How to Use Wide Angle Lenses - Beginner Explained

The BEST explanation of wide angle lenses! Well, I hope so, anyway :)

If you're new to wide angle lenses, you might not realize that they're actually somewhat difficult to use. They shrink the background and give the foreground strange proportions; they leave a lot of empty space in your photo. And, they include EVERYTHING in front of you - which is not always a good thing!

In short, it's very easy to get bad pictures with a wide angle lens.

But, at the end of the day, wide angle lenses are just another tool for your photography. Used right, you can get awesome pictures with a wide angle. Some foregrounds are meant to be exaggerated! And some scenes really don't have any distractions that harm your photo.

Hopefully this video gives you a good idea of where to start.

~Spencer
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