Wide Angle Lens for... PORTRAITS? - 16mm Focal Length Challenge

[@BeckiandChris]

16mm is WAYY too much fun!

[@bredoktravel2205]

Hi! Nice video. Thank you! I started my youtube channel and film cinematic travel videos so your videos help me a lot! There are so many things to learn but with channels like yours it much more easier) If someone interested in cinematic travel videos you are welcome to support me by joining my chanel)

[@homesmedia]

Are you able to do a comparison with the f4 & the f2.8 gm, I am curious what are your thoughts on it

[@BeckiandChris]

Homes Media we talked a little about it on one of our videos to NYC in BH, there is minimal difference in look! We decided to stick with f4 cause it’s lighter for video

[@siddhantshrotriya3559]

90mm Macro G series Lens

[@usmanaryan]

Which one mam canon Sony or what ?

[@LosantoBeats]

I have been looking at videos of 16mm lenses the whole week and Im so glad KZbin recommended this one. The first 4mins already are gold. Simple the best 16mm lens video Ive watched so far. Love the tips, love the fact that the whole video seems to be shot in 16mm (if im correct, lol) The whole aesthetic and the vibe of the video just seems like a perfect fit for such a fun lens as a 16mm lens. Thanks for sharing!

[@tombuck]

It’s been years and years, but I always come back to fast wide lenses. I remember how impossibly cool they seemed when I first saw pictures from them. Love this series!

[@BeckiandChris]

The Enthusiasm Project same I remember when I first shot with a 10mm on an A-PSC camera and I was mind boggled!

[@hellohogo]

If 16mm is the life of the party, you guys are the 90mm macro, sipping craft beer on the rear balcony discussing existentialism. 🖤😊

[@BeckiandChris]

Ramon Solorio LOLOL more like craft Soda! 😂

[@AmanJain-jh8wv]

No Bug, No Bullshit, Only crystal clear information. Loved it.

[@nareghalamkaryan]

Woah the portraits of Chris in the wind and the other Chris in the mirror are AMAZING

[@joshuacappello2314]

Chris you freaking kill it every time with the fpv shots

[@BeckiandChris]

Joshua Cappello he’s getting so good!

[@Narsuitus]

Thank you for your 16mm Focal Length Challenge. When I first started shooting professionally, I did not even have a wide-angle lens. However, my first assignment at the newspaper were I was working was to photograph the grand opening an Ethan Allen furniture store. That was when I realized I really needed a wide-angle lens. Over years, I added 35, 28, 24, 21, 18, and 14mm wide-angle lenses to my inventory. I have never tried using my 18 or 14mm lenses in a one-lens/one-body challenge.

[@yashgupta.]

Hmm...16mm is a focal lenth that alot people don't think for portrait but the results were quite interesting.

[@BeckiandChris]

Yash Gupta it’s super fun, definitely not one I’d go for for professional headshots but for creative portraits, DEFINITELY!

[@yashgupta.]

@@BeckiandChris yeah for creative shots it seems quite fun, will have to try it out.

[@azurepeace]

shot this at 16mm on the bmpcc4k. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJK3Zp53bcyArsU

[@juliodacosta91]

distortion is one of my fav things of wide lenses!! absolutely love it!!

[@HasanIbnNihad]

New video after 2 weeks It's PERFECT 😊

[@jfbruceco]

One of your best videos yet!

[@joeandcrystalparsons]

Love this series! Can't even tell you how helpful this stuff is for newbies!

[@BeckiandChris]

Joseph Parsons so glad to hear it!!

[@JohnTheCoach_]

These focal length challenges just make me wanna go o and capture all the photons! Thank you for making great content!

[@BeckiandChris]

HashBrown HomeGym hell yes!!!

[@adrianobarboza]

I'm just LOVING this series!

[@GraysonGibson]

Love this series! I’m currently shooting on a micro 4/3 25mm so I guess 50mm equivalent! It’s always awesome to see how people work with ONE focal length, it forces you to be more creative

[@BellHarrington]

I had the choice between the Sony F4 16-35 and the Tamron F2.8 17-28. Im so glad I took the Tamron as you're so right about missing that extra stop of light.

[@hfiguiere]

I see the Vancouver winter weather still doesn't disappoint.

[@BeckiandChris]

Hubert Figuière perfection as always!

[@blackjohnny0]

Wow! Great shots from drone.

[@Tekespin]

Your hair color is out of this world. 🔥

[@RiteVisuals]

I love this video! Can’t believe I’ve only just come across this series you’ve created - I need to watch the rest now 😍

[@mohdnorazmil]

i have the 16-35 f4 and oh my, going travelling with that is fun. For travel where I want to capture the environment, this is one of my fav lense :)

[@angel_kosto]

That photo of Johnny Harris in the woods is sooo good! Love it! ❤️ The best one for me!

[@lucaspellicer]

This series should be on Netflix... I LOVE it!

[@BeckiandChris]

Lucas Pellicer Ruibal thanks!!

[@vidzbypope]

I love this video!! Very helpful and exciting! 16mm is my Fav Focal Length… thanks for creating and sharing this awesome video.

[@kerryallen243]

Absolutely loving this new series Becki and Chris! Great info!

[@BeckiandChris]

Kerry Allen thanks so much! It’s a ton of fun to make!

[@The_Imperfected]

Holy sh^t! I just stumbled upon this and the cast in this video is insane! I just kept seeing all these huge names showing up one after another. Crazy seeing everyone before there channels blew up to what they are now. Wow awesome video.

[@Bharatandsuccess]

Even if I hate the video cmon I can't even take my eyes of you Becki why do beautiful

[@musabinho]

Dozens of helpful info about the 16 mm with examples. 👏

[@haileepaige2858]

A video featuring my 3 favorite KZbin cinematic universe couples! So awesome to see IZ and Johnny on other channels.

[@BeckiandChris]

Ace Hamilton they are all so great!

[@jodywaddle4448]

Oooo, a 16mm *hastily scribbles it on the ever growing wish list*. The shots look so cool, I particularly like the one in the trees.

[@libertymccay7237]

Are you making more of these videos?? I love them!! Would you do the 50 mm??

[@BrianTheCameraGuy]

Very nice. I agree if you play with the distortion it works.

[@HisLightandCo]

Watching this video in 4k was amazing!! Keep killing it guys! Loving the content and the journey of each video.

[@thenateblack]

loving this series - 85mm for the next vid would be really cool as you said 🙌🏼 can’t wait for it

[@mynameisneb]

Those FPV drone shots were amazing! I got you Dr. Chris

[@danielacosta1998]

I love these videos feels like a movie

[@CALIANDDADDY]

Love your videos all the time. I have a huge back log to catch up on from where I last left off 🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@wakweikafelix]

Loving the series! Cool earrings Becky!

[@davidalanmedia]

I'm really liking this charcoal color grade on your photos/videos these days. Have you ever talked about how you create the look? Cheers!

[@coraleestedile5061]

HEY GUYS. Can’t agree more the 16mm is my fav for creative shots. Love love love it. Keep up the great work

[@JHawk]

I really dig this series! Such a cool idea and obvi, sick photos Becki. Keep it up!

[@BeckiandChris]

JHawk thanks much! Having a shit load of fun with it!

[@designcenter9543]

at 9:20 arch photo shoot is best in parallel view for not so much distortion and lie to a client. because the room looks bigger. cheers

[@brielle6709]

Take a shot every time you hear “distortion” or any version of the word. Lol

[@BeckiandChris]

Bri Elle you are gonna get shit faced! 😂

[@kirbs1774]

I'm loving this series!! I'm putting in a vote for 35mm, mainly because I'm crushing on the EOS R/35mm 1.8 combo :)

[@OldLadyAngler]

I think 16mm makes such cool looking pictures. My favorite was the orange jacket in the tall trees. Awesome shot 👍

[@BeckiandChris]

Old Lady Angler that’s one of my faves too!

[@rejeanrobichaud]

Nice seeing you becki ty for the video

[@KobusTollig1]

Your videos inspires me so much. Thanks.

[@benjaminthorpe7990]

This is a really useful series, and wide angle was definitely something I needed to look at! Thanks guys!

[@MiguelElDocRodriguez]

Thanks for another good video. I really like the distortion on the 16 mm. Recently got one but have not got the chance to experiment more with! But now with our current situation (curfew) I see an opportunity there!

[@chrisbrockhurst]

Everything looks tasty AF at 16mm!!

[@DrivenTrucking]

That intro broll through the trees!!! 🔥 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@EllyValentini]

That photo of Chris looks so dope!!! Specially with the distortion 👏🏼❤️

[@PC-bm8er]

I love it!

[@alexanderazzi]

I am coming into this comment section a bit late, but I just purchased a 16mm RF lens for my vertical specific video rig (EOS R8) in order to also produce and create very unique perspectives for clients reels which can (hopefully) set me apart from others who *just* shoot in the more common 28mm style "vertical phone" field of view. Greets from New Hampshire!

[@jasonmedas603]

Finally got the sigma 16mm and I love it

[@johngrey2703]

Dear Becki & Chris the most famous lens now is Canon 28mm-70mm kindly review those for us, your reviews are really great and fun to watch, so as i heard 28mm-70mm can replace the primes like 24-28-35-50-85 so kinda like 1 ring to rule em all, so that’s my question to you😊am sure it’ll be interesting for you to find out too, cheers John.G

[@cristiandiaz-art]

I love it .. the distortion it generates is a great compositional element if you know how to use it

[@BeckiandChris]

Cristian Diaz PH totally agree!

[@MIMMOH]

really cool video! Lens challenges are a really cool idea!

[@AkashNayee]

Absolutely love the examples of shots for each point you make! Feeling inspired af to go out and shoot now!

[@AaronMello]

Love this video! The FPV shots are unreal. I just bought a cheap adapter for my A7R3 to use old Nikon-mount glass I got when I was much younger. One being a real cheap 16mm but I've fallen in love with the wide look and it not being tack sharp, gives it character!

[@hurleygreen927]

Good info! I have a 12-24 mm DX zoom lens and I have been trying some creative portrait work..THANKS!

[@NoahStephens]

Me: “Hey, that looks like guy from Vox I always found refreshingly reasonable…” Reality: “That is guy from Vox you always found refreshingly reasonable.”

[@Gmakamian]

My Sony 16-35GM 2.8 is stuck on my camera since i got it! Only time I switch it is if I wanna take some portraits with my 85 or something really far with my 100-400! Great video :)

[@ElBoyoElectronico]

I have done tons of 16mm portraits with my Canon M50 in combination with my Sigma 16mm. I have to veeery close, but I like the results. I use it a lot when my children are playing.

[@bostnma]

Great video and I love your hair. 👍🏻

[@TheUrbandilema]

Aye guys...tanx again for the video...im learning photography and im in some good hands...i need a 16mm too..i like that relation to it being a fav..god bless and i love this challenge

[@videodemo4006]

Wow. Makes me get into photos. Love the color too🧑🏻‍🎤

[@AronBagel]

The 16-35 f2.8 is pretty much welded to my camera at this point, but I rarely shoot it at anything other than 35 lol! Definitely feeling inspired to use the other end of the lens more :)

[@BeckiandChris]

AronBagel do it!!!

[@azurepeace]

shot this at 16mm on the bmpcc4k. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJK3Zp53bcyArsU

[@oneeyedphotographer]

Years ago, I saw my personnel file. It described my job interview, and me as having a "commanding presence." Bearing that in mind, I used a TS-E 17 for a self portrait. I set the camera as low as I could, horizontal, the lens shifted up. I organised myself up, as high as I could, and clicked away. The result, an almost full-body portrait. It's somewhere on my Facebook page. I announced late last year, my plan to use the wrong lens and the wrong settings. This was part of it.

[@wojtekscibor]

16-35mm f2.8 is my favorite and I usually use it at 16mm :) thanks guys!

[@thessa_artoflife]

Oh, I really got to try this! Thank you for yet another great video!

[@lucaspellicer]

I brought a Canon 6D Mark II last week. I'm loving it, of course. But my main lense, a Sigma 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3, is only for APS-C sensor, so I'm limited to my other lens, a 50mm f/1.8. Watching this video makes me want to shoot wide soooooo much 😭

[@petrakakytch4809]

I love wide angle! I loved 10-18mm lens for canon (tho on my cropped sensor with 1.6 factor 10 is more like 16mm) and i loved using it for event photography (electronic music festival for shooting groups of people to be precise) :D A month ago i bought new phone (Redmi Note 8T) that has ultra wide lens and 48MP camera... Tbh i don't care about 48MP as much as I do about that wide angle because now storytelling with my photos is way more dramatic because of distortion 👽☺️👌🏻

[@floriang1980]

That's great! I love my 16-35L and... AND! your videos :)

[@coreywirth319]

Spicey fpv clips slapped in there real nicely

[@marklaurin_]

I LOVE a wide lens! 24 is my "go to" but HOT DAMN! 16mm is LIT!!!! and the drone shots!! Was that FPV? OMG!!! I think I need to move to BC

[@luislopezsaavedra2322]

I’m in Sydney Australia, just a few minutes before to shoot a band. I have the 24-70 and the 16-24 in my backpack. So I’ll try something different and I’ll share with you ;) Wish me luck!

[@oneeyedphotographer]

The distortion is caused by the relevance positions of camera and subject, rather than the lens, coupled with our bran's unfamiliarity with the wider view. If you have nothing particularly close to the camera, it's fine. Portraits with a fisheye, please. I have done it, it can work well.

[@kaylaandmarkalan]

We JUST got a 16mm Sigma lens. Can’t wait to start experimenting with it!

[@MrEddieNunez]

Great video Becki. I just picked up a 16-35 2.8 GM for my A7R IV. You made me feel good about the expensive purchase.

[@BeckiandChris]

Eddie Nunez worth it!!

[@jonastidang1869]

Beautiful! Would be really nice to se a video of you editing the photos i this video.

[@andgainingspeed]

👍Love the series. Glad to hear others are also pulling for 85mm. 16-35 f2.8 in my travel kit was a practical choice due to space consideration (purchased before the Tamron 17-28 debut) and it does spend a lot of time on the camera. I use 16mm, but infrequently. 18mm is about is about my limit before things get a bit too weird for my eye. But yes, very wide shots can be used for dramatic perspectives and cool effects! If you are not obsessed with keeping your vertical lines straight in the frame it can be fun. 😅

[@PanaMaJwaaRd]

16, 16? Or 16 like 24? Did i miss that or Wasnt mentioned?

[@annesely5722]

Thanks... Think im gonna buy it now❤

[@TRVLbreak]

We've been using a 16mm for all (well... most) of our travel shots/vids lately. It's for a crop sensor, so not quite a true 16, but still love it! Loving this series, guys! ✌️🖤 🤙

[@DanYosua]

Love this series!

[@EUguitarRULE]

Of the Sigma 16, 30 and 56 f1.4 which would you guys recommend? Thank you.

[@hi-rescreators5514]

wow Amazing portriats

[@prajwalnaveen1376]

Loved this video. 16 mm is very intimidating for me. I haven’t shot in a 16 mm in a long time. Will definitely try something soon. Thanks guys

[@BeckiandChris]

Prajwal Naveen it’s so much fun!

[@lisaewilliams]

so so good guys so good im gonna go buy a 16mm

[@PerdioControle]

I can believe I miss you guys here in Vancity....

[@AmritaBhortake]

Gosh, the images you took at 16mm were oooooh just 👌🏼I usually shoot 35mm, 50mm or even macro but not so much 16mm unless I do astrophotography. You have inspired me to take portraits with 16mm

[@BeckiandChris]

Amrita Bhortake aw thanks! Yay glad to hear it!

[@Jaspervisoria]

Awesome video! Any recommendations for presets?

[@RustyRoj]

I’ve always loved the look from a 16mm. The word distortion is usually used in the negative but it give so much more character to the photos and I feel it represents how er see things in the world with our eyes better than an accurate depiction.

[@Stan_the_Belgian]

Great series, like to challenge myself with primes

[@Chefbrycemcnabb]

Thank for this look at the 16 mm . I have been thinking about getting a wider lens. This might just be the one I’m looking for. By the way I love how your photos and your video seem to match.

[@azurepeace]

shot this at 16mm on the bmpcc4k. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJK3Zp53bcyArsU

[@alviseceleste]

Gonna head out with a wide angle after this vid ... 👊

[@shinehorovits]

Thank you!

[@memitcroz9737]

Just commented on Lizzie’s vid. My 6 favourite Creators all together 😮😍