What focal length to use for portraits?
depends ... because every focal length brings with it the peculiarities in the portraits that are subject to change.
gendangolare If we use for the portrait, put a 28mm or not, we come very close to the subject to have a close and the lens will distort the facial features
A short telephoto, say the 100mm is usually the ideal focal length for portraits because it produces special geometric deformations in the face of the subject and allow to stand at a distance that allows the person to relax more not feeling too heavily the presence of the target.
You should also keep in mind that the longer the focal length used, the higher you get the separation between subject and background and this, together with bright lenses, allows for a lot of fuzzy beautiful.
About brightness of the lens you have to be a bit 'careful, slow, light type f 2 or less, so make a blurry but you may get more easily out of focus areas on the face of the subject, for example, you have to focus their eyes, and the tip of the nose!
For some this is a virtue, I find it a fault because if I want a portrait that is readable to the entire face but it is a subjective matter exactly as I hate the portraits that are all the rage now with the heads cut off, simply do not like them.
Fundamentals in a portrait is the eyes, those MUST be Focus then when you do this kind of shot they make sure to focus on the point of focus.
The reason? Simply because they are the most expressive part of the face, eyes the people speak, his eyes tell who they are then to those who see the photos.
When making portraits, even people who know each other, it is essential to establish a relationship, talk about, because otherwise the person to relax in front of a car is easy to do the "faces" and be unnatural.
This is one of the reasons why you should choose the long lenses, not to stay on the subject and allowing it to relax.
With children, everything is more complicated, usually move and then agitate the perfect shot is difficult and you should run a lot and then skim the best ones because the risk is very high and rough micro maybe those shots that seemed to have succeeded in reality are not. The best thing is to make them play a bit 'with the camera, let him review some pictures so you get used to that gun that's been focusing on him and not be intimidated otherwise you will have few opportunities to make some candid shots because the kids or hide or to get started "posing".
Beware also the lights, the portraits are key to highlight the details or hide them, if for example you have before you a young girl to avoid the gray areas and ensure that the light is soft, never a direct flash because it would accentuate the imperfections of the skin. Conversely, if the person is elderly and has many wrinkles and want to enhance this particular to give it much importance then you have to work on the shadows to bring out the grooves on the face data from wrinkles.
Even the camera angle is important, a thin person has no problem of double chin and you can pick any in the filming from the bottom up but if a person a bit 'in How about meat no doubt look down would accentuate the double chin! Hence for such people will be preferred portraits made by a raised dot, like standing on a stool, so that the subject raise head slightly, making the small imperfections less noticeable.
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