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How does this photographer get this style in his photos?

Check out the photos at http://www.photobytone.com/

See how the photos have this slight fish eye lense sort of look to them? and they have this sorta of blurry glamour shot kind of focus, with vivid colors?

Is it done by manual settings (ISO, aperture, shutter speed)??
or using specialal flashes or lenses?
or done after the picture is shot, in Photoshop?

I'm sure he has his unique approaches, i dont want to know EXACTLY how he does it, but i've seen many other photographers who's pictures end up with a very similar style and wanted to know if I can apply this to my own photos.

Thank you in advance for all the help everyone!


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: This is NOT a fish eye lens. Fish eye lens by definition creates round image in the center (with totally black edge / corner). Full fish eye lens are similar but either way the straight lines would be curved in any kind of fish eye photography.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fisheye_len...

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What he's done is use a very wide (or ultra-wide) angle lens and shoot the picture NON perpendicular (aperpendicular) to the wall (actually shooting it pointing it upwards causing the parallel line to converge very dramatically).

I use Nikon 12-24 ultra wide lens (equivalent to 18-36 in 35 mm cameras) and I get this look all the time. Many ultra wide lens creates darkened corners (vignetting) as you can see. He shot the image in overcast day for even lighting (or no harsh shadows) and used no flash.

As for ISO, aperture or shutter speed, they would not be a factor here much. Normally aperture might make some difference but most ultra-wide angle create mostly sharp image (and most of the image is sharp). The exception is the parallel white lines behind the girl. That could be done by leaving the lens in the widest aperture (but usually at F4 or F5.6, there's only so much that can be expected.

The background have to be somewhat distant from the main subject for this effect (in relation to the camera). In another words, the subject has to be fairly close and the background fairly distant. There comes a point if everything is beyong "hyper focus" distance, everything will look focused.

Most cameras comes with widest lens setting at 35mm wide (in film format equivalent). And most P&S cameras will have difficulties doint this because the CCD is so small, it naturally puts everything in focus (no soft out of focus area in the background). This could be created easier using DSLR and ultra wide angle lens.

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Sorry to disappoint you but his approach is not so very much unique. Many photojournalist use the very wide angle lens to create the look you see above. That is NOT to say that the image is bad. Just that it is a very well known technique.

Most beginners will gravitate towards long zoom lens. It sounds nice to have a zoom with big numbers (like 100mm or 200mm). And it sounds comforting to be able to take pictures from far away. But just like yourself, as photographers get better and better, they begin to realize the effect of wide angle lens and the dramatic perspective they create.

Good luck.

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