You can zoom in to make the face look bigger (look out for more on this topic in Lesson 9). This means that faces become a little smaller in the picture than we’d like. As a guide, if you can reach out and touch them, you’re too close. When photographing people, keep your distance.For the rest of us and most of the time, the solution is easy: Result: People can look bulgy with fat cheeks, big noses, and receding foreheads-not very flattering!įor the technical minded, the exaggeration of scale disappears when you look at the image from the correct distance: very close to the screen. If you get too close to a face, the lens makes the nose look larger than normal while other parts of the face look smaller. Some parts, like the nose and mouth, are nearer to your camera than other parts, like eyes and ears. This makes near objects look bigger than normal, while distant objects look smaller than normal. The reason is that wide-angle lenses exaggerate the difference between the sizes of objects at different distances. That’s because we have a tendency to fill the picture frame with a face for a portrait, but that’s not a great idea with wide-angle lenses. But for portraits, they’re not so perfect. This is perfect for making group shots and for scenics and landscapes. This means they all “see” or take in a little more than a normal single eye. Some go wider to 24mm, some a little narrower to 30mm. In photographic terms, the focal length equivalent is typically 28mm. The problem is that the majority of lenses used in smartphones are wide angle. Yet often, the portraits aren’t very flattering or they are so distorted, they look downright silly. Today, we’ll share tips on how to get lovely portraits of your friends and loved ones.īy a long way, the most popular subject for smartphone photos is the portrait. Episode #3 of the course Master smartphone photography by Tom Ang
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