Overview
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Learn how your lens choice and different shooting techniques can improve the quality of your portraits. Plus, get a review of popular prime and zoom lenses.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- Wide, normal, and telephoto focal lengths
- How sensor size affects focal length
- Focal length, distortion, and compression
- Using a wide-angle lens
- Shooting with a normal focal length
- Working with a telephoto lens
- Introducing camera angle
- Capturing a full-length portrait with a wide-angle lens
- Creating good portraits with a normal-focal-length lens
- Getting the up-close headshot with a telephoto lens
- What is depth of field (DOF), and why does it matter?
- The four factors that influence DOF
- Shallow Depth of Field in Low Light
- Depth of Field: F-Stop and Aperture Settings
- Depth of Field: Camera Angle and Focal Length
- Depth of Field: Distance from Subject
- Shallow Depth of Field: Remove Distractions
- Shallow Depth of Field: Open Shade
- Lens basics
- What's better: Prime or zoom?
- Great lenses at affordable rates
- What's your favorite lens?
- Reviewing focal length and camera angle
- Reviewing DOF
- Finding the perfect fit
- Next steps
