Focal length test – Module 2

Landscape – Wide Angle

landscape – Normal

landscape – Telephoto

Portrait – Wide angle

Portrait – Normal

Portrait – Telephoto

landscape – Wide angle

landscape – Normal

 

landscape – Telephoto

For this exercise i went to my local park. The sun had nearly disappeared, so i did my best to get some photos. You can see the benefits and disadvantages of using different focal lengths. Telephoto is great for creating a depth of field in landscape images, while normal is a standard view and wide angle provides a large range of view including all the details in the landscape. The normal and telephoto were my favourite focal lengths for the portrait images they had a more personal feel to them.

Wide angle : 18mm / normal: 35mm / Telephoto: 55mm

In this module i have learnt:

• Spyglasses and telescopes paved the path for camera lenses today.
• Focal length, aperture and focus is the most important components of a great lens
• There is many types of lens such as:
• Standard lens – Fixed focal length and fairly accurate to the human eye.
• Wide angle lens – Shorter focal length that enables you to capture a wider angle view.
• Telephoto lens – Provide a narrow point of view from far away.
• Zoom lens – Variable focal lengths. some can range from wide angle to telephoto.
• Fisheye lens – Distorts the perspective to create a 180 degree image
• Macro lens – Used for close up photography. The focal range is between 50-200mm
• Tilt-shift lens – Used mainly for architectural photography
• Image stabilisation lens – Corrects camera shakes when using longer focal lenses
• Soft focus lens – Popular in the 1980’s, this lens softens the image and removes any blemishes
• Specialise bokeh lenses – Used to create a siring effect
• jpeg is useful for simple projects and are easily downloaded as it is a smaller file
• RAW is best used for bigger projects as the image can be corrected without effecting the quality and detail of the image.

-Abbey