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What Does a Wide Angle Lens Do:
The wide-angle lenses distort things and enhance perspective and it means that the objects are closer to the camera appear larger than the ones that are farther away and is of the same size in reality.
While the subject with straight lines would appear to converge faster than the eye could perceive normally. Buildings could come to a peak, railway tracks disappear into the distance quickly and so on. Learning to use this to your advantage while shooting with a wide lens.
Anything wider than the 50mm (full-frame) or 35mm (APS-C) is considered to be a wide-angle lens. The smaller the number for focal length, the wider it is such as the 15mm which is super wide (full-frame) or 10mm. Adding some depth and a sense of inclusion also occurs while using the wide-angle lens.
How To Choose the Correct Lens?
Knowing how to use the right wide-angle lens is how you can learn a lot in creating successful images to draw the viewer in and making the photos to receive a “wow” response.
Here are the five major and common mistakes often found with photographers using these lenses:Â
1. Everything in your image needs to be equidistant from the lens:
The wide-angle lens distorts and stretches the perspective of your images.
2. Having Blurred Subject:
If you get too close to make your subject larger, then it would then start to stand out. Work things out and shoot till it feels right. Think where you want the eyes of your viewers to land. Therefore these stories are inclusive of the viewer to see in your image – FOCUS ON THAT!
3. Fitting Too Much into Your image:
Since the mistake flows into the next image that you take from your wide-angle lens, this could mean a huge bummer for your wide-angle images.
If you’re traveling and wandering into a little market or a small shop and find it interesting. Therefore the wide-angle lens could make the entire shop into one shot.
4. Taking portraits the wrong way:
Photos of the people have fairly wide lenses and the people using them getting it right in the face and take their photo. Therefore, the best way to take portraits is to finding the perfect distance from the subject so that the features appear the same way as they are.
5. Shooting wide just because it looks cool!
Well, that’s the last mistake that you can do right now! From being cool, funky and different all at the same time. It is often that the lens you shoot with and take portraits is actually a wide-angle lens and it takes years of practice and skills to shoot with it as the principles of working are all different.
The next time you’re with your cameras shooting all that you love, remember these points to keep it real. If you’re looking for some great wide-angle lenses to shop, visit our collection below!
