Sony Alpha Universe / Meet the Creator
Featuring: Sony FE 8–14mm F3.5 Fisheye G ↗
SEE
PORTRAITS
DIFFERENTLY.
A new lens. An unexpected setting. A fresh way to tell a story. Step into Momembe's creative experiment with the Sony FE 8–14mm F3.5 Fisheye G.
The creator / Momembe
Familiar subjects.
Unfamiliar angles.
Hafeidz, known as Momembe, is a photographer and hybrid creator drawn to fashion, lifestyle and portraits. His work is rooted in people and the connection behind the image.
He often reaches for 24mm, 35mm and 50mm focal lengths. This time, he stepped outside that familiar perspective to explore what a fisheye zoom could bring to portrait photography.
Behind the creator / Current gear
Meet the cameras behind Momembe's work.
Momembe creates across photography and video with the Sony Alpha 7 V and FX3. Alongside his familiar portrait focal lengths, the FE 8–14mm F3.5 Fisheye G gives him another way to explore perspective.
Photography / Alpha
Sony Alpha 7 V
Part of Momembe's current camera setup for his creative work.
Video / Cinema Line
Sony FX3
Part of his current setup as a hybrid photo and video creator.
01 / THE FIRST LOOK
Small in size.
Big on possibility.
Momembe's first reaction? Compact, lightweight and fun. The lens's autofocus and zoom range gave him room to experiment with framing rather than commit to a single fisheye focal length.
What if a lens could change not just what you capture, but how you see?
02 / THE IDEA
Make the location
part of the portrait.
For a shoot with a model wearing wings, Momembe drew inspiration from music videos and explored locations ranging from nature to a tight interior. Instead of hiding the environment, he experimented with bringing it into the composition.
A surprising setting can become the strongest part of a visual story.
03 / THE EXPERIMENT
Break the frame.
Find a new one.
Fisheye rendering gives portrait and fashion creators a different visual language. For Momembe, the goal was not distortion for its own sake. It was finding a new relationship between the person, the space and the mood of the image.
Try it yourself
Three ways to see
your next shoot differently.
01 — MOVE
Change your position.
Explore high, low and close viewpoints. Notice how the subject and background interact.
02 — INCLUDE
Let the setting speak.
Try making an unexpected location part of the story instead of cropping it away.
03 — EXPLORE
Zoom with intention.
Experiment with framing across the 8–14mm range and see which perspective fits your concept.
04 / THE TAKEAWAY
Keep exploring.
Keep creating.
During colour grading, Momembe appreciated the lens's colour rendering and felt the results worked well alongside the Sony G Master lenses he regularly uses. That was his personal experience of the shoot.
His advice for new creators is simple: practise, study the work that inspires you and experiment until you find your own interpretation.
The creative challenge
What would you shoot
if you changed
your perspective?
A familiar subject can become a new story when you change how you see it. Take Momembe's experiment as an invitation to try something unexpected on your next shoot.
