portrait lens
Headshot photographer's glass
A portrait lens is a camera lens optimized for photographing people, typically with a moderate telephoto focal length (around 85mm on full-frame cameras) and a wide maximum aperture.
The combination produces flattering perspective on faces and allows shallow depth of field that separates the subject from a softly blurred background: She switched to her portrait lens for the headshots.
- bokehAesthetic quality of defocus
- wide openFully accessible, unrestricted
- headshotShoulders-up photograph
- head and shouldersDistinctly better than others
- shallowWithout much depth
depth of field · aperture · prime · full frame · focus · out of focus · subject · blur · sharpness · catchlight · studio · face · eyes · eye contact · skin · skin tones · telephoto · compression
- lensesmultifocal, progressive, single vision, plano-convex, biconvex
- camera lenses50mm, telephoto, focal length, wide angle, 35mm
- camerasdigital camera, video camera, DSLR, action camera, security camera
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- telephoto lenses70-200mm, 100-400mm
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