Fashion shoot in Wide Angle

bklein

Here's a shot I did for a fashion shoot with an ultra wide angle lens. It's a little out of everyone's comfort zone not shooting on a tele lens, but I'm happy with the result.

Getting a good shot was a challenge. I was trying to work with some wide angle distortion that was still flattering for the model. C&C are welcome

dogwood

It's kind of small to see for sure but there's something coming out of his right side of the head? Also, I would have gone a shallower depth of field to help blur the background.

bklein

Oops, sorry. Here's a larger size... I can't believe I missed that lamp in the background.



I'll try something at f/2.8 (this is f/4). I'm tempted at taking a crack with the ultrawide again, but with the longer lens on standby.

BrettDeutsch

Sorry, hate to be a naysayer, but I'm not feeling anything from this photo. It's just a guy with a trenchcoat shot from below. The lighting isn't interesting, the background is dull, and it's not telling me a story or showing off the clothes interestingly (which is ideally what fashion shoot is about). I don't think the lens is the issue -- it just doesn't feel like you went in with a plan other than "shoot with a wide angle lens".

bklein

BrettDeutsch wrote: »

Sorry, hate to be a naysayer, but I'm not feeling anything from this photo. It's just a guy with a trenchcoat shot from below. The lighting isn't interesting, the background is dull, and it's not telling me a story or showing off the clothes interestingly (which is ideally what fashion shoot is about). I don't think the lens is the issue -- it just doesn't feel like you went in with a plan other than "shoot with a wide angle lens".

No worries. Thanks for the honesty.

It's exactly what you said, I got too excited with the idea of shooting in a wide angle lens

D3Sshooter

I would say its a good attemt and certainly not easy with a wide angle. What did you use ?
Now back to the composition, I tend to agree with Brett. There are some other small details to pay attention to. Look on the left of his head, the light is coming out of his head. I would remove that element. Then the feet, why did you cut off his left shoe tip ? And finally, the pose is not what I would call faltering for a fashion shoot (position of the feet). I have the feeling that he will flip open his coat any minute. The streaker feeling.

Quincy T

bklein wrote: »

No worries. Thanks for the honesty.

It's exactly what you said, I got too excited with the idea of shooting in a wide angle lens

We all get excited about trying new things. I guess when I've done this for 20 years my new things will not be "use a wide angle lens", but I went to Alaska that certainly was my new thing, and I have the GBs of photos to show for it...

jpc

Tokina 11-16 is an amazing lens. I used to have one on a D90. It was tack-sharp and there was almost no distortion at all.

I don't mind the pose, but I'll bet it would have been a more interesting shot if you were sitting on the ground, right in front of him. Don't give up on it!

zoomer

Trim it to just below the wooden planter on the left and it looks ok.