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<blockquote data-quote="MoonManMike" data-source="post: 158076" data-attributes="member: 10151">Close up head and shoulders shots generally work best around 85-100mm.&nbsp; It gives you a little more distance from your subject than, say, a 35 or 50mm (a little less imposing).&nbsp; That being said, 50mm can work very well with correct settings and composure.&nbsp; Remember that wider apertures will be more focus critical, but can throw any foregoround and background out of focus, putting the attention more on the subject.&nbsp;&nbsp; You can also quite happily use longer focal lengths than 85-100 for head and shoulders or just head/part head shots.&nbsp; Note that a wide angle lens close up will have a tendency to distort the facial appearance more (taken frontal, noses look larger for example), whilst longer focal lengths tend to be more flattering.Wider angle lenses are great for portraits of people in their surroundings, for example a chef at work in the kitchen (where the subject is further from the lens and therefore facial features are no so affected).&nbsp; Wider angle lenes tend to give greater depth of field (more will be in focus)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MoonManMike, post: 158076, member: 10151"] Close up head and shoulders shots generally work best around 85-100mm. It gives you a little more distance from your subject than, say, a 35 or 50mm (a little less imposing). That being said, 50mm can work very well with correct settings and composure. Remember that wider apertures will be more focus critical, but can throw any foregoround and background out of focus, putting the attention more on the subject. You can also quite happily use longer focal lengths than 85-100 for head and shoulders or just head/part head shots. Note that a wide angle lens close up will have a tendency to distort the facial appearance more (taken frontal, noses look larger for example), whilst longer focal lengths tend to be more flattering. Wider angle lenses are great for portraits of people in their surroundings, for example a chef at work in the kitchen (where the subject is further from the lens and therefore facial features are no so affected). Wider angle lenes tend to give greater depth of field (more will be in focus) [/QUOTE]

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