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Seeing Layers

The 50mm lens is more front-to-back than side-to-side and compresses things together, perfect for layering foregrounds over backgrounds.

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35 is a lonesome focal length

A 35mm views things, captures establishing shots, and pushes backgrounds away because it magnifies foregrounds.

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The Rule of Thirds

View something, then around and past it.

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Compression and Separation

Lens selection is a creative choice made before stepping outside. A 50mm is how a photographer sees; a 35mm is how one thinks, and a 135mm is how one sees and things while driving.