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Why 85mm focal length is misunderstood2024 Oct 11
Linked is a YouTube video from a long-time working portrait and landscape photographer Martin Castein, one of his series of videos about photography. YouTube abounds with this stuff (and much of it's not very useful) so why am I linking this one in particular? Because, unlike most, I feel like I actually learned something here.
I've always struggled with that 85mm field of view, but Castein breaks down in this video how to compose compelling shots at this angle, how to include backgrounds, how to go about piecing together the elements you are including and not including in the frame when using these short telephoto focal lengths.
Linked is a YouTube video from a long-time working portrait and landscape photographer Martin Castein, one of his series of videos about photography. YouTube abounds with this stuff (and much of it's not very useful) so why am I linking this one in particular? Because, unlike most, I feel like I actually learned something here.
I've always struggled with that 85mm field of view, but Castein breaks down in this video how to compose compelling shots at this angle, how to include backgrounds, how to go about piecing together the elements you are including and not including in the frame when using these short telephoto focal lengths.