For the vast bulk of the PhotoJ "people work" I simply used
>either a 28/2.8 or 35/2.8. Believe it or not, I also found a Vivitar 19mm
>useful for up tight and personal people shots. Perhaps these type shots are
>vastly different from formal portraits, but perhaps they're more
>interesting in that with a wider angle it's easier to place the person in
>their surroundings.
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>Lex, you mentioned that you'd not find much use for anything over 500mm
>because you like to get close. So why not get close to people with a wide
>angle for portraits? Sure you're intruding into their space, and sure it
>may somewhat change the interaction, but it's somewhat more fun than simply
>standing way back and clicking away. ;-)
>Mike Swaim
I've been using my 21/3.5 in this way and I couldn't agree more. You have
to have a very good relationship with the subject for a full face portrait
and to warn them that there will be an element of charicature (spell?). It
is great fun and you get major changes of effect with very slight changes
of angle. I dropped three 8x10's of these on the table at work the other
day and people were VERY complimentary. So far, I've found it easiest to
get co-operation for these 'in your face' portraits from children and older
men - too challenging for others? I have one at
http://www.taiga.ca/~gallery/subpages/fildes/fildes.html - he's a good head
but it was an early attempt and my techniques improving.
andrew
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