Shooting Extraordinary Photograph Using Wide Angle Lens

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Shooting Extraordinary Photograph Using Wide Angle Lens - Sunset at Parangtritis
Shooting Extraordinary Photograph Using Wide Angle Lens - Sunset at Parangtritis

Here comes the time when I am going to talk about wide-angle lens. This lens is my favorite. I cannot say exactly why, but I can give you a few points that I like most in the lens. And those points are: stretching the perspective, making the object that closer to the lens look much bigger (in relation to all other objects), the lens allow you to fit a lot of things into the image and there is certain dynamics added by the lens to the image (it could be because of the distortions, which such lens inevitably bring to the photograph). Wide angle photography can be fun and challenging at the same time. On one hand, it’s great to pull in so much of a scene with a single shot. On the other hand, it can be difficult to produce a well composed photo at such a wide perspective. There is one more thing, when you photograph a certain subject, the lens require to get close, real close, to the subject and it makes the subject kind of very personal for you, you feel it better, if you see what I mean. Well, better we start talking about all those things in details:


– Perspective
– Making it big
– Seeing a lot
– Dynamics and distortion
– Getting personal
– Technical stuff


Here are some tips and trick for Shooting Extremely Wide Angles.


1. GO HORIZONTAL

Shooting Extraordinary Photograph Using Wide Angle Lens - Go Horizontal
Shooting Extraordinary Photograph Using Wide Angle Lens - Go Horizontal

Though vertical shots are fun, horizontals will sometimes be better suited for the subject. Evaluate the scene and decide which elements you want to be prominent in the photo.


2. GO VERTICAL

Shooting Extraordinary Photograph Using Wide Angle Lens -  Go Vertical
Shooting Extraordinary Photograph Using Wide Angle Lens - Go Vertical

Shooting in a portrait orientation with a wide angle lens can produce wonderful images, even landscapes (which are more commonly shot using landscape orientation). Going vertical allows you to pack a lot of information into the frame, basically from your feet to way up in the sky.


3. EMPHASIZE THE FOREGROUND

Shooting Extraordinary Photograph Using Wide Angle Lens - Emphasize The Foreground
Shooting Extraordinary Photograph Using Wide Angle Lens - Emphasize The Foreground

Get low or point the camera down to make your foreground the main subject. Since objects in the foreground are much closer than the background, they will appear quite large in comparison. As you get closer to your subject, this emphasis becomes stronger.


4. PLAY WITH GEOMETRY

Shooting Extraordinary Photograph Using Wide Angle Lens - Play With Geometry
Shooting Extraordinary Photograph Using Wide Angle Lens - Play With Geometry

Capturing shapes and geometry with wide angles forces you to look at the world a bit differently. Look for large structures containing strong lines or curves, and move around until you find those shapes.


5. SHOOT FOR THE SKY

Shooting Extraordinary Photograph Using Wide Angle Lens - Pasukan Lombok Abang
Shooting Extraordinary Photograph Using Wide Angle Lens - Pasukan Lombok Abang

If you have some nice cloud formations, don’t forget to point that lens up at the sky. The wide angle can pull in a huge portion of the sky and make for a great scene.


6. TAKE A PORTRAIT

Shooting Extraordinary Photograph Using Wide Angle Lens - Take a Portrait
Shooting Extraordinary Photograph Using Wide Angle Lens - Take a Portrait

Wide angle lenses can be used to take portraits, if you’re mindful of the distortions caused by the lens. If you shoot around 30mm (or 20mm for 1.5x crop sensors) and keep your subject near center, the distortion will usually be minimal. On the other hand, you can use very wide angles and get up close to produce a distorted portrait on purpose.


7. WATCH THAT DISTORTION

Shooting Extraordinary Photograph Using Wide Angle Lens - Watch That Distortion
Shooting Extraordinary Photograph Using Wide Angle Lens - Watch That Distortion

Wide angle lenses are prone to various distortions at extreme focal lengths. You might encounter things like barrel or pincushion distortion, especially at the edges and corners of your frame. If you want to avoid them, keep things like people or buildings away from these areas. But don’t always try to avoid them — use them to your advantage if the subjects are suited for it.


8. TRY A DIFFERENT ANGLE

Shooting Extraordinary Photograph Using Wide Angle Lens - Reflection Photography
Shooting Extraordinary Photograph Using Wide Angle Lens - Reflection Photography

Wide angle lenses allow you to capture a large scene at very close distances. This means that you can shoot from all sorts of different angles that wouldn’t be possible with normal or telephoto lenses.


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