Best tip is not let the horizon line cut through face. Second is negative space above subject. Third, keep face in center of frame to reduce distortion and just crop for close ups. Awesome video!
Thank you for continuing to provide actual value on CZcams... it is very much appreciated! Most creators with your sub count become either stale or start to mail it in. When it comes to learning to take better photos, you've become one of my go-to's.
OMG your comment about distortion in portrait vs. landscape orientation was such a hidden gem! I hadn't really considered until you pointed that out, but ALL lenses are projecting light onto a circular plane - it's just that film negatives and sensors are cropped rectangularly - so of *course* you wouldn't have as much distortion at the top (and bottom) of a landscape shot! 🤯
Great tips and I love how you break down your decisions. Shooting with a wide is a real skill and you are great at it! The reason that there is so much less distortion on the longer edges is because the lens is round and would naturally project that shape but is being cropped by your sensor. The top and bottom of a landscape orientation are being cut off closer to the middle so we don’t see the actual edges as much. It’s also probably worth mentioning to people that shooting with a wide lens from a lower angle can be nice when your model is very thin but if your model is curvy, or on the rounder side, that would be exaggerated some.
Wonderful as usual! Thanks for pointing out lining up the model’s limbs with the leading lines. Been working a lot on creating more dynamic shapes and lines through posing!
Love these tips, I just switched over to full frame with the Sony a7 IV and my first lens is the 24mm GM. I travel and like to shoot street/landscapes so its the perfect prime for me. Never really thought of it as a portrait but your results are inspiration. Also, the leading lines fence comp was my favorite.
Yeah Serena was amazing, when you have someone confident in front of camera it means you can both concentrate on what you're good at and just be creative. My favourite kind of shoots 🙏
Hey Julia ... another show stopper of a video ... love the leading lines in the fence, those were my fav ...great tip to stay away from the edges to avoid unflattering distortions
These are my favorite videos that you make. I learn so much! I don’t even own a single camera🤣🤣 my fave tip is using the negative space, it looks beautiful.
The only lens that I owned from December 2019-March 2021 was 24mm 2.8 it was the best choice and challenge I ever did... You move more, and you learn how everything works you understand and appreciate what you have. Now I have Sony camera with sigma 24-70 I don't think of having a second lens at least for a year or more. I have done already some shootings and I'm impressed with the results I get from it. Ps your videos are really helpful I like how good you are at directing models what pose to get and stuff and I like that you don't encourage people into getting in new cameras, lenses.
Many thanks to everyone involved for the helpful video. I like how you fade in the details and also explain what is important when photographing and posing the model.
Thanks for the video! You really had such good understanding of the perspective of different focal lengths, and how the subject plays a role in the composition. Learnt a lot!
Great tips! Thought I was the only one that preferred to leave negative space when shooting portrait! Makes it much easier to crop for instagram as well!
Thanks so much for watching!! If you like wide angle portraits you can also check out my 35mm composition tips here: czcams.com/video/4cTwmvUTxPw/video.html ⭐️
Julia do you never shoot male models ? btw it was a super useful video .. leading line of the stairs and fence directed towards the eye was my favourite one ♥️
hi julia, plzz make ur videos in 2:1/18:9 aspect ratio, because now a days it's very common in all smartphones, most of user having android phones with 19.5:9 aspect ratio screen, 2:1/18:9 aspect ratio videos are looks bigger on screen & looks awesome, u can also see another video s related why we create video's in 2:1 aspect ratios. So, please implement this my above request because iam big fan of you, love u so much..
24mm is actually such a wonderful lens! It was my very first lens and although it was tricky to do proper portraits I like how you can capture beautiful sceneries with it 😍
I agree! A shoot like this makes me want to use it more often, it was really fun getting creative with the location and posing, it makes you think a little differently to traditional portrait lenses 😄
Thanks for this! The photos are great - the model looks great and worked so well with you and the outfit worked well with the mood! I have an APS-C system 16mm lens and love it so I was looking to see what a good portrait artist would choose to do with it.
Great video! I recently bought the Batis 25/f2 and think it will be great for environmental portraits. I'm about to go to Iceland with some friends and was debating about taking this lens...but you just convinced me I need to throw it in my bag!
Distortion can be a problem with wide angles, but if I'm careful to keep the camera level I can get a closeup of the subject with a panoramic background. Still, I very seldom us a wide angle for portraits unless I want a particular emphasis. This is a good video on wide angle portraiture. I agree with everything you're saying. My go to lens is the Nikon 24-120 mm f/4 which covers the closeup head shots too.
Wonderful video and tips. You are excellent photographer & editor. Tips are helpful. Sony SOOC color & skintone is far from good, but you make them look super nice from editing.
Wow! Absolutely love these photo tips for the 24mm focal length! I bought a the a7c and the 24mm gm a couple of months ago to document the birth of our firstborn child (who turned 3 weeks old today). I choosed the 24mm to have 1 lens for both video and photo. However, I’ve been struggling a bit with the photo part, gotten the feeling I should have gone for the 35mm instead. But thanks for this inspiration! Feels like I would stick with the 24mm, develop my photo skills, and then go for a 50mm or 85mm once our child has grown a bit bigger! Thanks again! Great channel!! 😊
Amazing video Julia, thank you so much I really like those tips! I'm usually using 135mm focal length and quite hesitant towards wide angles but I bought 24-105mm Sony lens as a backup all-around, looking forward to have some fun and shoot some more on 24mm length of it! 😊❤️
Thanks so much! As a portrait photographer it's a good idea to have the 24mm on a zoom lens instead. I personally don't use 24 that often so I don't have one in my kit yet, but I also was considering getting a zoom that can go to 24.
The vibe from your 24 lens is so staggering! It's like a amplifier of emotion from the model and feeling of the environment! Never thought 24 lens could have such amazing result! Thank you Julia!
Considering I only have a 12-24 lens and a 200-600, this video was greatly appreciated! Thanks for the tips. I’ll have to rewatch this video a couple times and try them all out.
thank you for the tips. coming from tight lenses, its kinda hard to compose with 24, definitely going to try your tips. also what is the device with antennas mounted on your camera?
Julia you could in your reviews show the camera with the lens, because this days all lenses and bodys are amazing, maybe ergonomics and size(and price hehehe) makes a big difference. Is good to see how its fits in your hands and overrall size with the body
Really practical and full of gems! Thanks Julia! Random question: I noticed you usually kept the same shutter speed at 1/200 (maybe you changed it and I missed it). Was that for any specific reason? Id imagine you could have gone 1/100 and still negated hand shake but double your light and maybe lower iso? Either way noise wasn’t an issue and the photos are great, just curious :) thanks!
Hello Julia. I love your videos. I've just subscribed! One question: on minute 2.28 I see your camera is attached to an external battery (power bank)? How does it work? What accessory hold it? It would be nice if you do a video about it. Thank you!
Hi Julia! i always watch your videos! Please do more 24mm photoshoot soon! Love this video! Love the poses and your tips! Would love to know more how u maximize the use of this lens
Thank you Julia! Have you used crop mode on your 24mm with your a7iv to have a 35mm equivalent or you prefer changing lens to your favorite 35mm 1.4gm? Anyway I'm excited to see your video!
I think it was very helpful that you shared the tip about leaving a bunch of negative space. I never thought about the distortion around the edges of the frame 😱. I love the shots on the steps and the ones on the iron gate. You did a great job shooting on such a wide lens. I feel like i would mostly use a lens that wide for landscape photography and while traveling 😍.
Thanks for sharing... Great video & comments... I only have 35 & 50mm primes so I was interested in your comments... I have considered an 85 or 105mm but not sure if I would get better results... Cheers..
Hello and thank you very much for this Video and these beautiful Photos! I thought there would be more deformations for Portraits at 24 mm, but obviously it seems to me that there are none or very few, no ??? I have a Canon RP and the Canon RF 50 f1.8 stm for Portraits, and I'm thinking of buying the new Canon RF 24 mm f1.8 Macro stm for Landscapes, but then I might be able to do Portraits with it this 24 mm also what do you think ? Thank you in advance for your answers, Sincerely, Philgood...
it makes total sense that horinzontally the distortion is less... because the lens is round. First time I think of that. BTW, amazing video and photos!!
I have the Sony 28 f2 and I use that lens a lot for my travel photography! I have a portrait shoot with it up on my channel as well if you wanted to see :D
The Tamron 24mm f2.8 is according to Sony Alpha Blog (ask Google 😉) a really sharp lens and pretty affordable ! The AF seems to be noisy and not the fastest but for non sports stills should be fine.
Best tip is not let the horizon line cut through face. Second is negative space above subject. Third, keep face in center of frame to reduce distortion and just crop for close ups. Awesome video!
Thank you, I appreciate it 😄
FAVE TIP: the eyes and leg/arm following leading lines! Never heard you say that one before, what a great tip
Thank you, I thought that one was a goodie too ;)
Thank you for continuing to provide actual value on CZcams... it is very much appreciated! Most creators with your sub count become either stale or start to mail it in. When it comes to learning to take better photos, you've become one of my go-to's.
OMG your comment about distortion in portrait vs. landscape orientation was such a hidden gem! I hadn't really considered until you pointed that out, but ALL lenses are projecting light onto a circular plane - it's just that film negatives and sensors are cropped rectangularly - so of *course* you wouldn't have as much distortion at the top (and bottom) of a landscape shot! 🤯
Great tips and I love how you break down your decisions. Shooting with a wide is a real skill and you are great at it! The reason that there is so much less distortion on the longer edges is because the lens is round and would naturally project that shape but is being cropped by your sensor. The top and bottom of a landscape orientation are being cut off closer to the middle so we don’t see the actual edges as much. It’s also probably worth mentioning to people that shooting with a wide lens from a lower angle can be nice when your model is very thin but if your model is curvy, or on the rounder side, that would be exaggerated some.
Watched this again after a few years. Still the best 24mm portrait video on CZcams 👌
Wonderful as usual! Thanks for pointing out lining up the model’s limbs with the leading lines. Been working a lot on creating more dynamic shapes and lines through posing!
Love these tips, I just switched over to full frame with the Sony a7 IV and my first lens is the 24mm GM. I travel and like to shoot street/landscapes so its the perfect prime for me. Never really thought of it as a portrait but your results are inspiration. Also, the leading lines fence comp was my favorite.
Ultra descriptive! You have my huge respect, my dear. Always keeping up that value. ✨ 💞
Working with actual models is so nice, it makes the work flow so smooth
Yeah Serena was amazing, when you have someone confident in front of camera it means you can both concentrate on what you're good at and just be creative. My favourite kind of shoots 🙏
I love the tips you added on this 😍😍. Your contents are getting more and more interesting and educational. Thank u 🧡.
Hey Julia ... another show stopper of a video ... love the leading lines in the fence, those were my fav ...great tip to stay away from the edges to avoid unflattering distortions
I love videos like this!! Seeing how your direct the model is so informative!
These are my favorite videos that you make. I learn so much! I don’t even own a single camera🤣🤣 my fave tip is using the negative space, it looks beautiful.
JULIA'S VIDEOS REALLY HELPS ME A LOT AS A BEGINNER!
The only lens that I owned from December 2019-March 2021 was 24mm 2.8 it was the best choice and challenge I ever did... You move more, and you learn how everything works you understand and appreciate what you have. Now I have Sony camera with sigma 24-70 I don't think of having a second lens at least for a year or more. I have done already some shootings and I'm impressed with the results I get from it. Ps your videos are really helpful I like how good you are at directing models what pose to get and stuff and I like that you don't encourage people into getting in new cameras, lenses.
Also, you did such a great job with bringing the images to life with your edits!
Fantastic photographs, Julia! Really helpful tips as well :)
Many thanks to everyone involved for the helpful video. I like how you fade in the details and also explain what is important when photographing and posing the model.
Thank you 😄
I’m really enjoying watching all your video .🥰
Hey Julia, your videos and photos are very inspiring!
Only just stumbled upon your channel and love these portrait tips for the 24mm, thank you so much. Liked and subscribed.
ur channel is the best😍😍i learned so much watching!! thankuu ❤❤❤
She makes for a phenomenal model. On point with the posing.
Beautiful photos. Really love them.
I love this !!! so hepful!!! thank you Julia!
More than reviewing gear, this is a great video!thanks for bringing those line tips .
Love your videos!
Great tips, I have the Sony 20mm G for vlogging but often pause and use it for pics too, these tips work for that too :)
Thanks for the video! You really had such good understanding of the perspective of different focal lengths, and how the subject plays a role in the composition. Learnt a lot!
Thank you!!
Great tips! Thought I was the only one that preferred to leave negative space when shooting portrait! Makes it much easier to crop for instagram as well!
suuuuuuuper helpful vid. thanks for making it!
Great location! Simple yet effective
Love this type of videos!
really nice & helpful tips!! Thank you so much :) !!!!
I absolutely love the tones you got out of those photos!!! They're amazing!!!
Thank you so much!
@@juliatrotti is really nice to hear your thoughts straight from your heart. Even better nicely done! Really apreciated!
Thanks so much for watching!! If you like wide angle portraits you can also check out my 35mm composition tips here: czcams.com/video/4cTwmvUTxPw/video.html ⭐️
I love the photos against the fence and the last ones sitting down
From the lower point of view - it's just awesome! 4:45
Julia do you never shoot male models ?
btw it was a super useful video .. leading line of the stairs and fence directed towards the eye was my favourite one ♥️
hi julia, plzz make ur videos in 2:1/18:9 aspect ratio, because now a days it's very common in all smartphones, most of user having android phones with 19.5:9 aspect ratio screen, 2:1/18:9 aspect ratio videos are looks bigger on screen & looks awesome, u can also see another video s related why we create video's in 2:1 aspect ratios.
So, please implement this my above request because iam big fan of you, love u so much..
I like visualizing the lines that makes it so much easier to understand.
24mm is actually such a wonderful lens! It was my very first lens and although it was tricky to do proper portraits I like how you can capture beautiful sceneries with it 😍
Good lens huh
@@CARLO.OBRIEN It is! I love it 😆
I agree! A shoot like this makes me want to use it more often, it was really fun getting creative with the location and posing, it makes you think a little differently to traditional portrait lenses 😄
@@juliatrotti You'll have to update your photo item list in your video descriptions with the new sony!
Although 24mm is hard to use for portraits, you slayed it! Thank you for the tips! Liked and subscribed!
Love your photography videos, keep it up julia!!!
Thank you so much!
Thanks for this! The photos are great - the model looks great and worked so well with you and the outfit worked well with the mood! I have an APS-C system 16mm lens and love it so I was looking to see what a good portrait artist would choose to do with it.
Great video! I recently bought the Batis 25/f2 and think it will be great for environmental portraits. I'm about to go to Iceland with some friends and was debating about taking this lens...but you just convinced me I need to throw it in my bag!
Solid video! I have the 24-70mm lens now. Was looking to challenge myself to specific focal lengths. This is a good resource
This was a superb tutorial on how to use the 24mm! I'm thinking of what lens to get to compliment my 50mm and this one might be it.
love the shots !
Julia is the best 📸 📷 on You Tube ! 💯
Distortion can be a problem with wide angles, but if I'm careful to keep the camera level I can get a closeup of the subject with a panoramic background. Still, I very seldom us a wide angle for portraits unless I want a particular emphasis. This is a good video on wide angle portraiture. I agree with everything you're saying. My go to lens is the Nikon 24-120 mm f/4 which covers the closeup head shots too.
AMAZING VIDEO! Thank you so much!
thanks Julia very useful video, very good photos and colours, all tips are good
Thank you 😊
Julia thanks You for information about 24 mm lenses!!! 😉👌
very good model!She nailed it !
Great video and photos. She's a really good poser
Great tips, thanks for sharing
Awesome video. What do you think about these two combos: 35 + 85 or 24 + 50 + 105? For different portraits and travel🙏🏻
Wonderful video and tips.
You are excellent photographer & editor. Tips are helpful.
Sony SOOC color & skintone is far from good, but you make them look super nice from editing.
24mm is my first lens and it's hard for me to find a nice ways to use it.. thanks for this video cause its helps a lot..
Wow! Absolutely love these photo tips for the 24mm focal length! I bought a the a7c and the 24mm gm a couple of months ago to document the birth of our firstborn child (who turned 3 weeks old today). I choosed the 24mm to have 1 lens for both video and photo. However, I’ve been struggling a bit with the photo part, gotten the feeling I should have gone for the 35mm instead. But thanks for this inspiration! Feels like I would stick with the 24mm, develop my photo skills, and then go for a 50mm or 85mm once our child has grown a bit bigger!
Thanks again! Great channel!! 😊
Nice shots!
brilliant tips!
8 Sony but totally love Julia and her work 👍🏻☺👍🏻 📸 👱♀️
I liked the tips on compact vs. open poses and the leading lines of the fence. I'll have to try them both
Thank you!
Yessss. Just ordered this lense
Your photos look great in whatever lens u used... 😍😍😍 Thx for always sharing yr tips !!
Thanks so much! 😊
Amazing video Julia, thank you so much I really like those tips! I'm usually using 135mm focal length and quite hesitant towards wide angles but I bought 24-105mm Sony lens as a backup all-around, looking forward to have some fun and shoot some more on 24mm length of it! 😊❤️
Thanks so much! As a portrait photographer it's a good idea to have the 24mm on a zoom lens instead. I personally don't use 24 that often so I don't have one in my kit yet, but I also was considering getting a zoom that can go to 24.
Hey Julia! Would love to see a what’s in my camera bag for travel / wedding video! :)
The vibe from your 24 lens is so staggering! It's like a amplifier of emotion from the model and feeling of the environment! Never thought 24 lens could have such amazing result! Thank you Julia!
I totally agree on this one
These videos are very helpful. The 85mm tips helped me so much. Can you please make one for 35mm too? I really struggle with that focal length.
This is my fav focal length and aperture for travel.
Yeah it would be a great lens for travel. I personally use a 28 a lot for travel which is pretty similar :)
Considering I only have a 12-24 lens and a 200-600, this video was greatly appreciated! Thanks for the tips. I’ll have to rewatch this video a couple times and try them all out.
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it!
i always love your video and most especially.... your accent! :) :) :)
particulaly 24mm wide lens.Very beautiful photos
Great video! Also kind of aesthetic haha
my fave lens
Very nice, I enjoyed this
Thank you 😊
Great tips. What is your best to worst 24mm len
Fantastic Model.
Big thanks 🥰🥰🥰🥰
this kind of video is tempting me move from m43 to fullframe (a7c) and a 24mm
Great video Julia! Would you mind to share the name of the transmitter mounted under your camera, please. I would really appreciate it, thank you.
thank you for the tips. coming from tight lenses, its kinda hard to compose with 24, definitely going to try your tips.
also what is the device with antennas mounted on your camera?
Wow, as Always, thanks a los for that tips!!!
What about with the 20 1.8 G??? Could be a good and creative pics
Julia you could in your reviews show the camera with the lens, because this days all lenses and bodys are amazing, maybe ergonomics and size(and price hehehe) makes a big difference. Is good to see how its fits in your hands and overrall size with the body
Really practical and full of gems! Thanks Julia! Random question: I noticed you usually kept the same shutter speed at 1/200 (maybe you changed it and I missed it). Was that for any specific reason? Id imagine you could have gone 1/100 and still negated hand shake but double your light and maybe lower iso? Either way noise wasn’t an issue and the photos are great, just curious :) thanks!
Can’t you use liquify to “fix” some face distortion?! Thanks for sharing. Love your videos!
Great tips on posing. I find It hard somtimes to direct the model. And great photos! 👌
Glad it was helpful!
Great video! What is the wireless transmitter @ the bottom of the A7 R4? looks like a Raven Eye transmitter for the RS2 Gimbal...
Awesome output and very creative shots. Just subscribed. May I know how are you wirelessly transmitting our output. Thanks
A 24mm lens is not easy to use but it's very useful and relatable because it's the angle of view of most smart phones.
Hey ) nice tips and video , pls I has a REQUEST please review the SONY FE 24-70 F4 for portraits , photo quality and etc … thanks a lot
Very good your video! we need to buy this lens :) i'm from Brazil !
Hello Julia. I love your videos. I've just subscribed! One question: on minute 2.28 I see your camera is attached to an external battery (power bank)? How does it work? What accessory hold it? It would be nice if you do a video about it. Thank you!
Hi Julia! i always watch your videos! Please do more 24mm photoshoot soon! Love this video! Love the poses and your tips! Would love to know more how u maximize the use of this lens
Thank you :D I did another photoshoot with a 24mm recently, I will be editing the video soon!
Thank you Julia! Have you used crop mode on your 24mm with your a7iv to have a 35mm equivalent or you prefer changing lens to your favorite 35mm 1.4gm? Anyway I'm excited to see your video!
I think it was very helpful that you shared the tip about leaving a bunch of negative space. I never thought about the distortion around the edges of the frame 😱. I love the shots on the steps and the ones on the iron gate. You did a great job shooting on such a wide lens. I feel like i would mostly use a lens that wide for landscape photography and while traveling 😍.
Thanks for sharing... Great video & comments... I only have 35 & 50mm primes so I was interested in your comments... I have considered an 85 or 105mm but not sure if I would get better results... Cheers..
Hello and thank you very much for this Video and these beautiful Photos! I thought there would be more deformations for Portraits at 24 mm, but obviously it seems to me that there are none or very few, no ??? I have a Canon RP and the Canon RF 50 f1.8 stm for Portraits, and I'm thinking of buying the new Canon RF 24 mm f1.8 Macro stm for Landscapes, but then I might be able to do Portraits with it this 24 mm also what do you think ?
Thank you in advance for your answers,
Sincerely,
Philgood...
hello beautiful video! how do you record sony screen?
Julia - hey everyone
Me- heart melts 🥺🥺❤️ lol
Hi Julia, did you compare this lens with the 20mm 1.8? I'm thinking about buy one of these two.
it makes total sense that horinzontally the distortion is less... because the lens is round. First time I think of that. BTW, amazing video and photos!!
Thank you so much!
Great to see more portraits with 24mm, I'm getting a 28mm in a couple of days to try it out. Wish I could afford the 24 1.4 though :P
I have the Sony 28 f2 and I use that lens a lot for my travel photography! I have a portrait shoot with it up on my channel as well if you wanted to see :D
@@juliatrotti Thanks! Will do :D
The Tamron 24mm f2.8 is according to Sony Alpha Blog (ask Google 😉) a really sharp lens and pretty affordable ! The AF seems to be noisy and not the fastest but for non sports stills should be fine.