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Portrait Sony a7ii + 35mm/1.4


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ISO 100
s: 1/2,000

f: 3.5

Sony a7ii + 35mm/1.4

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It's great to see someone find and use a background

rather than just obliterating it by opening up to f/1.4 !

 

The 35mm FL is great for including environmental

context into portraits, but those are usually shot at a

bit more distance than this one, often almost twice

the distance. Despite the cool background, this isn't

the "documentary style" environmental portrait. It's

semi-formal with a cool backdrop and the 35mm FL

requires extra care concerning perspective. I've got

no complaint about the upward looking angle, as it's

a happy break from the usual portrait. But the giant

elbow thing just doesn't work for me. You gotta be

watching for that with 50mm or shorter on portraits.  

  

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Some folks are proud of working without chimping. 

I don't know how you work, but when "breaking the 

rules" [a good idea] chimping helps avoid the visual

pitfalls that the rules were "written" to help us avoid. 

 

Seeing your images on a flat screen reveals things

easily overlooked when peering into a viewfinder.

Chimping also shows us the frozen moment, which

reveals things that are not so obvious when we are

are viewing the scene in real time.  

   

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Maybe you're already a chimper. Many users only  

check exposure, color, sharpness, and other stuff

loosely related to technical quality. Good stuff. But

beyond that, practice viewing the screen image as

"Flat Art". Once you've run your tech check, forget

about those qualities and just look at the potential

framed print hanging flat against a wall. Critique it,

don't just QA it as a digitally rendered scene. 

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