How to modify the wide-angle lens to take pictures and enjoy portrait photos with wide-angle lens?

Many portrait photographers like to shoot portraits with a fixed focus lens, and shooting with a wide-angle lens can actually add color. But some photographers may not be able to use the wide-angle lens in their hands, and it is difficult to explain if the model's face is made big and thick.

A wide-angle lens can accommodate more elements. The most obvious advantage of wide-angle lens is that it can shoot more elements at close range. Because the focal length is different, the angle of view that can be shot is different. The 50mm standard mirror has a viewing angle of 46 degrees, while the 35mm viewing angle is 62 degrees, the 28mm viewing angle is 76 degrees, and the viewing angle of 18mm exceeds 100 degrees. If the above picture can't intuitively show the difference of viewing angles, then you can feel the picture sense of different focal lengths by referring to the illustrations.

Of course, the focal length segment will be different according to the frame size of the camera, such as APS frame or 4/3 system camera, which requires equivalent conversion to get its real focal length segment. Its wide viewing angle makes it possible to better record the current environment when shooting from a wide angle, adding a sense of scene to portraits and forming the effect of "taking people by scenery". Integrate the environment with the characters to increase the aura of the picture. For fashion street shooting with large action range, wide angle can capture the action of the model in a limited range. To express the relationship between people and scene space, the most suitable is a wide-angle lens, which can capture both people and scenes with a far-reaching depth of field, emphasizing the relative relationship between them. It is precisely because the wide-angle lens can absorb the surrounding scene elements, so using the wide-angle lens is more testing its composition ability than using the medium telephoto lens to shoot portraits. The biggest fear of portrait shooting is that it is dominated by messy backgrounds. Generally, most excellent wide-angle portrait works are treated in a minimalist way, and wide-angle photography can also be subtraction photography. Wide-angle portraits can use the composition technique of "leaving white space" and will not make the picture too saturated. On the contrary, it will add charm, lengthen the trunk and show curves. Even if the height is not enough and the proportion is uneven, there is no need to sigh. As long as you shoot from bottom to top with a wide-angle lens, you can have a tall figure immediately! It is precisely because of the perspective of the wide-angle lens that such an elongated figure can be made. When we shoot a model at close range from a low angle, the legs at close range will occupy a large proportion of the picture, while the faces at relatively far distance will be smaller, so we will lengthen our figure visually. In this way, the extension of arm lines and skirts can be realized. Using a wide-angle lens, the model's legs are in a diagonal position. The perspective of the camera can make him feel taller. However, if the subject's face is round, his arms are thick or his legs are a little fat (but you don't usually shoot such a model), it is easy to enlarge the defects if the wide-angle lens is not used well. So when shooting, pay attention to these places that should be avoided, and don't put them around the picture or near the shooting place. Of course, if you want to get a funny effect, you can stick a wide-angle or even a fisheye lens on your head to take pictures of the "big-headed dog".

The depth of field effect enhances the sense of space.

In recent years, SLR has become popular, and more and more people-friendly prices have also made SLR all over the street. Most people pursue the hazy beauty of large aperture and shallow depth of field, but does photography have to be shallow depth of field? Shallow depth of field helps to express the subject, while long depth of field can record the space. Wide-angle lens can provide a long depth of field in nature, which has advantages in shooting portraits. Generally, the depth of field is too shallow, and the error will be out of focus if it is slightly shaken. However, in order to fine-tune the angle and control the deformation, it is often different from the focal length locked before composition. At this time, the far-reaching depth of field effect of wide-angle lens can ensure that the model is photographed clearly.

If you want the whole scene to be within the depth of field, a wide-angle lens is a good assistant for you to choose low-light-level photography correctly.

Shooting in low light is a problem that every photographer will encounter. But sometimes turning on the flash to fill the light on the main body will lose the real atmosphere, and the feeling of coming out is not consistent with the feeling of the scene.

Low-speed shutter in low light environment directly affects the definition of imaging, which is a headache. If you improve ISO, you have to sacrifice image quality. In addition to the large aperture lens can alleviate this dilemma, wide-angle lens can provide a safe shutter and reduce the chance of jitter.

The safety shutter of wide-angle lens is slow enough to make shooting in low light less laborious.

The so-called safety shutter refers to the minimum shutter speed that needs to be stable when shooting lenses with different focal lengths manually, which is generally the reciprocal of the focal length. Generally, the principle of "the shorter the focal length, the faster the safety shutter" is followed. In addition, wide-angle lenses are generally lighter and shorter in length, which is more conducive to stability, which is why wide-angle lenses are suitable for low-light photography.