Tag Archives: Wide Angle

Snapping Away…

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Michael Willems

…at The Distillery. Today, on the short walk from my car to the gallery, I used my wide angle lens, the 16-35 mm lens, set to 16mm. Close to a car, that leads to distortion: When faced with a large … Continue reading →

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Open wide!

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Michael Willems

I mean – wide angle lenses are more useful than most people realize. As frequent readers here know, I do tend to say this over and over. And let me reiterate it here, again. Last week I shot an industrial food … Continue reading →

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Michael’s Top Ten Dicta

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Michael Willems

Legally speaking, a Dictum is “a statement of opinion or belief considered authoritative though not binding, because of the authority of the person making it”. More generally, it is “a noteworthy statement: as (a) : a formal pronouncement of a … Continue reading →

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Open wide

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Michael Willems

I have said it many times: wide angle lenses are under-rated. Few of my readers even have one. I mean a wide angle lens in the range of 16-35mm if you have a full-frame camera like a 5D or a … Continue reading →

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Wide angle diffuser tip

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Michael Willems

Tip: if you use a wide angle lens – and I hope you are, because you will get pictures like this, that look very three-dimensional, with the scene “wrapping around you”: …then you need to know about your flash’s wide … Continue reading →

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Open wide

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Michael Willems

My friend Peter McKinnon, of himynameispeter.com, visited me tonight. Peter is a very talented international photographer (and magician, as it happens: a skill that comes in handy during some of the wedding he shoots, I bet). Peter and I share … Continue reading →

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Wide means deep

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Michael Willems

“Wide angle means deep depth of field”. Meaning, a wide angle lens makes everything sharp, from close to far. That’s true, but as this image of my friend and colleague Joseph Marranca shows,  it is not quite all there is … Continue reading →

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Open wide

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Michael Willems

Wide angle lenses tend to be under-appreciated by amateur photographers. “Surely to get a good photo you need to have a long lens: the longer the better!” No, not so. A wide angle lens (say, a 10-20mm lens on a … Continue reading →

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Cheers.

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Michael Willems

The other day, before a course I taught, here’s a friend and student holding out his glass of Merlot – no, it was not a Merlot, it was an Italian red: Isn’t that a nice shot? So here are a … Continue reading →

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Portrait tip

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Michael Willems

As I said before, you can use just about any lens for portraiture. But there are certain guidelines to obey. Like: when using a wide lens, put the subject small in the centre. Then optionally crop. To illustrate. This is … Continue reading →

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