Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I often choose the 28mm or sometimes even the 21mm for portraits. Certainly not really tight portraits, but those that show a whole person in his/her environment. The key here is to really think about and check the background. For example, having a great distance behind the person/people helps alleviate the extreme DOF effect of the wide angle, so you do get some separation. So this is a great way to do portraits in the vast outdoors. It's also a very good way to shoot portraits of couples, depicting them in their relationship to each other. The supreme optical performance of Leica's wides make them very suitable for this kind of work, IMHO. Emanuel Lowi Montreal ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca