Shooting Wide Angle Will Make You a Better Photographer
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- shooting wide angle will make you a better photographer for a number of reasons which I discuss in this video!
shooting wide angle presents a few challenges but overcoming and dealing with these challenges is what makes you a better photographer in the long run and will help you find and create stronger compositions
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Thanks for watching folks! How often do you shoot wide angle? Is it a field of view you like the look of? 📸
I use wide angle Lenses quite often, most my two 35mm Lenses, sometimes my 24mm, but more often the 21mm and a bit more rare the 14mm. A 35mm is not that wide and it is a Lens that can easy used by most people. 24mm demands a bit more and you most often need to get closer than you think, with 21mm you really need to have experience and with 14mm you will be challenged even as a very experienced photographer.
I will say using Ultra/Extreme Wide Angle Lenses shorter than 20mm can make you a better photographer, if you can learn to handle it well, it demands a lot of experience. I nearly always think as Ansel Adams did, visualize the finished image before you use the Camera, THAT you can learn a lot of and maybe get to be a better photographer...
I have been working on using an RF 14-35mm f4 L lens in landscape and cityscape photography. It takes work to create great photos but when everything comes together the photos are great.
You've nailed it, that's exactly how I feel when shooting wide. It's often hard to make a scene work because there's so much in the frame but when you figure out that jigsaw puzzle it's just so satisfying! Thanks for watching buddy!
Great video! Your composition s are beautiful.
Thanks so much buddy, really appreciate the kind words and support 🙏🏻
You brought up very good points on composing a wide angle shot. I thought the pictures were very good! One thing though I feel some photographers use a wide angle lens where the subject is to far away and the photo has no interest. I know this is another topic but when distance affects the picture flip the camera to a vertical position, add a telephoto lens, and shoot a panorama. It can show more detail in a distant object and make for a good photograph.
Thanks for the kind words James, really appreciate you watching the video! That's a really good tip, panos definitely help if you want more compression in your scene! You're totally right, sometimes wide angle lenses minimise the impact of distant subjects!
i have not been around that llyn/lake for ages... i love my wide angle
Thanks for watching Paul! It's a great location isn't it, only the second time i've visited, still yet to get great conditions! Fingers crossed for next time! Glad you're a wide angle fan, i think it's a really creative field of view!
Nice Video and good explanation. Would be even better if you include the metadata to the great shots you took! Missing the uk landscape and stonewalls
Thanks so much for watching and for taking the time to leave a comment - it's really appreciated! I will definitely make sure to include metadata in future videos! We are pretty lucky over here in the UK, such a beautiful landscape with so much variety!
Excellent video, thank you for sharing, I do have a wide angle lens but I have only really used it for astrophotography. Thanks for breaking down your compositional elements. You have inspired me to give wide angle landscapes A try! Appreciated 😊
Thanks for watching and commenting, Greg! Really glad you enjoyed the video! 🙏🏻
Yeah they’re so great for Astro but can be so creative and impactful for landscape images - it’s just a case of choosing the right subject/composition! Try focusing on foregrounds, getting nice and close to the foreground element to give it plenty of visual weight in the frame 👌🏻 that’s where I started with wide angle landscapes
Olympus E-M1 Mark III (or better) with High Res mode (80mp!!!) with a Panasonic 9mm f/1.7 is as good as it gets for landscape photography; light, razor sharp, massive size images.
I've heard really great things about the Olypmus cameras, but i've not tried one myself - hope to one day! That sounds like a really great setup, the lightweight nature of it is a big draw because my kit is HEAVY! 😅
@@chrisharveyphotography Look into the Panasonic 9mm f/1.7 lens then. It's weight is only 130g, its roughly 5cm x 5cm in physical size (tiny!) and it's closest focus is 9.5cm. Put that on an Olympus body and you'll almost not even notice having a camera on you. Getting so close to your subject will allow you to get some pretty awesome focus stacked landscape shots as well.
I’ve just acquired the Lumix Leica 9mm for my 2x Olympus cameras. Was out using it this morning and amazed at what it does! I bought it more for creative images and yes, you can get up very close to your subject with everything else panning out behind. Am hopeful it will give me more scope in my creative photography. Thanks for this video, Chris. Just joined your channel.
Great and informative video! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Hey, thanks so much for taking the time to check out the video and for leaving such a thoughtful comment! Really appreciate the kind words and i'm glad to hear you enjoyed the video!
I ENJOYED YOUR WORK CHRIS.
Thanks so much Steve, really appreciate your kind words and support! Great to hear you enjoyed it!
Very good. Worth watching
Thanks so much, that’s really kind of you to say! 🙏🏻 really appreciate you watching!
Up until recently the widest I was shooting was either 24mm or 28mm. However I got a Zeiss 21mm milvus f2.8 recently for my d700 and I’m really loving it. I also borrowed my friends 14-24mm when I went to Yosemite park last June. And I really enjoyed using the lens at 14mm especially in forests when there are trees that look unique.
I totally know where you're coming from, my widest was 28mm for a long time and I always found it kinda challenging but 20mm and wider, in my mind, forced me to get creative and just embrace the distortion and the wider field of view and then it quickly became a favourite of mine! Would love to try a 14mm - that sounds like a good time! With the tall trees you guys get over there in the US, that distortion would be epic! 👌
Sorry to disagree but I would have approached closer to the lone tree, included less of the dry stone wall and completely eliminated the lake. Your image makes my eye wander to and fro and makes for a rather unsettling image. Probably a poor example of a WA lens and some compression of a medium telephoto would have made a much more pleasing Image. I have a 18mm equivalent lens and love it but such wide angle needs to be used very selectively.
On the plus side, very generous of you to share and spell the place names even allowing for a small spelling mistake
(Llyn Y Dywarchen). Thank you. BTW, more lone tree comps would be welcome.
Thanks for watching and for leaving such a thoughtful comment - I really appreciate your critique and honesty! Always welcomed on this channel as making these videos is always a juggling act between photography and video making and sometimes I do feel my photography suffers as a result. Regardless, I hope the topic was still useful and provided some ideas at least!
And yes, you're quite right! My mistake with the spelling - being a native welsh speaker, I really should have picked up on that 😅
Definitely a scene to return to often.
Thanks for watching Steve, and for leaving a comment! I definitely agree with you, it's a location with a lot of potential! Only my second visit and still yet to get good conditions but that's just the waiting game us photographers have to play I guess! Maybe next time 🙏