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Originally Posted by GspotProductions
this photo here was a 3.5f on a 35mm
If IŽd have used a 1.8f, the photo would have been more blurred on the face & defined or sharper on the ass cheeks & bubbles...
the point is, for a distance shot like you have, really 3.5 up to 5f is ideal & with the portrait the 1.8 or when youŽre focusing on an actual area is relevant  |
for me, it depends on the background colours that are going to be blown by the open stop. I really need sharp eyes and facial features. then I start selecting the highlights and colours that will blow out as I set the lens framing and when I test lenses I use people because I'm a people photographer.
some models are more open to a relationship with the camera than others. my experience is amateur models tend to pull the chin and upstage shoulder out of the shot... in this instance, I choose a simple composition so that I could focus on lite because the model would just be too distracting if I had tried anything 'interesting to me'.
I was interested primarily in focus and colour rendition of the lens. I do have a Tamron 24-70 2.8, so I was willing to try out the Tamron 35mm. lenses have different optical coatings on the glass. the bokeh is partially created from the blades inside the lens that close the aperture and the lens coatings and lens shape. lens manufacturers have different formulas hence different renderings.
the point of low DOF is to compose with the bokeh, this offers a greater range of opportunities for dreamy or abstract compositions... the thing is this. some people take snapshots, some people compose carefully calculated imagery. every image I produce is carefully considered and designed. the below is an example I did not shoot. however, you can see the interesting composition aspects of low DOF
18 years on film and tv crews, 25 years as a photographer... 18 years as a professional photographer... I possibly see the world differently than you do? I see angles, shapes, relationships, light and shadow. you might see houses, roads, trees or people... my eyes have been in training for over 35 years, and I shoot almost daily. most of the time I know what an image will look like, including post-production at the moment of creation.
I will use the low DOF creative aspects of the 35mm glass when I have a different model with different opportunities. I might even shoot a few sets tomorrow with this 35mm, all at F8
