In the last video we looked at how your choice of camera position and focal…length dramatically changes the sense of space in your scene.…This was the whole business where I shot a portrait of Ben out on the lawn in…front of a tree and there was a building around, and as I moved around we saw…the tree get closer and farther.…In that example you might think, "Oh, okay, I get it, in big spaces, there's a…big compression of depth or change of sense of depth in the scene," and that's true,…but it's important to understand that that depth compression, that…stretching and squashing thing, also happens at a micro level on everything in…your scene, and this can really get you when you're shooting portraits.…
Here is what I mean. I'm going to take a shot of him now and because I'm…standing kind of far away I've got to zoom in. So I got my lens zoomed all the…way unto 105 millimeters and I'm focusing on him and I'm taking my shot and if…you look at this picture, we have a very nice portrait.…You can see that camera there in the background looks a certain distance from him …
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2/11/2011- Understanding field of view and camera position
- Depth of field and lens choice
- How to choose a lens
- Examining lens features
- Using specialized lenses such as fisheye and tilt/shift lenses
- Focusing techniques
- Using filters
- Camera maintenance
Skill Level Beginner
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Photography Foundations: Composition
with Ben Long5h 29m Intermediate
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1. Introduction
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Welcome1m 19s
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Who is this course for?1m 34s
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Why does the lens matter?2m 36s
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Changing lenses3m 43s
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A word about camera brands1m 53s
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2. What Is a Lens?
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What is a lens?3m 51s
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Field of view2m 36s
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Focal length multipliers5m 42s
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Primes and zooms2m 2s
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3. Focal Length, Camera Position, and Composition
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Shooting wide7m 2s
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Shooting telephoto8m 9s
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Focal length applications1m 59s
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4. Depth of Field
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Depth of field (DOF)5m 3s
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DOF and sensor size1m 50s
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DOF and background size2m 5s
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5. Choosing a Lens
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Choosing a lens7m 11s
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Image quality4m 10s
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Lens features6m 42s
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Size and weight6m 29s
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Specialty lenses5m 9s
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Where to buy2m 54s
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Lens caps1m 28s
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6. Advanced Autofocus
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Focus point selection5m 54s
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Center-point auto-focus3m 51s
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Servo focus3m 46s
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Filters5m 46s
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Auto-focus and live view5m 2s
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7. Conclusion
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Maintenance14m 40s
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Micro-focus adjustments1m 31s
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Goodbye59s
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