Street shooting with a portrait lens
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photographyonMy portrait lens has the tightest DoF of all my lenses. I've done concert photography, but I rarely shoot people who aren't on stages and wanted to learn. I got a portrait lens to learn with, but it arrived the week lockdown started.
Using a portrait lens for shooting a city as night has been a mixed experience. It's great for subject separation. The out of focus areas are gorgeous:
Also Portland has a LOT of skeletons, and shooting them like people works well.
On one hand, gorgeous boke, great subject separation, and a faster shutter speed which is key for night shoots.
On the end other hand, it's hard to be taking shots from so far back. It's a 90mm equivalent so I need to find a place to be a good chunk back from the subject.
Also, the lens has a softness I am not used to. I am used to lenses that are unforgivingly clear. This lens is more like 'fine texture? I don't now her'. The softness gives the images a film/analog look that is nice and arty, but I also find it frustrating. Still, the first picture in this post is my fave picture that I've taken recently.
Using a portrait lens for shooting a city as night has been a mixed experience. It's great for subject separation. The out of focus areas are gorgeous:
Also Portland has a LOT of skeletons, and shooting them like people works well.
On one hand, gorgeous boke, great subject separation, and a faster shutter speed which is key for night shoots.
On the end other hand, it's hard to be taking shots from so far back. It's a 90mm equivalent so I need to find a place to be a good chunk back from the subject.
Also, the lens has a softness I am not used to. I am used to lenses that are unforgivingly clear. This lens is more like 'fine texture? I don't now her'. The softness gives the images a film/analog look that is nice and arty, but I also find it frustrating. Still, the first picture in this post is my fave picture that I've taken recently.
