10 wide-angle lens shooting skills

? Speaking of wide-angle lenses, I believe that friends who have just started to play photography will definitely not include such lenses in the pre-order plan. Why? I always hear people around me say that the wide-angle lens is too difficult to control and the lens distortion is too serious to use! If you think so, you are all wet.

First, let's learn about wide-angle lenses. Generally, a lens with a focal length of16-35mm is called a wide-angle lens, and a lens with a focal length less than16-35mm is called a super wide-angle lens. Wide-angle lenses are characterized by a wide angle of view, and the perspective relationship presents the characteristics of "near big and far small". The scenery near the edge of the picture will stretch and deform. This feature is called "perspective distortion", which is common to all wide-angle lenses, which is why we can shoot many large films.

In fact, the explanation of distortion is different from the perspective distortion of wide-angle lens. When shooting in parallel, the curvature of the straight line becomes distorted, such as pincushion distortion or barrel distortion, which is determined by the lens quality and is also one of the standards to measure the lens quality. The scene deformation caused by wide angle is the perspective deformation we mentioned above, so these are two different concepts!

Therefore, whether you are a novice photographer or a veteran player, you may wish to refer to my 10 gameplay, which may inspire you to shoot unexpected works!

First, the most basic characteristics of wide-angle lens:

1, wide-angle lens is used to emphasize one or more elements in the foreground.

As mentioned earlier, using a wide-angle lens can bring you closer to the subject or element in the foreground. You can easily highlight the subject, because a wide-angle lens will produce a perspective effect, making it look bigger or closer than it really is. Therefore, the objects in the background will appear smaller, and the audience's line of sight will focus on the foreground subject.

2. Wide-angle lens provides a wider field of vision.

The biggest feature of wide angle is to make your vision wide enough to shoot more scenes without even moving left and right. This function is more useful in a narrow environment!

3. Wide-angle lens is very suitable for shooting dramatic effects.

Exaggerated stretching effect; We say that the wide-angle lens is prone to perspective distortion at the edge of the scene, because the wide-angle lens is inherently distorted, so things at the edge of the photo will be stretched and enlarged, which can be regarded as both advantages and disadvantages, mainly depending on the effect that the subject you are shooting wants to express!

4. Wide-angle lens shows a strong sense of space.

The unique perspective effect of wide angle can easily show the sense of space in a small picture. The characters and scenery in the photo are large and small, far and near, and present a static picture more stereoscopically!

Now that you know what a wide angle lens is, you should know when to use it and what to do with it.

Second, the use of wide-angle lens skills

1. Find the crux.

Wide-angle lens limits the photographer's vision, because there are too many scenes in the picture, and the photographer has to find out the tears to make the photo stand out. Puncture is a concept put forward by roland barthes, a literary critic. To put it simply, it is to provide a small detail and a small idea in the image, which inadvertently stung the viewer's senses, and this is the key to making people fall in love with a work.

2. Look at the image from a macro perspective

Because there are too many people and things in the picture, don't just pay attention to the details when shooting, you can look at the whole picture from a macro perspective. Duong mentioned Pragnanz's law. When composing a composition, he imagined simplifying things in the picture into simple shapes and lines, thus combining these shapes into an interesting and unique composition.

Guide the line of sight

It's difficult to get a shot with a wide-angle lens. There are too many scenes in the lens. To highlight the subject, it is necessary to guide the viewer's line of sight through the lines and composition of the picture, so that the viewer can pay more attention to the subject that the photographer wants to express.

Come closer.

This is especially suitable for taking portraits. If you want to capture the expression of the portrait and capture his present expression, you need to get closer. This also allows players who are used to using long lenses to get out of the comfort zone and try to have more communication with the subject.

5. Take photos with thinking about the scenery.

When taking photos of mountain scenery, seascape and other scenery, due to the long shooting time and wide field of vision, the location and line arrangement of the scenery will be very particular. You should also use this mentality when shooting with a wide-angle lens. Even if you shoot streets, you should pay attention to the lines of streets and the direction of pedestrians and vehicles, and wait patiently for the best moment of composition before pressing the shutter.

6. Dare to shoot exaggerated wide-angle effects

When using a wide-angle lens, the distance between the foreground and the background will be exaggerated, resulting in perspective distortion. If you make good use of the subject matter of the photo, you can shoot a unique effect.

7. Make full use of space

Wide-angle lens can shoot more scenery. If you don't want every photo to have a rich and complicated picture, you can try to leave a blank in the picture and make more changes.

8. There is a box in the box

Since the wide-angle picture is too wide, reset the photo frame yourself! Taking the shadow and the appearance of the building as the background of the subject can guide the viewer's line of sight and highlight the subject.

9. Try different shooting angles

If you want to make a good work that is different from others, you might as well make more new attempts. Shooting from less angles may bring surprises!

10. Make good use of light

The most difficult thing to use a wide-angle lens is to focus the viewer's eyes on the subject. Making good use of light to guide the viewer is also a good way to highlight the subject.

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