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Camera Technique Fill Your Frame With Story
Camera Technique Fill Your Frame With Story
Fill Your Frame With StoryUse the expansive perspective of wide-angle lenses to put your portrait in context |
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| By Maura C. Lanahan, Photography by Maura C. Lanahan | |
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Having
started my career assisting two professional photojournalists, I
quickly realized that powerful images could be created by using a
wide-angle lens. Photojournalists love using this type of lens because
of its ability to capture a subject closely while showing the expanse
of his or her environment. Lenses: Standard Vs. Wide Standard portrait lenses usually have a 50-80mm focal length range, with a narrow angle of view. Because of this, you’re limited in trying to capture a story or sense of place in your image. Wide-angle lenses are much different. My first wide-angle lens was a Canon 17-35mm, and I couldn’t put my camera down when I got it. I started to fill my frame with objects, trees, sky, cars and winding roads, all of which direct focus to my subjects. This lens opened up a huge canvas on which I could paint, so to speak.  |
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