Three Tips for Using a Wide Angle Lens: Exploring Photography with Mark Wallace

[@loft4me]

Including the settings is extremely helpful to beginner photographers like myself. Thank you.

[@MrTanker10a]

@1:42/8:29, I love the Vanishing Point placed to the upper left of the image...You cannot help but to notice the directions of these vanishing points; The Cathedral's vanishing point is scrumptious... Mark, Thanks for a great video as always!

[@geoffchalcraft9432]

Thank you Mark - great advice. I've just bought a 10-20mm lens for my APS-C camera. I promise I will "get close"!

[@jayasekarkompala5947]

I love you way of teaching Mr. Mark

[@vijaykumarputhiyaveetal2109]

Thank you . One of best explanation ever

[@MrRobertqi]

Mark, I enjoyed all your tutorial videos and thanks!

[@harpreetkukreja911]

Mark I am recently practicing shooting with wide angle lens and as you said getting close to subject. But most of the time for landscape that's not an option and I am always confused how to make a prominent subject to focus on. I think I still need to understand a lot about landscape composition when shooting with wide angle. Thanks for the video.

[@MarkWallaceVideos]

Harry You need foreground interest. Google, "foreground interest Bryan Peterson" for some good tips. Bryan is the master.

[@Benjidesuka]

You're doing a bang up job Mark! Keep up the good work!

[@TheOnlyGuess]

Thank you very much for the tips. I think the same tips work well for ultra wide angles such the Samyang 12mm for Sony E.

[@sam1741]

great and simple tutorial Thanks Mark for sharing

[@mario08133]

Thank you mark for the great tips! Watching in 2024

[@ronaldchan2000]

Really useful tips. Thanks Mark.

[@pr0n3]

Great video, thanks for the advice about leading lines and getting close and focusing on a subject.

[@KKfires]

Get closer! Get closer! ..that was the real mantra 👍🏻

[@TheMetalButcher]

I didn't necessarily like all of the photos but the advice is great. Thanks.

[@KennyG211694]

Mark, Thank you for the tutorial. Excellent advice and information. Great Job!!

[@olgakim4609]

Awesome! Taking notes for my trip within a week-to Hanoi!

[@beatles373]

Thank Mr Wallace always on point.

[@makkl]

Great video, very clear explanation, Thanks a lot !!

[@shashimoghe3920]

sir thanks very useful information on using wide angle lens. you are great. good wishes

[@caimac]

Thanks you, excelent video.

[@timppatimo6287]

Great tips, i use them myself all the time. Wide angle art could be also learned from cinema - some beautiful old movies or say Christopher Doyle work on some of Wong Kar Wai's movies

[@luckypete0879]

Enjoyed that immensely....thank you

[@hawg427]

I love my new Tamron 15-30mm 2.8 for my Nikon D810 :-) It definitely puts a new perspective on mundane old shots. It is amazing how close to the subject you can get.

[@khpjackson1]

FYI You are awesome I love everything you do. Your Videos are why I started using Adorama for all my printing. They also do an awesome job. Thanks again.

[@alaxyz321]

Love your video! I really enjoy learning from you....

[@ands5807]

This is a very informative video for beginners. Although, some advanced photographers might find it a tad redundant. I like how you kept repeating the three foundational steps to wide angle photography to reinforce them. I haven't yet researched on your channel yet, but I'm more interested in low light and night photography using wide angle lens. What kind of lens is most appropriate for photographing the moon and similar such astronomical subjects?

[@catfish252]

Thanks Mark, Great job as always. I have learned so much about photography and using my gear from you. I appreciate it.

[@CBahij]

You're just great, I LOVE you Mark

[@Leonid_Pavlovskyi]

Amazing tutorial

[@williamway2997]

New owner of that Canon 16-35 so this was the perfect video for me. Thanks! Keep it up.

[@Dan-eb9fs]

This is a great video! Very informational.

[@johnc3826]

Mark - Many thanks for your great informative videos - and thanks to Adorama for making it possible. I just returned from a trip along coastal Maine. Using many of the tips that I have learned from your videos over the years, I must say that the photos are my best yet. And making a photo book with Adoramapix is a blast. The photo book making software is the best and most intuitive that I have found so far! Great job Adorama!

[@triton576]

Thank you again Mark

[@luistuberchannel3524]

Great video Mark. Vietnam looks great also.

[@dreadi1000]

Mark thank you for all the great tips and for sharing your knowledge on photography I really love all your presentations and how you dumb it down for the beginners. I want to purchase a 16-35mm lens for my canon EOS Rebel SL1 and I would like to get your advice on which kind I should get and in what price range for an amateur. I just bought my Rebel for about $450 with the following lenses 75-300mm f4-5.6 and EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM. Thank you in advance.

[@cllnsnmrtn1]

Good video very informative

[@mukundgj5]

Thanks a lot Mark. Your videos are very interesting and informative. I love wide angle for most of my photography. Today I learned a very new concept of using wide angle lens from this video.

[@azeezjee2286]

Awesome tips!!!

[@jpjacobsenbr]

Awesome video. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.

[@djcsr]

Great video; useful tips and really inspired me to get out my wide angle more often.

[@01keepurheadup]

Thank you Mark..

[@oscarvargas7465]

Great video and concepts!!!

[@zenarobinson3851]

thank you for this! it's the 2nd excellent vid on wide angle shooting. just bought my 1st wide angle lens and had no idea of the points made. i just thought, "get a whole lot of a view in there". now i'm a bit nervous of taking it out! :-)

[@marias.a.]

very helpful , thanks.

[@sdjavan]

Great video Mark. Got so many good tips out of this one. Probably your best video for composition, imo. Thanks!

[@MarkWallaceVideos]

***** Glad to help!

[@Shadowman-1960]

+snapfactory What kind of strap is that? I am looking for a long strap like that for a Nikon D7100.

[@MsNguyenhuutan]

Wellcome to Vietnam! I love Adorama tv

[@dvdragon]

Thank you for the solid and simple tips!

[@ShyamKumar-cp5mu]

Thank you Mark

[@Rajgitaa]

Thanks for your help.

[@romanstarinsky]

Hello! Thanks for your video :) I Have a question. «Canon EF 16-35 mm f/2.8L III USM» (third version) is newest then «f/2.8L II USM» (second version)? Or maybe the second version is better? Thanks!

[@royottaway9434]

More videos please Mark

[@LCVoss]

this was really helpful! thank you!

[@abbipradz2425]

This is very helpful especially for a beginner like me, thank you! Just subscribed!

[@RupeeNL]

Thanks a lot, going to Vietnam (so also Hanoi) in July, so can't wait to put these tips in practice :-)

[@MichelleLevasseur]

the 16-35 is my favourite for shooting cars at car shows - makes for an interesting shot :)

[@tophtml1]

Michelle Levasseur I was just getting ready to make a comment about shooting cars/trucks with a wide angle and I saw your comment. I like the effect - makes the vehicle look like it goes on forever. My favorite WA lens lens is the Tokina 16-28 f/2.8.

[@MichelleLevasseur]

tophtml1 I love the effect as well - especially when you get nose to nose with the car and choose an edge to shoot as it gives that exaggerated perspective to the plane closest to the lens. Very cool :)

[@bedevere007]

great video and I love Adorama

[@2007gafar]

what is the best Nikon wide angels lend do you recommend? thanks a lot for this gorgeous video

[@traveler582k5]

Great video! Get close!! Thx!

[@Laestrellajalisco3124]

Thanks for the video

[@kelvinphan8677]

Love that you are in Vietnam. :)

[@JessDemant]

Great video!

[@jsc3417]

great tips.

[@dougyeomans1608]

Awesome tips..thank you!

[@garynorris4648]

Super tutorial.

[@forsterl.stewart414]

I love wide angles. The extreme perspectives the human eye never sees. Except in photos. That's why wide angles please us all. Let's get out and shoot. For the Love of Photography.

[@garynorris4648]

Super tutorial

[@1234567855427]

Informative Thanks

[@gillyb44]

thanks for a great video. I have just bought the Laowa 7.5 f2 lens, when getting close up and dirty, what distance do I choose, the predominant subject in full focus, thne the background is out of focus. Help please

[@oceandrew]

One of biggest pet peeves with street photographers is photos that are just the typical normal view one gets from standing on a sidewalk. Sure there could be an interesting outfit or gesture somewhere deep into the frame but it's not the star or hero of the composition, just one of many competing elements vying for attention.

[@kenshin3002]

Like it. Sounds reasonable. Thanks

[@mary12rose]

That was great! Thanks!

[@Bigstubs1]

Thanks Mark.

[@lemon02]

How do we know that the point & shoot camera with wide angle? How to differentiate higher wide angle and low wide angle?

[@peterwong2524]

Excellent !

[@Rdgcan]

Great vid

[@MrJPVERCETTI]

Hello Mark! First of all, thank you for this amazing tips! Very useful information! Now, I'm having some issues about this topic. I just got a Nikon 10-20mm 4.5/5.6 lens that I'm using with a Nikon D500. However, I'm having problems with the exposure and metering settings. I already tried Matrix, Center-weighted, Spot and Highlight-weighted and weather I focus (with both single point and Dynamic area) on any part of the frame I always get underexposed photos even though the Exposure indicator shows a correct exposure... Sometimes lowering the shutter speed or raising ISO gives me a better photo (even though the Exposure indicator shows an incorrect exposure by adjusting this settings). Any ideas on how to correct this issue? Am I metering the wrong way? What is the best focus setting I should use? Please help!

[@Mo.Jo.]

At 6:10, why not just do a larger aperture and keep the ISO on 400 or 600? That way you allow more light in and don't have to compromise with the noise levels a higher ISO would bring. (I'm a beginner, asking coz i'm still learning).

[@achmadhendra3139]

Because he wanted to make everything in focus, so he needed a wide depth of field and stop down to 5.6. He would have stopped down to f/8 or f/11 if the scene is bright enough in order to get everything in focus without compromising the ISO

[@josesoccer2011]

What mode did you shoot these wide angle shots in? Thanks!

[@manwiththemap7480]

How do you get the wide angle without distorting your background? The horizon in your shots is perfectly straight...

[@zakwan5995]

wondering about something.. if a lens is put a cropped sensor camera we get 1.5 / 1.6 crop factor field of view. does shooting on medium format gets more field of of view as in 0.5 factor?? , is it possible to put slr lenses on medium format camera?? 🤔

[@joycayona9194]

hi i have D3300 nikon what is the best wide lens i can use thanks.

[@synerster]

awesome video

[@boringnation]

Thanks for the tips! I've had my UWA for about two years and I'm still trying to learn how to use it properly.

[@RicheUK]

Great Tips, keep em coming :)

[@SaltpepperndTamarind]

awesome bro

[@hiphopispoetry]

Good stuff!

[@00Skyfox]

Hey Mark, I've been wondering: when you go out on a photo shoot to a location like this (whether making a video or just taking photos for fun), what do you do with all the pictures? I mean, when you have dozens or hundreds of photos taken for your own purposes, ie. not for a client, do you keep every picture or do you keep only the ones you like good enough to print? Or do you print the ones you like and then clear them off the drive? Or do you tweak the ones you want and convert to JPG when you're happy with them and then get rid of the bulky raw files? And how do you decide what to keep in archive and what to get rid of? I'm asking because I have well over 10,000 photos of events, my dogs, nature, etc., and they're rapidly filling up my hard drive, and I don't know what to do with them! Some are only JPG from my older camera, and some are only raw or raw+jpg from my 60D (and me being a data packrat doesn't help).

[@MarkWallaceVideos]

***** I keep everything unless it's just horrible. External hard drives are cheap. :)

[@00Skyfox]

snapfactory What do you do then? Do you go back through and look at them every now and then? Or just save them in case you have a need for them? I'm trying to decide how I might pare down my collection, and if I should at all. Thanks for the feedback!

[@embassyoftoysoldier]

***** a very good exercise to see if your style got better is to take a new look at your old photos. it's like re-reading a (preferably) good book though it does not take the same amount of time

[@Rajgitaa]

I have a 24mm lens as well as a 18-135mm, and am going on vacation. I don't want to carry around both lenses. Would I get the same quality, or use the 18mm focal length as my wide angle lens? Is there a difference by using a prime lens verses a zoom lens at the same focal length as the prime?

[@cmdthomson]

+Roger Maxwell Primes tend to be sharper, have less distortion, and are generally faster at that focal length. The best prime is always better than the best zoom that includes the same focal length.

[@robertkomarek1387]

Primes tend to be better at their particular focal length, since the entire engineering is geared towards one goal. Zooms give you much more flexibility however. So, it is going to depend on how good your wide angle zoom lens can perform. I suggest looking it up on a site such as www.dxomark.com. You might be able to compare both of your lenses against each other there. If not, look around at some other sites. You'll end up with a conclusion. That being said, there isn't any difference between a zoom and a prime at the same focal length. 24mm is the same on both.

[@gvitting]

very informativ! Thank you. i think the same principles can be applied also for videofilming , right?

[@SatanSupimpa]

04:51 The hat lady is pure swag

[@josesoccer2011]

How do u take a wide angle shot and make sure everything in the entire picture is in focus? Would it be on Auto focus or Manuel focus?

[@nnate12345]

bump your aperture to 11 or 16 or so and then focus on the foreground. should work out

[@rolandoperez8248]

Sir you have answer probably the most important question that should have been addressed on the video. This guy on the video has supposedly travel are over the world but still has no common sense.. Most people following his tips will soon find out that either their background or the foreground goes out of focus.

[@chrisestonia4218]

Yes because the depth of field in a wide angle lens is wide.

[@dilullr]

Mark clearly shows the camera settings in his pictures which have the foreground and background in focus. This is achieved by stopping down the aperture to F8 or more and, increasing the ISO if necessary. Now that's not only common sense...but also basic photography.

[@Juan_Hernandez_Jr.]

Thanks for sharing! :)

[@jonathanpoon7024]

why your photos are out-of-focus? Is it because of my computer? Or u stepped down the resolution?

[@eukw]

Was the place took in Ho Chi Minh?

[@MarkWallaceVideos]

eukw Hanoi

[@minimhawk17]

You're Great!

[@truthopinion5991]

How are you supposed to get close when shooting landscapes?

[@Jigsaw407]

By going low and putting something in the foreground (an interesting rock for example). Keep in mind that you need a smaller aperture and to focus somewhere between the fore- and background to get everything as much as in focus as possible.

[@FrzzFitness25]

Quick question, ok I know the higher your f stop is the darker the image gets so that's why you bump up the ISO, but now when the f stop is high like 4+ the more stuff becomes into focus is that correct & if so let's say you switch to manual focus, does the background still be in focus as well or will it blur out due to manual focus even with a bumped up ISO & f stop??

[@GiuseppePipia]

FrzzFitness25 Here's a thing that NOBODY will actually tell: the DOF is also a function of distance to the subject and focal length used. You can get shallow depth of field with a 135mm on crop a body, with f/5.6, if you are only 2 feet away from the subject (distance measured always from the focal plane, which is the plane of the sensor) as you can see in this picture I took: www.flickr.com/photos/giupipia/16196082867/in/dateposted-public/ or better in this other picture: www.flickr.com/photos/giupipia/15095637994/in/dateposted-public/. With a wide angle lens basically the hyper focal distance, which actually affects the DOF, is as close as about 2 meters, or about 6.5 feet. . As you can see in the pictures Mark shows, by being very close to his subjects, the DOF is still limited although he shoots at f/5.6, or even f/8!!! Also another thing that is just simply wrong: often they say that lenses on a cropped body make a DOF wider than on a FF. It's false because they are forgetting to mention the focal length and most of all the distance from the subject and focal plane: What is actually making up DOF on a crop body is such distance, which for us to get the same shot we would take with the same 50mm lens on FF, we have to get further away from our subject in order to frame it the same way with the same focal length of 50mm but on a crop body. Because if actually stay on the same spot, with the same focal length, and the same aperture, the DOF will be shallower on the crop body camera, and wider on a FF. You can do the calculations on any major website for DOF calculations. Hope I helped you, good day, or night, whenever you're reading this.

[@boringnation]

FrzzFitness25 A large aperture (f/1.8 for example) will have a smaller depth of field, or less in focus, than a small aperture (f/4 for example). Auto focus or manual focus has no effect on depth of field (DoF). There are three basic things that effect DoF; Focal length (longer focal lengths inherently have a smaller DoF), Position to subject (the closer you are the smaller your DoF will be, that's why one of the challenges for macro photography is getting enough in focus), and finally aperture.

[@MarkWallaceVideos]

***** I actually made a video that demonstrates the effects of focal length, distance, and aperture on DOF. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2asmK1shrJqd8k

[@GiuseppePipia]

snapfactory Oh I missed that!!! You're then the only one who actually explains it, and doesn't just hang up on the aperture. Sure aperture is the "fastest" or the most comfy way to affect DOF, since very few people would switch lenses or worse move their feet to get closer to their subjects. :)

[@svenlima]

Sometimes people ask for money when I want to take a picture of their things. What would you do?

[@EmilyRad]

I notice your shutter speed is very low. How are you not getting shake?!

[@lilblingking1491]

You can generally get away with shooting at lower shutter speeds with wide angle lenses as long as you properly brace the camera and use good technique to prevent excessive body movement

[@josetrindade3550]

I have 10-18 lenses. I can get away with very low shutter speeds, even without tripod.