photography & other things: IMAGE AND TEXT Assignment : Task 18 & 19 : Wide Angle vs Zoom

Wide Angle Photographs (18mm):

These wide angle shots seem to be brighter, clearer and have more depth than the zoomed in shots. The wide angle shots don't cope very well with being close up to things, as the lens is so close to the subject it is hard to focus. The advantages of using wide angles are that the colours seem brighter and clearer and the images have more depth. Disadvantages of using wide angles is, because they have more depth, they can make people/subjects look larger than they actually are. This is why wide angle shots wouldn't be great for photographing heavier models because it would make them look huge.

Telephoto Photographs (55mm):

I have found from using a zoom that the colours seem a little bit dull and dark, but when zoomed in on close things the lens is able to focus unlike when using a wide angle lens close up to something when the lens struggles to focus. The advantages of using a zoom is that it is better at focusing on more detailed things. This type of photography would be good for photographing models and making them look slimmer.

Wide Angle and Zoom next to each other:

Wide:

Zoom:

In these photographs, the top image is a lot more aesthetically pleasing because it is more clear and the lighting is a lot nicer.

Wide:

Zoom:

These images have worked out the same. The image is completely changed - one is bright and clear and the other is quite dark and dull. Also, although the models head is in the same position in the photograph, the things in the background appear a lot larger in the telephoto end (55mm).

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Here when using the wide angle (18mm) lens, it has struggled to focus because the lens is so close to the model, however, when using the telephoto (55mm) lens, because it has a reasonable distance between the camera and the model, it is able to focus and capture her features clearly.

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Here is another example where the wide angle lens makes the image appear more clear and bright than the telephoto lens.

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The telephoto lens (55mm) can cope a lot better with focusing on detailed areas than the wide angle one (18mm). This is because with the 18mm one the photographer has to get right up to the subject to get the same image and therefore the lens struggles to focus.

Wide:

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Out of all of these shots, these are the first ones that don't really look much different between wide angle (18mm) and telephoto (55mm) lenses. The only difference I can see is that in the wide angle lens the models face looks slightly larger than the telephoto lens.

Wide:

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These images show that using the wide angle lens close up makes things look bigger because the wide angle image seems to have a curved keyboard whereas the telephoto image appears to be a lot flatter.

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This is a very good example of how using different in-camera techniques can change the appearance of a model. In the wide angle image (above) the model looks slightly larger than in the telephoto image where she looks very petite. This technique would be good to use in clubs where people want to look slimmer and if they look slimmer they are more likely to buy the photograph if it is more flattering of them.

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Here are two sets of examples of how using wide angle and telephoto lenses make the face look slimmer. The wide angle lens (18mm) makes the face look larger and almost more three dimentional. The wide angle lens (55mm) makes it look a lot flatter and slimmer.

Wide Angle - Waist Height:

Wide Angle - Low shot:

Wide Angle - High shot:

Here are some examples showing how using different lenses and angles can alter the appearance of a persons height. The waist height images show a persons height as it is. The low shots make the model look taller and have longer legs, and the high shots make the person look shorter. These types of techniques would work well for fashion/editorial/advertising photography because the photographer could make the model look taller etc.

Zoom - Waist height: