Streetshooter
Subscriber Member
It was suggested to me to post this by a few members. After a few emails and such, I thought why not.
(Mods, please feel free to move if this is the wrong place)
I used to teach this with a M with no lens but now with the zoomiez, it's even easier.
The idea is to find what you see naturally, with out fighting with what the camera sees. You can make images with out a natural FOV lens but it's nice to be able to have a synergy with the camera and process.
Start by using a zoom lens on your camera. Look at your surroundings and mentally frame an image without using the camera.
Then, use the zoom lens to find the framing to match what you see in your mind. After many times, in many different situations, you will see that a certain focal length is popping up more than others.
This focal length will be close to your natural FOV.
Why is this important? Glad ya asked.....
When you see a scene from a certain vantage point, the perspective is having an effect on what you see.
If you let the camera decide the framing, then the perspective could change as you adjust your distance to make the frame. Perspective changes every time you move.
So with a natural FOV lens, when you see things in a certain perspective, you can make the image as you see it without the camera deciding what will be in the frame.
There is always a synergy between the camera and the shooter but it's nice to have equal balance and not be dictated to by the camera/lens.
There certainly is more than 1 natural FOV for each shooter. You could train yourself to see with any lens but by not doing so, you become compromised in your vision.
you are now returned to the regular scheduled programming......
shooter
(Mods, please feel free to move if this is the wrong place)
I used to teach this with a M with no lens but now with the zoomiez, it's even easier.
The idea is to find what you see naturally, with out fighting with what the camera sees. You can make images with out a natural FOV lens but it's nice to be able to have a synergy with the camera and process.
Start by using a zoom lens on your camera. Look at your surroundings and mentally frame an image without using the camera.
Then, use the zoom lens to find the framing to match what you see in your mind. After many times, in many different situations, you will see that a certain focal length is popping up more than others.
This focal length will be close to your natural FOV.
Why is this important? Glad ya asked.....
When you see a scene from a certain vantage point, the perspective is having an effect on what you see.
If you let the camera decide the framing, then the perspective could change as you adjust your distance to make the frame. Perspective changes every time you move.
So with a natural FOV lens, when you see things in a certain perspective, you can make the image as you see it without the camera deciding what will be in the frame.
There is always a synergy between the camera and the shooter but it's nice to have equal balance and not be dictated to by the camera/lens.
There certainly is more than 1 natural FOV for each shooter. You could train yourself to see with any lens but by not doing so, you become compromised in your vision.
you are now returned to the regular scheduled programming......
shooter