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vlao said:
For obvious reasons, most photographers prefer to take portraits with standard or tele lenses. But I think there is something to wide/ultra wide angle portraits that I'd like to explore more, to get inspiration.

In this thread, I will post some wide portraits of my own, as well as stand out photos by other photographers that I enjoyed.

I encourage you to do the same if this theme is to your interest. Would be cool to discuss when and why things work, or don't.

For your shots, please post the camera and the lens info for the sake of understanding the field of view. For other photographers' shots, at least the name of the photographer if you know it.
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Wide angle portraits can open up more possibilities IMHO. I like wide angle portraits for this reason.

Here is one shot at 28mm.

Nikon D800 + AF-S 28-70 f/2.8





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Great shot and wonderful imagination.

You convinced me to try wide angle for close up .

Very artistic.

Richard
 
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koweb said:
incoherent1 said:
"For obvious reasons, most photographers prefer to take portraits with standard or tele lenses...."
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So, art must follow rules now? I believe the OP stated why he was looking to explore something new, so I'm not sure why you feel the need to be dismissive.

@vlao, I think your photo is a very interesting example, and I hope others will jump in with more.

Here is an example from me, shot with a Leica Q2, 28mm lens, shot in LA.

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Nice and clean photo. Face in the middle of the frame and then cropped?
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Actually, I had to go look... I took the photo in landscape mode and there is very little horizontal cropping; I did crop a lot of the sides off though.

FWIW, here is the original jpg SOOC...

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Interestingly, I'm already thinking I might revisit the editing. I had a style in mind for the shoot, but I'm really liking the pop of the red hair in the jpg. Maybe it's just me, but I often find I will revisit the look of past photos...

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doni said:
Wide angle portraits can open up more possibilities IMHO. I like wide angle portraits for this reason.

Here is one shot at 28mm.

Nikon D800 + AF-S 28-70 f/2.8

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koweb said:


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Interestingly, I'm already thinking I might revisit the editing. I had a style in mind for the shoot, but I'm really liking the pop of the red hair in the jpg. Maybe it's just me, but I often find I will revisit the look of past photos...
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Yeah, the skin color here looks nice



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Here is one done at 24mm in the studio. I get at least a few shots at between 24mm and 25mm during almost every session.



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vlao said:
Got some more ultra wide angle portraits from a recent shooting for a musician

Remember, haters gonna hate. If you got nothing decent to say, just go somewhere else. Otherwise, any constructive critique is welcome
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I have to say, given the specific subject of a musician and how I would ordinarily expect such images to be used, these images seem to strike a cord for me.

Good show.
 
Are you riding in the cart on #2? That’s an awesome shot!
 
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JustUs7 said:
Are you riding in the cart on #2? That’s an awesome shot!
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Yeah! I mean he is. I wish he could ride my board too so he'd be more sharp
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Two shots: one in the (empty) aisle with motion blur, another in studio with white background. Get him and the buggy sharp, cutout, et voila. Or try clamping the camera to the buggy with VR on... although most buggys bounce, might be worth a try and finding the smoothest one on prem.

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vlao said:
JustUs7 said:
Are you riding in the cart on #2? That’s an awesome shot!
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Yeah! I mean he is. I wish he could ride my board too so he'd be more sharp
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Two shots: one in the (empty) aisle with motion blur, another in studio with white background. Get him and the buggy sharp, cutout, et voila. Or try clamping the camera to the buggy with VR on... although most buggys bounce, might be worth a try and finding the smoothest one on prem.
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Another possibility would be a speed light set just for fill flash and count on the flash freezing the subject.

I did this on The Astro Orbiter at night at Disney. Camera pointing over my shoulder at my son in the car behind me. Parking spinning, his face frozen and sharp enjoying the ride. Didn’t even know what I was trying for but way cooler than I expected.
 
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vlao said:
For obvious reasons, most photographers prefer to take portraits with standard or tele lenses. But I think there is something to wide/ultra wide angle portraits that I'd like to explore more, to get inspiration.

In this thread, I will post some wide portraits of my own, as well as stand out photos by other photographers that I enjoyed.

I encourage you to do the same if this theme is to your interest. Would be cool to discuss when and why things work, or don't.

For your shots, please post the camera and the lens info for the sake of understanding the field of view. For other photographers' shots, at least the name of the photographer if you know it.
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Why not try something different?
 
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Sorry, EXIF was somehow lost in PP workflow. This was taken with a Sony a6300 and 10-18mm lens @ 10mm.
 
I like the photos of her. Just wondering if we or some of us are just so used to smartphone wide angle selfies that we no longer see that giraffe look or our brains correct something. I esp. don’t perceive it at both pictures you posted, especially cause it is far from extreme like in skanter‘s funny dog picture.

I like wide lenses and environments included in portraits. Refreshing after far too many boring portraits shoot with wide open apertures and tele lenses.
 
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