The Best Camera Lenses & Simple Angles For Your Midjourney Prompts

In this beginner tutorial, we explore the basics of camera lenses and angles. We'll cover everything from the differences between a fish eye, wide, and narrow lens, to how different angles can change the feel of your shots. Whether you're just starting out or looking to expand your photography skills, this tutorial will provide a solid foundation for capturing stunning visuals. Join us on this midjourney through the world of camera lenses and angles.
FREE Camera Lens & Simple Pose PDF:
cameralens.futuretechpilot.com/
Other Free PDFs:
200styles.futuretechpilot.com/
cheatsheet.futuretechpilot.com/
Links:
Merch - FutureTechPilot.threadless.com
Discord - / discord
Creative Fabrica - www.creativefabrica.com/spark...
My MJ Gallery - www.midjourney.com/app/users/...

[@eddieburke28]

Thank you for your hard work and helpful contributions!

[@FutureTechPilot]

And thank you for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it!

[@robo3383]

Great stuff Nolan, thanks for the pdf!

[@FutureTechPilot]

Cheers buddy!

[@AG_before]

Great video! Very helpful and the pdf's are great (well-designed too)! Some great styles in the style pdf and this one as well. Mirror lens- that's new for me. Cannot wait for the advanced video. Poses are some of the trickiest things.

[@FutureTechPilot]

Oh boy are they ever lol and I'm glad you like the PDFs!

[@user-ux6ue9fl5g]

Thank you very much! The best Midjorney training videos I've ever watched!

[@FutureTechPilot]

Happy to help!!

[@adolphgarcia7243]

Thank you, it is remarkable what you can do... all we need is inspiration!

[@FutureTechPilot]

Very well said!

[@KinJung]

Nolan, you rock buddy! Thank you so much for all you do.

[@FutureTechPilot]

Thanks for the comment pal!

[@JudiJamiesonThePsychic]

Thank you.

[@FutureTechPilot]

Cheers!

[@kronos77777]

Thanks again for all you give to the community. 😎✌️

[@FutureTechPilot]

I appreciate it!

[@stephenrodwell]

Thanks! Great content! 🙏🏼

[@FutureTechPilot]

And thank you for taking the time to comment!

[@cappyram]

Thank you 🙏

[@FutureTechPilot]

Cheers!

[@morpheus2573]

TY. That's really helpful. A term that sometimes gives interesting results is Candid shot. It often delivers a "fly-on-the wall" perspective of the subject in action but unaware of the camera. A couple of other terms commonly used by Cinematographers that you'll find in most film scripts are Mid-shot and Long-shot. KUTGW ✌️

[@FutureTechPilot]

Unreal, thanks for the suggestions!! I appreciate it

[@markitera7375]

tks from brazil !

[@FutureTechPilot]

happy to help!

[@paullenoue8173]

Could you try "action" prompts sometimes? Words that will make the results look like something is happening rather than models just standing still?

[@FutureTechPilot]

Coming up in the next video!

[@WilliamSheck]

Great, well paced, well informed, well edited post. For what it's worth there are Five "Classical" poses: Right Profile. Right 2/3 Profile. Full Face. Left 2/3 Profile. Left Profile. [This doesn't mean those are the only poses] Unfortunately MidJourney doesn't (yet) understand this. My own test results were mixed -- like it was guessing. I hope one day MJ recognizes these poses as well as map specific lenses.

[@FutureTechPilot]

Thanks for the comment and the insight! MJ is getting better every day haha I'm sure one day we will wake up and it will know exactly what you want

[@KungfuandKettlebells]

This was really great! Also, for anyone who is a kungfu geek like me, set the style to Wuxia style and see what happens when you do the aerial and satellite prompts! You get masters of light body kungfu!

[@FutureTechPilot]

Unreal suggestion! Thank you, I'll have to try it out soon

[@jeffscott3186]

I suspect the Dutch angle shot picked up more on the word Dutch, went with Dutch lighting from landscapes, and threw in a touch of Rembrandt lighting (a term attributed to Cecil B Demille, which may or may not have actually been inspired by Dutch lighting- we'll let art and cinema historians fight that battle) from the portrait side. It's not a classical representation of either, but MJ seems to be doing a nice blend of it. A word to try would be Chiaroscuro, a lighting/painting technique using dramatic contrast. Rembrandt is a softer form.

[@FutureTechPilot]

Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge! It's super helpful and I appreciate you taking the time to help me out

[@WilliamSheck]

@@FutureTechPilot Actually Dutch angle is a bastardization of Deutsch angle (German). Like the Pennsylvania Dutch - who were German.

[@thilomcnasty8064]

Thanks a lot for the manual. Unfortunately I didn’t received the PDF. Tried 3 times. The older PDF I got.

[@FutureTechPilot]

Really?? I'd just say, maybe check your spam folder? (I don't know why it would be there, but I'm not sure why it wouldn't work)

[@bigcabdaddy]

Hi there! I'm new to the channel, midjourney and chatgpt4 as well. The thing I do know a fair amount about is photography. So, I've been prompting 8x10 camers, some pretty funky old portrait lenses, to have the aperture wide open, any film I think appropriate for the circumstances AND 1:1 contact printing. The thing is I swear I'm seeing appropriate results in doing so! Now it might be all the drugs I did as a kid or could my brain actually telling me the truth? Another, thing I do that seems to work is specifying a Tracked 4x5 Speed Graphic when that seems more appropriate. Consider that a "pro tip" if in fact its working. Holga does a decent job as well. I know pinhole is supposed to work, but the funny thing is I find that one to be less convincing. Thanks for any thoughts.

[@FutureTechPilot]

Wow, thanks for the ideas. I'll have to try them out asap!

[@EMMandM1]

Great video! May I ask why in 12:08 you wrote two aspect ratios?

[@FutureTechPilot]

the extra aspect ratio is just because I have 16:9 set as my suffix. So it automatically gets added to all of my prompts. However, when you manually write one into your prompt, it will show up first and become the ratio that gets used

[@greenguider]

Some people say that artificial intelligence is good, while others say that artificial intelligence makes people less intelligent. But basically, if we consider the goal, it doesn't matter if there is artificial intelligence or not, the important thing is that we should always take steps towards getting better, whether with artificial intelligence or without that dear friend.

[@FutureTechPilot]

I agree!

[@KenToonz]

What is your obsession with 'unsplash' in all of your videos? What does it do and how do you know it's not effecting what you're trying to accomplish, like lens types?

[@FutureTechPilot]

haha that's a good point about it effecting the lens type! But I reallllly don't think it does, because Unsplash is much more of a vibe/color grade than anything else. It's actually just a stock photography website, but it's full of beautiful cinematic pictures, so you can just say 'unsplash' in your prompt instead of 'cinematic photography, dramatic lighting, canon camera etc. etc.'

[@itsupportintokyo]

For animations how do we make them tilt the head to the left or right?

[@FutureTechPilot]

Tilted heads are tough in Midjourney. It can be random. I'd use a lower stylize value in my prompt (--s 30 or --s 40) and maybe also include a reference image in your prompt

[@brettnfk]

You won't see different results with some of these unless certain aspects of the prompt are different. Starting with the aspect ratio itself, you'll get varying results with different aspect ratios. Also deciding if the portrait is going to be full body, head and shoulders, face only etc. will alter things. An example: a full body portrait using a telephoto lens should give a distinct look that simply stepping closer to the model with a wider lens can't produce, due to the compression of the background. I also find using actual focal lengths (16mm, 24mm, 85mm etc.) produces better results for me than saying "wide lens" or "zoom lens". Even stating the camera (Sony A7iii, Fujifilm GFX100 etc.) can have an effect. So too can adjusting the f-stop affect the look, the depth or shallowness of the focus. Stating specific lenses like a Sony 90mm Macro or a Canon 50mm f/1.2 can also help to get a specific look.

[@FutureTechPilot]

I agree, but since naming a camera or focal length doesn't actually do what it's supposed to, I don't like to recommend them when teaching. Like, say 5mm or 100mm, midjourney doesn't accurately produce the difference. But I know what you mean, you can definitely achieve the same look using the techniques you mentioned

[@brettnfk]

@@FutureTechPilot I find naming things works as often for me as saying "wide shot" or "telephoto". So I tend to bounce between doing both. But on the whole I get what I'm after more often when I name the lens types. But it would be nice if there was a very streamlined naming system not only for lens type, but for angles (these are hit and miss for me, can't tell you how often "low-angle" has still been eye-level), and for posing models, as something like three-quarter pose almost never works for me.

[@Artai.wonder]

How you create the giant effect ?

[@FutureTechPilot]

What do ya mean?

[@thewebstylist]

So sad to see these days brother that the realistic quality is worse now than it was (in my image creations at least) this many months ago

[@FutureTechPilot]

Yeah, but isn't it cool that we can still go back and use older models? haha I still have a soft spot for Version 3

[@cheaxbd-nk1ui]

hi, i would like to becme your student , will you assist me? regards.

[@FutureTechPilot]

If you have any questions, you can ask away

[@LouisGedo]

Hi

[@FutureTechPilot]

🤝

[@isurus2478]

try "macro photography" and "cinema photography". those are general terms, not nouns that will trick MJ thinking you want those objects in the scene

[@FutureTechPilot]

Thanks a lot for the tip!

[@IridiumZero]

I tried these with v5.2 and the results suck 🤣

[@FutureTechPilot]

hahah :( oh no ... that's always the risk with some of these tutorials, they may only be relevant for a limited time. But I think the overall strategy should still work!!

[@IridiumZero]

@@FutureTechPilot yeah, I mean all good with a --v 5 or 5.1. No idea what 5.2 comes out so weird.

[@FutureTechPilot]

@@IridiumZero haha yeah 5.2 is way more different than I expected

[@funkytaco1358]

Good content, but your formatting makes the video pointless. Add a small border to prevent bad cropping or add an imaginary margin to your content. Thanks 🙏🏽

[@FutureTechPilot]

😂 maybe one day pal. Thanks for the feedback though

[@watsonstudios]

Funny how all their noses are the almost the same.

[@FutureTechPilot]

haha I never noticed that

[@watsonstudios]

@@FutureTechPilot Also, I have a feeling, whoever trained this particular model was a fan of Vanessa Kirby. There is a lot or resemblance in most of your examples. 😊

[@chrischristian3973]

ChrisC9441

[@FutureTechPilot]

🤝