In the past month, there've been a lot of camera announcements. I'm happy to see that many new point-and-shoots include wide-angle lenses, with a wide-angle end of the zoom range as low as 28 or 24mm.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Future / Mike Harris Portrait photographers tend to avoid barrel distortion by using ...

When it comes to smartphone lenses, all I ever hear about are wide-angle lenses. More friends in the shot, more of the environment in the scene, yada yada yada. You're popular and you travel, I get it ...

Portrait photographers tend to avoid barrel distortion by using standard or telephoto lenses. But when used intentionally, extreme barrel distortion can be a great way to capture creative portraits.