EPISODE · Jun 28, 2026 · 2 MIN
HT2666 - The Wider the Focal Length
from LensWork - Photography and the Creative Process · host Brooks Jensen
HT2666 - The Wider the Focal Length Boy, I'm going to stick my neck out with this one. As a general rule of thumb, the shorter the focal length of your lens, the less personal the resulting image. Consider, for example Monument Valley. The wider the lens the more your picture will look like Monument Valley. The more the viewer identifies the location the less the image is about your response to the location. The implication of this is that we need to work even harder to make the picture our own vision. This RSS feed includes only the most recent seven Here's a Thought episodes. All of them — over 2500 and counting! — are available to members of LensWork Online. Try a 30-day membership for only $10 and discover the literally terabytes of content about photography and the creative process.
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Boy, I'm going to stick my neck out with this one. As a general rule of thumb, the shorter the focal length of your lens, the less personal the resulting image. Consider, for example Monument Valley. The wider the lens the more your picture will look like Monument Valley. The more the viewer identifies the location the less the image is about your response to the location. The implication of this is that we need to work even harder to make the picture our own vision.
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