Why you should use a 135mm for Portrait Photography

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3 жыл бұрын

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Hey everyone! Today I want to share with you my favourite go-to composition tips for portrait photography with a 135mm prime lens. I borrowed the Sony A1 from Sony Australia and the GM 135mm f1.8 is my own lens. You do need a lot of space to be able to move around with a 135mm, but when you have the right location it's really worth it. Let me know in the comments if you like shooting with a 135 :)
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@jamesamoh7340 3 жыл бұрын

Super dreamy indeed with a 135. Your colour grading is so impactful. Blessings.

@juliatrotti 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@khanstudioz9543 2 жыл бұрын

I have an 85mm, for which I turn on crop sensor at times to get behave similar to this 🙏

@th461 3 жыл бұрын

Your weekly videos are better than any TV series. Firstly, these are produced of consistently high quality and secondly, I can learn so much. Thanks to everyone for this great video.

@m.iajanemadeit2324 3 жыл бұрын

I loved this video! What beautiful photos!! And your model is absolutely stunning, her side profile is absolute perfection

@luia3098 3 жыл бұрын

The 135 gm is one of my favorite lenses to use. The picture is sharp and the colors are beautiful.

@WilliamJohnston 3 жыл бұрын

Love these this and sample photos Julia! My current fave combo is my old Canon 135 f2L and my new Canon R6 with incredibly reliable eye AF and in body stabilisation!!

@melodeyrose 3 жыл бұрын

The edits and retouching look AH-MAZING 🤩🤩

@shantanukhare 3 жыл бұрын

As soon as your video drops, it lightens my mood and I really look forward to these every week. 🍻

@juliatrotti 3 жыл бұрын

Ahh thank you, that makes me so happy to hear!

@tuanminh3720 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Julia, i love photography and i love your work, when i couldnt go out and taking photo, im watching you video, keep up the good work

@sammy_sam_leonardo 3 жыл бұрын

Incredible location!! And, of course, gorgeous portraits as usual! You killed it!

@MrPanthers23 3 жыл бұрын

Love your work. You always have amazing models. I would selfishly love to see you photograph kids, bc as a Dad, my small kids are my 'models' 99% of the time. Kids bring so many other challenges. I'd love tips from you on how to keep their attention, get them to follow directions, and prevent a 4 year old girl from picking her nose.... Asking for a friend..

@juliatrotti 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I do family shoots sometimes for work outside of KZfaq and I agree kids do bring on a new challenge! From my experience, they have a much shorter attention span for photos. I find that they’re really excited and into it for the first 15ish minutes of a shoot before they start to become more restless as time goes on. I try to work as quickly as possible getting all my main/posed shots at the beginning of the session. Then when I notice them getting restless I ask them to play/walk around to get some extra action/in the moment shots 😄

@Scriptfella 3 жыл бұрын

That was an excellent tutorial Julia, I learned tons. Thank you.

@unabyband1263 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, incredible shot! The 135ish is my favorite portrait lens after the 85, great work, girls 👍

@mr.workhardplayhard6550 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome content as always! I could listen to you talk about photography for hours lol and i have .....keep up the great work. The ladies with you were very lovely as well

@nadantagaming2276 2 жыл бұрын

The best photosession I have seen on KZfaq so far. And I have seen quite a few... The location, the model, magic! ✨

@juliatrotti Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@yaarpunjabi_deep 2 жыл бұрын

loved model's dress, the feel of warm colours wow. Thank you for sharing...

@julaiet 3 жыл бұрын

I really loved this photo shoot, the edited pictures are simply amazing with that colours. The amalfi lightroom preset fits incredible with it!

@juliatrotti 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@illdaddyrod 3 жыл бұрын

Love that lens. Used it for a graduation shoot recently and the results were amazing.

@ettepet9308 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Julia for your great videos! I love using 135mm! I also like using 100mm for “minimal” portrait photos, meaning: relatively close-up pictures of interesting items and people leaving out parts which aren’t strictly needed (discovered this when I only had the 100mm with me).

@mrgreen4359 3 жыл бұрын

This is a perfect lens👌 Gosh!!! Love your work Julia ♥️🔥

@Tatiana7462 2 жыл бұрын

oh my god i love this! These images are beautiful and your model is stunning! x

@trojanmagnumpi3841 3 жыл бұрын

Your work is amazing. Your page and a few others has me interested in taking up photography.

@Kabukicabbage 3 жыл бұрын

Yeeessss! I love this! I have been really wanting to see this lens in action! I love this lens and style of photos! I love having the close up feel but also getting beautiful backdrops to love too! This is amazing thank you for sharing! It is so helpful! And it’s always as usual wonderful to admire your amazing work!

@juliatrotti 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! I mostly only use this lens for weddings but this year I told myself I need to use it more for portraits too 😄

@Kabukicabbage 3 жыл бұрын

@@juliatrotti I absolutely love it! It really is so helpful to see what the photos looks like using that lens! It’s so beautiful! I love portrait photography! Especially your work! You always amaze and inspire!

@appleonmondays3956 3 жыл бұрын

Favourite focal length. Got the batis 135mm. Absolutely stunning

@jimwlouavl 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely photographs. Your compositions and backgrounds are so nice. Great light and a stunning model.

@juliatrotti 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate it!

@oshwosh24 3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love your work. Thank you for making these videos!!

@juliatrotti 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@sujeetb6598 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, I seen lot of your videos . It's very useful .I learned lot from you . thank you for that ... ❤️❤️❤️ You rocking it

@Rich2Acosta 3 жыл бұрын

Just got my 135 today and you drop this video. Thank you!!

@juliatrotti 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it, enjoy shooting with your new lens!

@ronborkowski1721 3 жыл бұрын

Super jealous of the setup A1 + 135mm GM dream combo. Killer shots love the location. Thanks for showing what's possible with the right technique.

@juliatrotti 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Man, this was a dream lens + camera combo to shoot on, I wouldn't mind using it a little more often haha

@prayforpeace2204 2 жыл бұрын

Great composition tips. My own favourite combo is a 17mm f4 and a 135mm f2.5 (old adapted glass) on A7IV. Just a magical combo. Like many though, for years I lived on 85mm for portraits. It was only recently that I started using the 135. Not sure what prompted the switch. Perhaps just to make photography feel new again? Ask me again next year and I may be raving about 28mm. lol

@melodeyrose 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite shots were the headshots and mid-length shots 👌🏽🥰

@juliatrotti 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! 💛

@LuposVoice 3 жыл бұрын

Again a interessting video, beautiful pictures and model! Thanks! 👍😉

@beltxabeltxa 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful shots, I have the 135 F2 already, Thanks

@Jairagale 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing shots!

@Superplush959 3 жыл бұрын

I’m drooling! Amazing work!

@juliatrotti 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@OzoneVisuals 3 жыл бұрын

This lens, the location, the colors; there’s only one word used to describe it and you hit the nail on the head: ✨dreamy✨

@juliatrotti 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@SarahKaLiaYang 3 жыл бұрын

wow! loved this shoot!

@olivershutterspeed 3 жыл бұрын

Great Lens Julia exellent for my photoshoots :D

@sydneycranford3419 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. So so DREAMY indeed. 😍

@constantinephotography5287 3 жыл бұрын

I did purchase the 135 due in part to your videos. I definitely relate to your style and love 35mm focal length and 85mm. Now that I have the 135 that is my go to and then I pull the 85 if I don’t have room. Thank you for these videos!! :)

@juliatrotti 3 жыл бұрын

I think the 35 will always be my favourite focal length but it’s so refreshing using something so different every once in a while. The 135 really is a magical lens as long as you have the space to shoot with it haha

@robertdavis1255 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing.... Great pics of beautiful model.. I haven't used a prime 135mm before so enjoyed your video & comments... Cheers..

@juliatrotti 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you ☺️

@tempertramp 3 жыл бұрын

Wow wow wow!!!! Pure magic! ✨🌿

@juliatrotti 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@jamesdavis9987 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. This is how I use my 135mm. The 135mm is King.

@Allan_Madsen 3 жыл бұрын

Love your work Julia amazing stuff

@bernardosinski5004 2 жыл бұрын

Great video and such a pleasure to listen to your clean English so easily understandable to a non native listener. I have a question: is it a big difference in aperture range between 1.8 and 2.8 at 135 mm?

@kusumalspy140 3 жыл бұрын

OMG, your model she look so gorgeous🥺 love your video really enjoy watching....

@JosefFoti 3 жыл бұрын

I usually shoot portraits at 50 mm or 85 mm since those are the lenses I have but once I had a chance to try exactly the combo of Sony A1 and the 135 GMaster and I really loved it. I tried pretty much everything it could do from a close-up to a full body shot (you have to be pretty far away from the subject to do it though) and now I can say it's my new favourite focal length for portraits. The only bad thing is that the lens is so expensive :D

@elias38 3 жыл бұрын

Julia said it all! I have a 50mm 1.2f which I haven't used yet because I can't stop shooting with a 135mm GM!

@akaCisco 3 жыл бұрын

these look so good

@Najafiphotography 3 жыл бұрын

The image are stunning I love it specially the tones🙏🙏🙏📸📸❤❤❤📸📸📸

@sikskillsproduction 3 жыл бұрын

This video was fantastic and so helpful thank you!

@sikskillsproduction 3 жыл бұрын

how do you record what is on your camera screen? or is your camera man behind you doing that?

@kolachigrooves462 3 жыл бұрын

Ahh the 135mm!! Such a gorgeous lens to use ^_^ As always love your video! Maybe one day I will get the gm 135 😂 for now I am saving up money from the shoots to get to that point.

@sqar4858 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing video and tips 🙃🙃

@stretchgoham 3 жыл бұрын

Can’t wait to see this new sigma 135mm 1.8 Dg Dn !

@parayt3230 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing results, photography is my hobby

@fotografmorteneriksen 3 жыл бұрын

The shot where she was standing with her arms over her head was gorgeous! Wondering about a 135 myself, got a 85 1.4 already. Wondering of how the 85 would perform in a church, havent tried that yet.

@juliatrotti 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I usually use the 85 + 135 for church weddings, I use double straps so I can have 2 cameras on me all day :)

@spellsofwylde1462 3 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous!

@emilylumsden5043 3 жыл бұрын

These are beautiful!

@juliatrotti 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@unkle037 2 жыл бұрын

I have the 35GM that that stays on my camera. Now I want another lens to do some portraits on occasion. I thought I was going to go with the 85GM but these shots with the 135GM in your video look really good. Now I can’t decide on which to get lol.

@michaelj7069 3 жыл бұрын

So beautiful Julia. Love that 135mm look.

@juliatrotti 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much 🤗

@thienluong3263 2 жыл бұрын

typical and beautiful photos

@surajkholia7443 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful lens and ur video 👌😍

@matthewcheung5136 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! I have enough difficulty as it is in a sigma 56mm 1.4 on my a6600! Couldn’t imagine having to move even further back!

@juliatrotti 3 жыл бұрын

Haha yeah I'm used to shooting on a 35mm the majority of the time, max 85 - but if you have the location size for it, I think it's worth it :D

@BlackMusicRecordProd 3 жыл бұрын

@JuliaTrotti i love your hands works , it awesome and cool .... i have a question , are you shooting in RAW ?

@ahmedhussein2053 3 жыл бұрын

Amaziiiiiiig 😍😍😍😍❤️

@Alonejessica1998 3 жыл бұрын

Love your videos

@jcblum1507 3 жыл бұрын

Julia💜👏 & the Model 💜 so much talent

@leew3rd 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Julia, I watch your videos and I love your work. I have a question for you. I am an amateur at best and I use "old" equipment. My camera is a Nikon D300 (crop sensor) and I have a Sigma 18-35mm (37mm-52.5mm on crop sensor) plus the "nifty 50, Nikon f1.8 50 mm lens. What lens would you use on a crop sensor to approximate the 135mm on a full frame? Would something like a Tamron 90mm, f2.8 be close enough? I realize it isn't f1.8 or better, so what would you recommend? You already commented previously to me on using my Sigma 18mm-35mm lens for portraiture. Thanks!

@michael_hidayat 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing work as always! The tree as so majestic! May i know where is this place?

@stkuj 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite lens 135 GM!

@santube8547 3 жыл бұрын

Julia i am abiy from Ethiopian i learn many things for you thank you so much

@joshiprashant7665 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice photography in nature

@GilbertTV 3 жыл бұрын

I'd love to try a 135 in my work , hoping Samyang will deliver one very soon . beautiful images Julia ,love the location, amazing colours !!

@juliatrotti 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you and yess I’d love a Samyang 135!

@stevesvanderpool8653 3 жыл бұрын

They make a manual 135 2.0 which is fantastic if manual is your thing.

@nethbt 2 жыл бұрын

The 135mm 1.8 makes a killer for sports photography lens too Of course with the help of cropping magic

@Waresy23 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite lens.

@slamdunkshung7406 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! I also wanna see you making a video about how to pose and photograph a couple. XD

@zollieuncle9647 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Julia! Interesting subject from a 35mm lover, however I cannot agree more using a 135GM for portraits. Recently I tried 50/1.2GM for the same and I also love that when having tighter space to take the shot. The only trouble for me to handle (both for 50/1.2 and 135/1.8) is the extreme thin depth of field wide open when taking headshots filling up the whole frame. Then I can have only one of the eyes sharp, that I do not like much, so I prefer stepping backwards and cropping in post as opposed to staying at the same distance and closing down the aperture. I saw you also have a lot of lovely shots where only one of the eyes were in focus. What is your preference and approach? - I know swapping the lens quickly to 35mm and issue solved, but seriously the beautiful background separation of the 135mm lens is just simply not possible using a 35/1.4GM.

@juliatrotti 3 жыл бұрын

I personally like the look of just one eye in focus when the subject is not directly facing the camera, as long as it’s the eye that’s closest to the camera I think it’s a nice style! When they are facing directly to the camera then I try to shoot at the right angle to get them both in focus

@Mr09260 3 жыл бұрын

I am just loving my new Nikon 70-200 f2.8 S lens @200mm for portarits

@RM-hy4so 3 жыл бұрын

I use the A-mount Sony Zeiss SAL 135 1.8 ZA with a LA-EA5 adapter on my A7R IV. It’s not optically perfect like the GM, but has the ability to effortlessly render any background blur smoothly. I did not get that with the GM, with some images having harsh background blur, unless you are carefully choose the background. The A-mount lens is big, slow focusing and noisy, but the results are worth the compromise. I wish the LA-EA5 adapter would work with the older bodies, because, I really don’t like the massive amount of pixels and file size of the A7R IV. I feel that the SAL 135 1.8 ZA has an uncanny ability of rendering any background smoothly, just like the Sony 85mm 1.4 GM lens, which I would like to purchase some day.

@BAYWATOFFICIAL 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing , you take all creat photo

@jaybeckerich Жыл бұрын

35, 50, 85, and 135 are amazing. Beach portraits i shoot 24 and 50 Senior portraits 50 and 135.

@amitkrupal1234 2 жыл бұрын

Please review the Sony 18 105 f/4 the way you did with Tamron 17-70 f/2.8

@majormaccas Ай бұрын

Absolutely love my 135 for street photography, extra reach can find some candid shots out of nowhere really nicely. For these posed shots, would a mini reflector near the camera be beneficial to give her eyes a catch light in them? Those stunning dark brown eyes do look a little dead in some of your otherwise amazing shots without any catch in them.

@anoobdominicphotography79 3 жыл бұрын

Hi… beautiful shots… how did you camera screen recording?

@0ecka 3 жыл бұрын

I think that 135mm works best for half to full body portraits. Headshots look nicer with 50mm and 35mm when in non-studio environment.

@chris_jorge 3 жыл бұрын

Love it. But still trying to get used to seeing screen shooting vs evf.

@user-hejwihfwwjdfk 3 жыл бұрын

I want to see you more in your videos please... I'm sure I'm not the only one. You're beautiful as always ❤️

@jocelynsearle7456 3 жыл бұрын

I have always wanted to try the 135 for Portraits, but each time someone has told me nah not that lens. Will definitely pick it up now. 😁

@juliatrotti 3 жыл бұрын

The only downside is you need enough space in your location to move around, but the results are definitely worth it!

@stevelabile874 3 жыл бұрын

Just discovered your account stunning work 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

@fostervf16 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite lens is my 70-200 2.8. I like to shoot at 135+. Love the compression. Very curious what exactly you are using to capture your video? I assume that's some kind of transmitter on the bottom of the Sony. What exactly is that and what are you using to capture the signal? Haha. Made this comment before hearing about your reasons for not using the 70-200.

@RomanOlsh 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@jasonp5142 3 жыл бұрын

She's so pretty 😍

@clickonsouravstudioz1522 3 жыл бұрын

Very beautiful big sister your photography style is Really amazing 🤗🤗😍😍💕💕💕

@liujooo5915 3 жыл бұрын

super photoshoot!!!!!! pretty model! and I Like her dress! :)

@s1301950 3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE THAT LENS!!! 135MM. SOOOO GOOOOODD..

@JuanLopez-oz9kh 3 жыл бұрын

I prefer the 70-200 since most do not zoom to actually 200mm, they stop about 165 or `180. This way I am not limited, I find primes to be limiting, but yes you can walk with your feet, I understand that as well. The only prime I use is a 50mm. Did a whole wedding with a 50mm only.