Portrait Lenses, Beauty and Perspective

Above images from tutorial Lenses and perspective, or distortion on a face for beauty are copyright Steven Eastwood

Inspired by an online conversation I had with photographer Steven Eastwood, I just wanted to record here a few remarks I had made on the nature of the '5-eye line.'

You can really see the 5-eye-line in the beauty shot above that was taken from a distance with a long lens. The sides of the model's head are evident.

In the wide-angle closup shot, the '5-eye line' is almost a '3-eye line,' and the side planes of the model's head are no longer visible.