Wide Angle Lens tips?

[techmaster.mah]

Really Nice set Nicole and Russheat

See some chase jarvis's photos......i really lyk his wide angle stuff they r really good......

[gnardog]

I'm not an expert at all with wide angle lenses, but being a skateboarder i do know that skateboarders use fisheye lenses (which are very ultra wide angle) in order to capture both the trick and the skateboarder himself (or herself). Maybe try experimenting the wide angle lens on a shot that involves capturing a great deal of space?

Good luck!

[Raoul Isidro]

With a super wide angle lens, you not only get a wide view but also a lot of sky and foreground if you're using landscape. Sometimes, there isn't much there, and the original point of interest is lost and made so small in the middle of the image. Because that's what wide angles do, distort a bit of reality space. So, composition is a bit challenging. What appears to be a vast subject maybe only be at an arms length away.
Also, when people are in the frame, they really get this weird stretched Matrix looking distortion near the edges. For news and photojournalism it may be acceptable, but for friends to see their faces like roadkill will tell a lot on your photography.
Cheers!

[dcclark]

Originally Posted by Raoul Isidro

Also, when people are in the frame, they really get this weird stretched Matrix looking distortion near the edges. For news and photojournalism it may be acceptable, but for friends to see their faces like roadkill will tell a lot on your photography.
Cheers!

There's an exception to everything... I just finished doing shots for an improv group who loved the funky distortion. It's a great effect: Troupe!

[Raoul Isidro]

Originally Posted by dcclark

There's an exception to everything... I just finished doing shots for an improv group who loved the funky distortion. It's a great effect: Troupe!

He he! I like that! It must have been fun!