Newton Thomas Sigel - lens and focal length


Photo courtesy of Vanity Fair and GQ Taiwan
Focal Length
  • Distance of the optical center and the receiving image plane in the camera lens
  • It is expressed in millimetres

Longer focal length :
  • Narrow angle of view (telephoto lens)
  • Less background
  • Background objects "appear" bigger
  • Background and foreground objects "appear" closer
  • Objective
  • Third person (alienation / confusion)
  • Voyeuristic point of view

Shorter focal length : 
  • Wide angle of view (wide lens)
  • More background 
  • Background objects "appear" smaller
  • Background and foreground objects "appear" farther
  • Subjective
  • Personal (intimacy)
  • Closer to subject

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