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QUESTION Anonymous
QUESTION: What length of lens is best for a "slimming" portrait?

I have to take waist-up portrait photos of a slightly plump model today. Not fat, just "big boned." I normally shoot with wide angles, but I know that isn't appropriate for this situation.

What length of lens would be the most flattering for shooting a full-figured model?


IN B4 "PHOTOSHOP LOL"
>> Anonymous
photoshop lol

also a cylindrical lens will make people thinner but in the way a funhouse mirror does.

I think proper lighting is a lot more important than a proper lens for this situation, frankly. Lenses can only render a 3D scene into 2D, whereas lighting controls what you see and what you don't.
>> Anonymous
>>252843

Thanks for the reply.

I guess I'm wondering which of my lenses would be best for this, assuming I'm using a crop-sensor DSLR.

a.) 10-20mm, f4-5.6
b.) 18-55mm, f3.5-5.6
c.) 50mm, f1.4
d.) 50-200mm, f4-5.6

I'm guessing the 50-200, set around 100mm?
Or maybe the nifty-fifty?
>> Anonymous
get a longer prime
>> Anonymous
primes


85/1.4
135/1.8
>> Anonymous
>>252853

Well, I can't buy a new lens before this afternoon.
Would you suggest the 50-200mm zoom, then?
>> Anonymous
>>252870
50 1.4, you can stop down as much as you want for DoF, and 100mm on a crop camera is really too long to do portraits. Unless you want to be across the room shooting a close crop of their head.

My portrait lens on a full-frame is 105mm 2.8 and on a crop a 50 1.8. They both work great for waist-up or shoulders/head crops.
>> Anonymous
>>252903
edit, this should be 55 1.8. 90mm equivalent.
>> Anonymous
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used paint but i think you get it