May | 2018 | Jeff Curto's Camera Position

Many people think of a wide lens as a way to get farther away from a subject, but I think of a wide lens as a way for us to get closer… a wide lens is really a close-up lens, allowing us to create a dominant subject in the frame by emphasizing the difference in distance from near to far.

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Evidence of Hands on Stone – Jeff’s Italian architectural photographs

The Curtometer – An Aid To Seeing – a deceptively simple device to help you sort out camera position and focal length

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Fortezza di Radicofani – Tuscany A wide-angle lens was used here, allowing me to emphasize the difference in distance from the nearby bricks to the doorway.

San Biagio, Montepulciano, Tuscany
A longer lens was used here, as I didn’t want to emphasize any difference in distance between objects in this subject.

Podcast listener Tracy wrote:
“Photography comes from the depths of who we are. It is not only an exploration of our world, it is also an exploration of ourselves.”

This episode is a “part 2” of self-exploration and its relationship to our photography, utilizing a worksheet that you can download called “Passion and Mission” to help you think through not only what you care about, but how you can take those things and transform them into a body of photographic work.

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