From the course: Exploring Photography: Finding the Perfect Portrait Lens

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Creating good portraits with a normal-focal-length lens

Creating good portraits with a normal-focal-length lens

From the course: Exploring Photography: Finding the Perfect Portrait Lens

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Creating good portraits with a normal-focal-length lens

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All right, well, here, we're going to continue our conversation with working with camera angle. This time, we'll be using a 50 millimeter focal length lens. Keep in mind that this lens is really good at creating those shots which aren't too close, not a headshot, something a little bit more. We'll look at two examples, one where Valynn's sitting on a stool, and another one where she's standing. When it comes to using this focal length lens, as we already know, this lens gives us a natural look. It can be helpful to create an authentic picture. So, with this photograph, we'll step in or I'll step in here. I like this focal length because it gives you sort of a conversational distance from the subject. And I'm going to capture the first image at my eye level. So I'll go ahead and capture this frame here. Then I'm going to step up a little bit. We'll get a higher perspective on the scene, and capture another photograph or two. That looks great, thank you. And I'm also going to drop down…

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