Wide angle

I rarely use a wider angle, although I am often drawn to the look in the work of others. For this shot I wanted to leave alot of white space around Eli and I only had a few feet to back up, so I broke out the 17-40 lens. It is just how I envisioned it (which rarely happens). I love it.





You can't get this shot with my preferred 135mm focal length, unless you have a ladder I guess. Even still I think the persepctive is a big part of what makes the image.







This one's for Derek. He laughed when he saw it on the back of the camera. 17mm.



Keeping with the wide angle theme, here is Charlotte on the climby thing at the zoo playground. These show her typical nutty preschooler playfullness, I think. And the typical skinned knees, too. Charlotte wiggles and bounces and hops and skips everywhere. Sometimes the constant motion drives me a little crazy, but mostly I envy her energy and enthusiasm. It does lead to a few extra trips and spills.




This is more typical of what I usually use (70mm). She's in the same spot as before. See what a difference it makes? Now all you can see of the background is the leaves and fence. It's useful for keeping distracting things out of the frame and also for getting nice shallow depth of field. I think sometimes it's a bit of a cop out, though. A new year's resolution is to play around with new things like shooting wider.