On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 10:57:20AM -0500, John Hermanson wrote:
> I shoot portrait with a minimum of 85mm, 100 is even nicer. To shoot a
> portrait with a 50, you have to get in too close and you get all the facial
> distortion along with it. Try a series of portraits with a 28, 35, 50, 85
> and 100mm, and let the subject pick out the most pleasing shots. They will
> most likely pick the samples taken with the 85 and 100 (Imo).
>
> John Hermanson
Yes, this is true most of the time. Wide angel portraiture is a very special
thing.
But you can get very specail effects portraits. I´ve just noticed a remarkable
picture in our unique OM-Galery:
http://www.taiga.ca/~gallery/subpages/fildes/doug_the_gardener.html
Thanks to Andrew Fildes.
For sure it is a good notewrthy photo. But not everyone has the charakter
to like such a photo of himself.
Frieder Faig
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