Refinement & Finessing
April 29, 2024The 35mm Frame
I love this Frame.
It is perfect.
It is the trade off sweet spot for my eyes.
My wide angle vision is not normal - I am right eye dominant and see almost panoramic. This means seeing a lot of visual real estate for my images.
This means I see in Layers.
Anything from 24mm up to 35mm is my natural visual Frame. I sit right at the edges of 28mm & 35mm.
In fact, the 28mm field of view is where I live comfortably.
This is my visual identity.
My visual expression.
Whatever is caught within this frame is natural to what I saw.
Zooming with my feet is at a minimum.
When using a 35mm I instantly look for an interesting foreground element to my street, urban and landscape images.
It’s amazing how wide the frame is and yet feels normal to how I see.
I have been shooting with the XF23mm 1.4 today and it just feels correct.
The correctness I feel when using this Lens is about knowing my intuitive distance for framing. It reminds me of when I use my 27mm - that Lens is very special. I will do another project with it, for now, I am enjoying the classic frame of 35mm.
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