How to shoot Wide Angle Lenses: 7 Things You NEED To KNOW!

When I just started I remember wanting one for a while and when I finally got it I didn’t use it as much as I thought I would - mainly because I didn’t know how or for what -said our friend Pierre T. Lambert-.



Let’s dive into 7 things you need to know about wide angle lenses :

1- Be aware of lens distortion
2- Everything looks further/smaller than it is in reality with a wide angle lens
3- Don’t use a wide angle for portraits unless…
4- Use the distortion to your advantage
5- Correct perspective distortion on slanted buildings
6- Use More your foreground elements
7- Focus as close as possible to the lens for bokeh and shallow depth of field

Wide angle lenses are great for street photography whenever you want to make the viewer to feel the place. Wide angle shots suck you in the environment.

Found this banger 💥 sitting in my drone library! Look at that haze getting warmed up by the rising sun in Kuala Lumpur! 🌟NEW VIDEO: How to shoot with wide angle lenses is LIVE! Did you watch it?! Do you like to shoot wide angles? (Story below) . . . In the video there is a scene (#5) that took me 25+ takes to get. If you wonder if it’s easy for me to do videos - it still not is! - I might have shot 600+ videos for YT but I’m telling you - sometime the flow just gets blocked and the best way is to walk away get a tea and try again… had no time to get my tea so it became a bit frustrating. - Don’t think it’s easy for anyone! I remember even @caseyneistat or @petermckinnon say they are never 100% happy with their videos. - Don’t be too hard on yourself just shoot and don’t be shy to publish even if it’s not perfect! That’s the only way you’ll get better. Btw, no one cares about perfect. . . . Happy Friday & enjoy your weekend! Go try shooting wide only ;) . . . #Kualalumpur #droneoftheday #explorekualalumpur #discoverkualalumpur #ilovemalaysia

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Wide angle lenses are also very popular for landscape photography as it allows to capture a wider field of view to capture the landscape in one image.

Hope you enjoyed! If you read that far comment “I got lost but Pierre’s going to high five me” - lol! :)

Have a great day!