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How Focal Length Changes the Shape of the Face in Portraiture

What focal length should you use when shooting a portrait? Really it depends upon what kind of portrait you’re taking. This video shows the same model shot with the same lighting at everything from 200mm to 20mm – the difference is extreme in terms of how it impacts how a face looks.

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Darren Rowse
Darren Rowse

is the editor and founder of Digital Photography School.

He lives in Melbourne Australia and also runs a newsletter on adapting vintage lenses to modern digital cameras called Old Glass New Light.

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