Shooting portraits with longer zoom lens | telephoto lens
Shooting portraits with longer zoom lens | telephoto lens | ||
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Have you ever seen a high-end photo shoot on TV, maybe a fashion or celebrity shoot, and have you noticed how far back the photographer is from their subject? That's because they're taking advantage of "lens compression" offered by a longer zoom lens, which is very flattering to portraits. If you shoot two photography of your subject from different distance, with all the camera settings and lighting are identical, you'll notice the subject's features in the shot with long shoot look much more pleasing. That's why you'll see many pro photographers shooting portraits at the far range of their zoom. How the long shoot is setup is to shoot with the lens extended out as far as it can go. So, if they're shooting a 28-135mm lens, they're shooting out in the 100mm to 135mm range to get the best, most flattering look for portraits. The phrase we use for shooting all the way out at the longest end of a telephoto lens, for example, shooting at 200mm on a 70-200mm lens is "racked out". So, "shot racked out to 200" simply means shot with his lens extended as far as it can go, to the far end of its range, 200mm. | ||