narke wrote:

Hi Folks,

I by far got only one lens, a CZ 50mm. Using it to shoot portraits, is
it possible to get good results? I like to hear some advice on
anything around this case, about composition, subject distance, enlarge
and so on.

50mm is a bit wide for closeup portraits. Distorts features. But there is a
way around it:

Say you want to make a head and shoulders shot, compose it to fill the frame,
then increase your distance by 2/3 more to twice as far away. Crop the result.
The perspective will be correct, there will be no distortion. DOF will not be
as shallow as you might like.

If you're making a portrait of a small group, 3-5 people, it should work quite
well with the frame filled for the composition.


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