need a distance help please

[WESHEATH1]

hi
im a beginner

i got a digital camera but i have a problem
maybe its strange but i need your help.

personnaly when i shot a photo of my self from a hand distance i look very bad at the pic
maybe because its taken from too close distance

but when some one takes a shot of me from a distance of 1.5 meter from me or 2 meters i look way better

so i wanna ask
is this problem is only mine ?? or is that happens with you too ?

well i would like to know what u think

thank u a lot

[MikeMcL]

try using the timer and setting the camera on a table, shelf, car floor, whatever...

you might be having a camera shake problem, holding it out away from your body like that.

i take shots of me and the wife like that everywhere we go, its kinda a joke. they arent the best shots in the world... but we have hundreds of them, from everywhere we have been.

post a picture showing the problem, and you may get some more help.

[Tareq]

better to leave a good distance between you and the camera, otherwise you will be macro.

[Mark_Cohran]

Shooting from up close with a wide angle lens will distort your features - or anyone's features. Shooting futher back, there is less distortion and the features look more natural (no elongated nose, bulging eyes, or wide mouth). Most portrait photography is done with a mid-telephoto lens to allow the photographer to stand back away from the subject for the most flattering perspective.

Mark

[StewartR]

If you post the picture here you'll get more help. Without seeing it, we're all just guessing.

[WESHEATH1]

Shooting from up close with a wide angle lens will distort your features - or anyone's features. Shooting futher back, there is less distortion and the features look more natural (no elongated nose, bulging eyes, or wide mouth). Most portrait photography is done with a mid-telephoto lens to allow the photographer to stand back away from the subject for the most flattering perspective.

Mark


thank u a lot mark
thats exacly what i asked about

thank u guys
now i know i was right

[tiziano]

thank u a lot mark
thats exacly what i asked about

thank u guys
now i know i was right

You know, Wesheath1, I would love to see your picture.

[WESHEATH1]

here is it :

i post a picture of my friend
the first picture the shot was too close (you can see its a bad pic)
and the other picture he is standing about 2 meters from the camera and looks much better
and u can really see the difference


http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/3366/dscn0073lf1.jpg

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/729/dscn0146ye3.jpg

[WESHEATH1]

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/729/dscn0146ye3.jpg

[tiziano]

Thanks Wesheath1!
Hey! You are using a Nikon camera! Some people here will ask you to be banished from the forum! :D
Your friend looks a lot like a friend of mine.
He is a nice guy, you can try making a portrait of him, but, please stay at at least 1 meter from him.
Everybody, from 30 cm, will look like a monster!