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You can use a TS-E lens for anything you'd use an equivalent non TS-E focal length lens. It just provides additional control over in-camera image quality that a standard lens does not, by allowing correction of perspective and control over the placement of the plane of focus (no longer fixed parallel to the sensor plane). That said you could theoretically shoot hand-held multi-image 'panos' at longer focal lengths, stitch them in post and fix perspective distortion, with more resolution than you'd have gotten in a single capture. I don't think your camera supports it (probably need a newer mirrorless), but for depth of field control, focus stacking is another solution that allows use of non-TS-E lenses to achieve a similar (and for some applications, a likely better) end result.
I would not get the 24 TS-E for portraiture. The 45/50 or 90 would be better focal lengths. And for portraiture, the typical appeal of the TS-E is for 'reverse tilt' to place a narrow plane of focus across a portion of the subject. Otherwise there's really no advantage to using the TS-E over a standard lens. As with anything, the reverse tilt look works in moderation. If done for everything it just gets old really fast. I'd rather spend the money on lighting and/or specialized light modifiers for the studio.
If you plan to use these for film, then the TS-E has a pretty significant benefit over standard lenses by being able to get more 'right' in-camera, for specific subject types, if your film images remain in a purely analogue workflow.
The 11-24 is a fun lens but as others have mentioned, you'll be dealing with its size, weight and fairly specialized uses. When you need it, you need it, but how often will that be the case? And as also mentioned, the wider the focal length, the more you have to work at making compelling images because of how prominent/dominant the foreground often is in such images. It might be a good learning experience!
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