![]() ![]() Another example I recall is someone who appears to be pushing the Leaning Tower of Pisa back up so it won’t fall over. Sometimes it shows a person pinching or holding the Sun. You’ve probably seen photos where someone appears to grasp an object that you know is much larger but appears small in the photo. 3: Using Distorted Proportion in PhotographyĪnother way people commonly use distorted proportion in photography is to trick the eye. Take a photo of the same thing from a straight-on point of view with a wide-angle lens and you’ll see converging lines. It’s because I combined a diagonal perspective of the background so it naturally diminishes without looking warped. That’s not because I did any perspective control on this photo in post-processing. ![]() It isn’t warped or curved because of the wide-angle lens. You probably aren’t thinking about it, but look at the lines in the background on the metalwork that protects people from falling to a horrible demise. The photo below is one of our proportion photography examples.Ī wide angle doesn’t necessarily distort everything Sometimes we want to distort proportion in photography for a specific effect. ![]() That’s why some focal lengths – generally over 70mm to 200mm – are considered portrait lenses. Sometimes you may do that for effect, but you don’t want to do it out of ignorance. Using a wide-angle lens tends to distort their proportions. Perfect proportion aside, nobody’s truly perfect.Īs portrait photographers, we generally try to ensure that we capture someone in their correct proportion. No matter what your proportions, there are advantages and disadvantages to all of us. Gymnasts tend to do better if they have short-lever arms and legs. That’s not to say this always aligns with everyone. People have different size heads, but then we expect the rest to be “in proportion” to their body parts. The expected norm for perfect proportion is about seven and a half heads tall. In other words, we see the man as we would see an average person if we stood next to them (albeit I’d expect some pants on him if he were next to me). Leonardo’s Vitruvian Man is an example of perfect proportion. ![]()
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