Re: realist portraits

[P3D Dr. George A. Themelis <fj834@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>> I don't think many people would use 2.8 aperture
>> in a stereo camera for reasons other than having no choice.
>
>That is a shame. They (and you!) are missing out on a creative tool that
>*in*the*proper*circumstances* can give very pleasing portraits, with
>backgrounds so dramatically out of focus that the conventional rules do
>not apply. Try it sometime! Just don't get too close, you need the face
>fully in focus and avoid those nasty exaggerated proboscises, jutting
>jaws, etc.

Can you be a bit more specific?  How close do we have to be to throw the
background dramatically out of focus with the 35 mm lenses of our stereo
cameras in a *portrait*?  We just talked about how distorted such 
portraits are.  Since I am also interested in stereo projection, I'd
rather use SLRs and longer lenses to achieve this effect.

George Themelis


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