Interview and Lenses

Good news! I had an interview with Tri County Humane Society on Thursday... and I will be volunteering on Tuesdays from 4-6pm! Hooray! It will be both photography as well as working with the animals. I'm super excited to start, though I need to have an orientation before I do. February is the next orientation I believe. Ann, the woman who gave me the interview, adores my photography and has a cat she can't seem to get a good picture of.  She may invest in my services!

So with the excitement of working with the humane society lingering, I looked into my collection of lenses and decided it was time to invest in a new one! Ideally it needs to be a mid-range telephoto (less than 50mm and up to 50mm or more) that has a fast aperture speed and not break the bank too awfully bad.

Here are my choices: 
Nikon 24mm f2.8
Nikon 28mm f1.8
Nikon 35mm f1.8
Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 (non VC)
Tamron 17-50mm f2.8
Sigma 30mm f1.4
Sigma 17-50mm f2.8
Sigma 24-70mm f2.8
Tokina 16-28mm f2.8 FX (full frame)
Tokina 11-16mm f2.8

All of the above lenses are under $1000 (Tamron makes an awesome, brand new 24-70mm f.28 VC that is $1200!!! Which is a touch out of budget!) I'm familiar with Nikon lenses (I own the 50mm f1.8) as well as Tamron lenses (I own a 10-24mm f3.5-5.6 and a 70-300mm f4-5.6 - I also work part time in a camera shop that has a large selection of Tamron lenses). Ideally I would like to stay away from the prime lenses as pets often tend to move closer or farther from the photographer as they play. In the perfect world I would order one today and have it tomorrow! Alas I need to do some more research on each lens to find the perfect fit for me and my collection.