Wide angle portraits can be very dramatic. Some photographers will tell you this distorts the subject, and of course it does. But distortion is not always a pejorative. It is an artistic way to interpret a subject, and when it comes to people, it's a very unique way to capture them. I photographed this costumed model in Venice while I was laying on the ground shooting up at her with a 14mm wide angle lens. The closer the lens gets to the subject, the more distortion -- i.e. exaggeration of perspective and proportion -- occurs. My settings for this were 1/160, f/5.6, 250 ISO.
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Jun 7, 2016, 4:46:31 PM
Jim - Hi Ian, I didn't use flash here. I simply metered, shot, checked the LCD monitor, and if necessary adjusted the exposure using the exposure compensation feature.
Jun 7, 2016, 2:13:15 PM
Ian's Open Shutter - Hi Jim,
Do you always meter your subjects in this situation due to the back light influence in this shot, then add in the appropriate amount of flash?