The 24-70 f/2.8 is an excellent people lens. Many professional Canon wedding photographers use it day to day on the job. I barteneded for weddings almost every week, often a couple per week, at a local golf course. There were 10 or so different Canon photographers that I saw on a regular basis. Almost all of them (4/5) used the 24-70 with a real nice lighting system. I would think the BEST people lens would be the 85mm f/1.2. I like the 135mm f/2 as well.