{"id":13005,"date":"2018-03-21T02:43:39","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T10:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randyw.camiwp.com\/?p=13005"},"modified":"2018-04-08T18:32:17","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T02:32:17","slug":"13005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=13005","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/randywells-1030398p1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/randywells-1030398p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"randywells-1030398p\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/randywells-1030398p1.jpg 330w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/randywells-1030398p1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/randywells-1030398p1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 85vw, 330px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE 28MM FOCAL LENGTH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s why I think the 28mm is the best storytelling lens. It&#8217;s wide. But, if you have previously mastered the 17 or 21mm focal length, it&#8217;s perfect. Plus the 28mm is extremely cinematic. It&#8217;s the same effective focal length as a smartphone. Except, depending on your camera body, it is even smarter. It has multiple more megapixels to record all that information.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The fact that you can&#8217;t Bokeh your way out of any situation is a good thing. The 135 f2 lens shot wide open is a crutch. Sorry, it just is. The effect looks cool, until that&#8217;s all you can do. Pull off the training wheels and hit the road. <\/p>\n<p>Be aware that the 28mm lens can distort for portraiture, unless you are using a Leica Q, which mostly corrects for this. So, get close but keep the camera level. Work the frame. Watch the edges. Keep it graphically interesting and find a balance. See if you can weave more than one layer into your composition. And most importantly, have fun with wide angles!<\/p>\n<p>(Photo: My new Bridgestone tires)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=5028\">More on focal lengths<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE 28MM FOCAL LENGTH Here&#8217;s why I think the 28mm is the best storytelling lens. It&#8217;s wide. But, if you have previously mastered the 17 or 21mm focal length, it&#8217;s perfect. Plus the 28mm is extremely cinematic. It&#8217;s the same effective focal length as a smartphone. Except, depending on your camera body, it is even &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=13005\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[4,10],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13005"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13005"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13116,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13005\/revisions\/13116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}