggs1 wrote:Trevor,
On your sea scape have you ever used luminosity masking with blending modes to adjust the image? Nice shots, BTW.
Hi Ernie:
Thanks for you kind words and suggestion. Nope, I don't know how to do that! My PP skills are fairly basic I'm afraid. 
Perhaps I will learn that in the SIT course! 
That said the image I did post looks a bit flat to me. It might be an early shot - perhaps this is better:
@Tronhard wrote:
@myfedloan wrote:I use my camera mostly for travel, landscape, street, and portrait photography. I also like doing food photography,
The list of the types of things you like to photograph are quite diverse:and I am curious as to what you will produce: i.e. are you going to produce images for social media, UHD screens, small prints or large high resolution prints. The reason I ask is because the larger the image, particulary in print the better your lenses should be.
If you are not going for large, hi-res prints, and unless you want to carry a bunch of prime lenses I would personally stick to zooms.
In the range of walk-around lenses, good for travel and street photography as well as shooting your food I have several suggetions for you. The following sample images are all taken hand-held
As has been already suggested the 17-55mm f2.8 lens is among the best EF-S zoom in the range of walk-around lenses.
This is taken with the 17-55 on a Canon 600D
Another great lens is the EF-S 15-85mm, a wider range at each end and it is an excellent lens - it has been called the secret L series lens, although it cannot claim that monicer because is it nether and EF lens nor weather resistant (to my knowledge no EF-S lens is).It is also a bit more compact than the 17-55 and lighter too.
This image is taken with the 15-85mm, using a Canon 60D
If you want to have more reach in one lens then you might want to consider the latest iteration of the 18-135mm lens, it got a wider reach, but has smaller aptertures than the 17-55mm - the small aperture means a greater depth of field and for food work close up that is likely not a bad thing unless you want to focus on one tiny element on the plate.
This image is taken with the 18-135mm and the 80D.
For a longer reach, i.e. telephoto, then I would recommend the Canon EF 70-300 F4.0-5.6 IS II USM. For the price it is an excellent lens with a great reach. I use if for more than just wildlife, I have also used it for landscape work and portraits. For an exhaustive article on this lens see the thread on Canon 70-300 Non L lenses. HERE
The Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM Lens or the Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM Art Lens for Canon. Both outstanding. One is a bit longer and the other a bit faster, trade off.
The primes you listed are all OK lenses but they are so much more limiting to use than zooms like I recommended. Just like "always shoot in manual". The 80D has some great abilities and while manual mode can do a good job so can the other modes. Manual mode has its place and the others have theirs.
