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​How to Choose Portrait Photography Lens

How to Choose Portrait Photography Lens


In the daily life, no matter where we go, to use a camera take photos for yourself, family and friends is very meaningful things. You can you take these photos print on canvas prints and hang on the wall, it can not only have adornment effect, and freeze the wonderful moments, every time when you see it, it will remind you of wonderful memories and bring happiness. How to shoot a good portrait photography? It is very important to choose a good portrait photography lens. The following are some tips for your reference.


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First, Indispensable large aperture lens.

For portrait photography, the most commonly used lens is large aperture lens, large aperture can build very dreamy background blur effect, especially for fresh portrait is a best try! So what you need to know when using large aperture lens? Don't worry about the largest aperture will cause much impact to the picture. When shooting contraction two aperture? No! Be sure to open! Perhaps you are often told that the aperture is not fully open, must be to reduce the two files to use, otherwise the picture sharpness will decline. The proposal can be adopted for most of the time, but when you shoot girls, please ignore this one! Too sharp pictures will let you later will be a waste of time to grind leather, extra enjoy blur effect brought by the aperture open dream is king. Large aperture of others is not only for good-looking, more important is to remove clutter background, highlight the main body. It will looks fantastic for this kind of photo transfer onto canvas prints. Except for general creation, if you meet some very cluttered background, also can make use of large aperture will blur the background of. So I can make photos of the whole picture more concise.

In addition to the above blur background, you can change an idea: shooting with a shallow depth of field to capture the beauty of the details. Does portrait photography must have a face? Obviously you cannot be locked by the idea at the time of creation. Portrait subject to give priority to with people, but when you take a set of photos, some of the characters in the group of inclusions close-up photo of local or flowers around, often the style that can set a lot of ascension.


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Second, Using wide Angle characteristics shoot fresh portrait. Photography is never what is a "must", wide Angle lens can shoot pure and fresh portrait, the following share with you some tips about using a wide Angle lens for shooting portrait photography.

Tips 1: Photography is never the aperture and shutter machinery combination, it is the art of the light use. You can try to focus your camera to the sun, you will have unexpected harvest. Of course, it is best not to the noon sun, because at that time the light is too strong, the contrast of light and shade is large, we suggest early in the morning or in the evening, and try to use some of these buildings, trees or character against the brightness of the sun, which reduces the camera automatically metering error probability. The choice of the lens, 24 mm focal length lens is a good choice.


Tips 2: Wide-angle close can blur.

In fact, blur is because the depth of field is shallow enough, and want a shallow depth of field, in addition to a large aperture with a telephoto lens, you can still be achieved by close to your subject. Under the same focal length and aperture, the closer to your subject, the better blurry effect you will get.


Tips 3: Admittedly, the use of wide-angle lens will be relatively large perspective effect, a slight distortion of the main outstanding issues are not even a lot of people will feel a wide angle for scenery, not suitable for the performance portraits. As long as use well, in fact, a wide-angle also can shoot good portrait.


Third, Utilization characteristics of telephoto shooting wonderful portrait.

Speaking of portrait photography, cannot fail to mention the telephoto lens, the longer the focal length, along with better effect, telephoto lenses also prefer to show the details.

Taken fresh portrait lens can bring different feeling, large aperture lens is not the only option for a portrait, wide-angle lens, even ultra wide Angle lens can be taken out of the portrait of different taste, telephoto lens has unique advantages in portraits. You don't need to be entangled with the lens is good or bad, but you should pay special attention to the idea of you taken, after knowing the characteristics of each lens, use these features to create the picture is the right ideas, also is the fundamental starting point of the lens you choose. Do not forget to do some canvas prints from the portrait photos, it a nice gift idea for anyone.

22nd Sep 2015

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