On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Bipin Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Walt for your explanation on use of the 77/1.8 or 85/1.4 > unobtrusively from a distance, so that people don't get nervous or > fidgety when they see you photographing them.
The point would be to _avoid_ being seen so they are completely natural and un-self-conscious. But what I've found is that once people notice you shooting them from a distance like that they are even less comfortable than if you were closer. I think they tend to get creeped-out like they think you are stalking them or something. So I've largely stopped doing the tele thing. I've had better results shooting quietly from closer with a shorter FL. Then if they notice you, you smile and make eye contact or even talk to them about what you're doing. I usually wait until my subject is engaged in conversation with someone or otherwise distracted when I go for candid portraits. I get more relaxed looks and poses that way. I can sit in a gathering and shoot from a short distance away and not be noticed. You just have to be patient. > But I would definitely not use it in Studio Portrait shoots unless I > had quite a large studio. I learned that lesson at a workshop. I tried to shoot models full-length with the DA* 50-135. I had the thing at 50mm and I was backed right out of the room through a doorway. The models had trouble hearing my posing directions to them over the other chit-chat and the radio. Next shoot I used the DA* 16-50 and that made a huge difference for the better! > I remember the TLRs of yesteryears with the > 75 or 80 mm lenses which were so popular in Studios for Portrait > shots. > My friend had the Samyang 85/1.4 for his Pentax K-r, but sold it as he > thought the focal length was not very useful for his photography. This > guy had (2) bodies and a lot of lenses. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
