Wide Open
Apr 18, 2017 08:17:36 #
Hey wedding shooters. I thought I would get some discussion going here. We are so quiet lately (Ed excluded with his wonderful tutorials).
Anyway, I am still evolving with my style of photography and it seems that most of the wedding gurus putting out tutorials are shooting as much as they can at 2.8 or below. It does create a cinematic look with dreamy bokeh background. The downside is you really have to understand depth of field because the wrong piece of your composition could be out of focus. Wrong eye, too much of the face etc... Another upside is you gain more ability in low light situations. I recently read of review of the new Sigma Art 135 1.8 prime and the GAS attack is brewing.
What are the "Wide Open" views out there?
Anyway, I am still evolving with my style of photography and it seems that most of the wedding gurus putting out tutorials are shooting as much as they can at 2.8 or below. It does create a cinematic look with dreamy bokeh background. The downside is you really have to understand depth of field because the wrong piece of your composition could be out of focus. Wrong eye, too much of the face etc... Another upside is you gain more ability in low light situations. I recently read of review of the new Sigma Art 135 1.8 prime and the GAS attack is brewing.
What are the "Wide Open" views out there?
Apr 19, 2017 07:01:36 #
I agree that this seems to be the recent "fad." I think that you are correct regarding depth of field. I wonder if much of the effect is accomplished in Post Processing in order to negate the depth of field problem.
Yes, you gain some focusing ability in low light, but that occurs regardless of your taking aperture. Your lens focuses wide open and stops down to the taking aperture when the shutter fires.
Yes, you gain some focusing ability in low light, but that occurs regardless of your taking aperture. Your lens focuses wide open and stops down to the taking aperture when the shutter fires.
Apr 19, 2017 08:28:15 #
BTW, my limited experience with Sigma lenses has been extremely positive. I've rented a few times to try before buying. It lets me try it out with minimal cash outlay and it also serves to see how much sample variation in quality there is.
Apr 19, 2017 09:14:46 #
Tim Stapp wrote:
BTW, my limited experience with Sigma lenses has been extremely positive. I've rented a few times to try before buying. It lets me try it out with minimal cash outlay and it also serves to see how much sample variation in quality there is.
The Sigma Art series continues to get great reviews. The 135 1.8 was tested by a local photographer and blogged via our local camera shop. He was very impressed. It seems that 135 would be a good distance to cover the ceremony. Well, good for bride & groom pics and reception if there is enough room to back up. I fear I would be changing lenses often for group shots.
Another equipment tidbit, I am going to buy Peak Design's capture lens kit and test it out for an event I am doing in May. Look it up. I hope it works as well as the demo.
https://www.peakdesign.com/capturelens
Apr 19, 2017 09:21:20 #
Tim Stapp wrote:
I agree that this seems to be the recent "fad." I think that you are correct regarding depth of field. I wonder if much of the effect is accomplished in Post Processing in order to negate the depth of field problem.
Yes, you gain some focusing ability in low light, but that occurs regardless of your taking aperture. Your lens focuses wide open and stops down to the taking aperture when the shutter fires.
Yes, you gain some focusing ability in low light, but that occurs regardless of your taking aperture. Your lens focuses wide open and stops down to the taking aperture when the shutter fires.
Well the gurus on Creative Live and others are shooting wide. I don't think anything is done in post. I will shoot wide often and I consider below 5 to be wide. Good results with practice but it takes practice to mange depth of field effect and understanding what is going to be in focus.
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