Wide Angle vs Telephoto, Which Lens For Location Portraits? | Photography with Gavin Hoey
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 มิ.ย. 2024
- Different lenses, or focal lengths, give different looks, and when it comes to portraits on locations that can mean the difference between showing the scene with a wide-angle lens and showing the details using a telephoto lens. But there’s more to it than just that, as photographer Gavin Hoey explains.
A wide-angle lens, which Gavin calls his storytelling lens, is a great choice for location portraits because it can show a lot more of the scene than you can see. In this case, Gavin builds his photo session around a 1960s vintage Vespa scooter and a countryside setting as a backdrop. But as Gavin explains, with a wide-angle lens you have to watch out for accidental distortion and unexpected lighting gear appearing at the edges.
When Gavin switches to a telephoto lens, his approach to the same scene also changes. Now he’s looking for details, thinking more about the props and backing up to gain compression.
One thing that doesn’t change with the lens focal length is the light. Gavin balances the challenges of working with just daylight, mixing it with a single Flashpoint XPLOR400 flash and because it’s a “summer” location session, Gavin also has to work fast before the rain arrives!
Timestamps and Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:14 Wide angle lens overview
1:54 Distortion with wide-angle lenses
3:00 One flash for any lens and HSS settings
4:58 Wide angle lens portrait session on location
5:40 Telephoto lens overview
7:02 Flash and test photos with a telephoto lens
7:42 Telephoto lens portrait session on location
8:46 Conclusions and Subscribe
Gavin Hoey is a freelance photographer, content creator, OM SYSTEM ambassador, and trainer who specializes in all things photography.
With over 25 years of experience, Gavin’s photography career has grown from a part-time job writing articles for photography magazines into a full-time career creating video tutorials and live streams. More often than not he can be found photographing, filming, and editing in his small home studio.
Gavin is a highly creative and talented photographer who believes that anyone can take amazing photos. Now in his 11th year with Adorama TV, sharing that belief with over 1.2 million subscribers is an honor he never takes for granted.
Whether it’s portrait or macro photography, studio lighting, or post-processing, Gavin is passionate about creating simple, entertaining, and educational content. In fact, the only thing he enjoys more than talking about photography is actually doing photography.
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Chloe is soo pretty...love her vibe of the girl next door
Beautiful work and great tutorial as always Gavin! Thank you 🙏
Always a real pleasure to see a new video from you, Gavin ! Chloe is so beautiful in her red dress and it actually make a great contrast with the green of the vegetation. The vespa is great also. I agree with you for the zoom as a lens of choice for on location shooting :)
Always great videos Gavin.. Loved the telephoto shots in particular 🐶
Another great video. Loved seeing the apples to apples comparison between wide and telephoto in the same scene. Great representation of perspective
Just love watching Gavin!!❤
Another great and intriguing video from two of my favourite professionals. You two make everything look so easy. It would take me a day (or longer) to sort things out (if ever). Keep inspiring us, please … cheers.
Thank you, Gavin. Wonderful video as always. Great shots. Love my Olympus gear.
Thank you and I'm glad you love the gear :)
Just made my day seeing another video of yours .
That's so kind of you to say Paul 👍
Best looking Mod I’ve ever seen.
No matter the weather, the sun always shines on a Gavin Hoey shoot 😀
I wish... ☔
Gavin being Gavin…
Awesome stuff..Thank you Sir for dropping the photo knowledge…
The images you get with a Micro 4/3’s camera are stunning…Proof, that it’s not the camera but the photographer..
Well done Sir…👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
All the cameras from all the big name brands are awesome nowadays. So it's down to us photographers to make a difference, for the better if possible 😉
Thank Gavin. In every video I learn with you. Thanks again
your photos are amazing Mr. Hoey, Thanks a lot
Hey Gavin, thanks for sharing another greate video.
Amazing Chloe fits this style pretty well 😍
Absolutely beautiful images Gavin.
My favorite lens is the zoom! 😁
I love Gavin's humor.
What can I say... It was raining and everyone behind the camera was looking at me as if to say "just hurry up!". I just need OM System to make a 12-75mm F2.0 zoom lens 😉
@@GavinHoey Such a zoom lens would be a favorite for me too. 👍
Great lesson as usual. Thank you Gavin 👍
Very good composition! Also very good tutorial. Thanks for sharing
Awesome video!! Thanks Gavin for the wonderful tips
first of all, great pictures, love the idea, great to see the difference between the two lenses!! i never work with a wide angel lens with portraits, but sure I gonna try now!!
Beautiful shots of Chloe, great inspirations!
informative video and great results well done Gavin.
Thanks John 👍
Your personality is as beautiful as the model and therefore makes your videos so enjoyable 👌📸
Awesome images. I did really like that low wide open looking up the front of the scooter.
Thank you Gavin for sharing your thoughts with a wonderful set of images 👌🏻👌🏻🙏🏻💐
Great descriptions for me to learn from. Thank you!!! Loved this video and the shots. Loved the styling too!!!
Thanks for the kind words, Karen, glad it helped 😊
Thank you for the tutorial and it's fun.
Nice! Been learning a lot from this channel. Thanks for the content.
Chloe must have the best portfolio in the UK. Excellent work from all as always.
Probably not the best but possibly one of the more varied 👍
Gavin great video as usual 👍 cheers from Sweden 🙂✌️
Nice to see you again ☺️ after so long!
Thanks for coming back. Just an FYI, I was here last week too th-cam.com/users/liveMmAlor0FQF4 and also the week before that th-cam.com/video/IYGgPiFzuWw/w-d-xo.html in fact I'm right here more 3 Thursdays out of 4 😉
I love the scene! Great shoot.
Gavin is so great!
First!
I think...🤔
No matter...Your attitude is amazing and inspiring Gavin Hoey.
So close to first Marcus... better luck next time but thank you for the kind comment all the same 👍
Great Video!
great video i like zooms for photos
Thank you. For a noob, this was highly informative regarding cropped sensors and lenses.
Really nice set of images with the 75mm
Thy guys, good clip on features of boths lenses
This is awesome.
Very good, thanx
Lovely.
Great video
The best!
He is too creative 😂 his distorted photos look like my best ever shots 👌
You only see my "best" bad photos 😉
Fantastic video... thanks go out to you both, Gavin and Chloe. Question: Is this outside your 'home studio'??
Thanks for the kind words and yes, this is the road right outside my studio.
Very nice and educating. Would be interested in seeing your zoom lens photoshoots.
Great video Gavin 🎉
Thanks Kirsty 👍
@GavinHoey your welcome Gavin 🙏
Great ❤
In the end it would have been nice to have side by side comparisons of tele vs wide to really drive home the differences
That was a fun video Gavin. Looked like a little bit different processing than you usually have on those photos.
Thanks Brad. Fun fact... the processing was fine tuned in Nik Software using a custom preset I called "Chloe Chair". Same processing, different day 😉
@@GavinHoey I was thinking different from how you usually process them in past videos. But it actually makes sense with the different lighting from ambient and ocf mixture. It might look a little different even if it was the same.
Super video, and the differences between shots of the two lines and compositions shown well. I wonder if I know the person who supplied the Vespa ? A lovely looking machine (and I was a motor bike guy, not a scoter guy). Well done all !
Hi Alan. Let's just say you know the guy who knows a guy who owns vintage Vespa 😁
The shot of Chloe at 5:11 her outfit seems to have changed color, it this a pre-set you used? Then later in the video it returns to Red.
I am curious. I have watched a ton of your videos over the last 5 years and they have been great. I am curious though. With the ease of HSS both in manual and auto, you seem to do a lot of shooting, and then adjusting. Yet, when you shoot non-HSS, you use your light meter. Any thoughts about using a Sekonic 858? The 858 has a Godox radio trigger version available. I find it really takes the guess work out of HSS.
nice shooting, I also have an old scooter. Is also still pending.🥰
On my canon rp I love using my 35-150mm f2.8-4 and mostly treat it as a f4 zoom. I like the versatility and clients see bigger lens and think you know what you doing 🤣. Win win for everyone.
But I really need a 135mm for portraits. Having that f2 or low f stop in those portraits is super nice.
Brilliant! I'm sure back in the day vespa's were more basic than that one?
Thanks Mick. Apparently that's an original 1960's Vespa although the wheels, seats, paintwork, suspension and most of the engine have been replaced over the years... It's the "Triggers Broom" of vintage Vespas 😉
As an example, I would use the diagonal or the film/sensor as a guide on a 35mm camera. 1x dia.~45>50mm as standard lens. 2x dia.~110 >120mm as portrait lens. 0.6x dia.~30>35mm as medium wide angle. 0.5x dia.~25>30mm as a limit. Anything lower than half the diagonal will introduce noticeable focus blur in the corners and barrelling of any straight lines. Vignetting is also a worry.
Thanks again, I like the variety of angles used relative to the model and Scooter. I thought you might stop down more from f2 with the wide lens to reduce shutter speed, it would not have made a great deal of difference with DOF I feel with such a wide lens. I may be wrong.
Hi Stephen that's an option but purely for the purpose of the video I wanted to keep the aperture of the two lenses similar. I had the genius idea of shooting some photos just for me after the video cameras stopped rolling. Sadly that was the exact moment the rain started really pouring ☔
Very close portrait with the 12mm... Chloe still beautyful
Question Gavin.
Would your favorite, overall lens by any chance, be the Olympus 40-150mm f2.8 pro? 🤔
I would guess his most used lens would be the 12-40 2.8 pro by far.
Actually the 40-150mm F2.8 was my favourite lens, yesterday. Today it's the 45mm F/1.2 lens but on last weeks live session it was the 12-40mm F2/8... What can I say, I'm just fickle 😉
I like both, but use the 70-20mm more often. My favorite for these type of portraits is the 105mm f/1.4.
With subject @ rule of third..😮 wow.. painting 🖼
Did you say distance makes the compression, not the lens? I thought it was the focal length that made the compression.
Focal length doesn't affect compression one jot but it does make you move your feet and THAT is where compression occurs. So focal length does matter but not in the way you'll often hear on TH-cam 😉
The flash stand isn't in the list of products - what is it please?
It's a very old (and discontinued) stand from Linco. If you want a recommendation, check out the Flashpoint range e.g. www.adorama.com/fpls9rd.html It's taller, stronger and has many more features then my old Linco... it's also red 😁
Would a decent speedlight in the softbox also give a decent result?
Hi Dave. For fill flash style lighting (like I used here) a speedlight in a smaller softbox is a viable alternative for sure and something I've done many times before.
Oops, I forgot to add the link... th-cam.com/video/pKU2-X9r8B8/w-d-xo.html speedlight as a fill light on location, just for you Dave 😉
How is that your video camera has better exposure through out video without having continuous light? Where as camera requires lighting
Hi Sam. I'm taking that as a compliment to my videography / video editing skills. Filming in a super flat profile for the main camera helped a lot BTW! Even after editing I found the filmed footage to be low in contrast, lacking any shaping or depth. All things we WANT in a tutorial video but for my photos I could push the light a little towards my own taste without over doing it... I hope.
@@GavinHoey thanks for reponse. I appreciate it. Could you share video equipment setup?
@@samwashington6680 Sure... Just like my stills camera, my video gear is all OM System / Olympus. My current main video camera is the OM System OM-1. We film in C4K with the flat video profile in either 30fps or 60fps, depending on the scene. Lenses are all from Olympus and I use a variable ND filters to keep the exposure within range on location.
We also run a one or more B cameras which are Olympus E-M1 Mkiii, a DJI Pocket 2 for more casual clips and a portable HDMI recorder for capturing the EVF from the stills camera during the session.
Audio is usually captured with the Rode Go II system but I also have a set of Sennheiser G3's for when there's a lot of RF noise around. Lighting here was all daylight but in the studio we use various Nanlite LED's for flat light the room.
I hope that helps.
@@GavinHoey thanks again and take care
I prefer the 75mm shots. The wide angle looks like the sort of pictures you get from a Phone. Not to say they are bad photos, but do not have the impact of the telefocal shots
You're right about the phone comparison but that's also the same reason some people (mostly of the younger generation) prefer wide angle portraits which is what they're familiar seeing
A great video why not add some transparent hosiery and put the helmet on maybe a vintage style to give an old time look.
One lesson you need to cover is the photographers uniform, for you the flannel shirt no matter how warm it is, for others the everpresent hat, etc..
I've tried other shirts John but then get comments saying "where's the checked shirt" 😉
Excellent pictures, though I would have tried 1/500s instead, to get a little bit more of light on the tree, instead of just a deep shadow behind her.
But then the sky would have been white. What I needed was a couple of 1200ws packs 😉
True, but I wouldn't have minded a blown out sky@@GavinHoey
12 or 17 ?45 or 75? Wich is beter?
Obviously it's 75, if your asking about hourly pay 😋. If you're asking about lenses... they're is no absolute answer that works for every photographer, all of the time.
Thank you 🫡 😊🙏🏻
there is no comparaison between these two lenses
Gavin. Try different models giving you more of a challenge rather than repetitive Chloe
Challenge? I think you might have missed the point of the video Royston. This wasn't a test of my ability but a comparison of lens focal lengths on a portrait session.
You have missed some seconds during the video editing and you are out of frame. Nice video though.