>>2587680Getting close to the subject forces the user to utilize smaller focal length lens, this in turn creates a "push pull" effect. Having said effect not only gives contexts of the subject but also a instant connection to the subject (see picture). Telephoto lens compress flatting the image (see picture).
>>2587634 picture uses a wider lens, creating the said "push pull" effect, subject pull background push.
>>2587656Shots like this follow the distance = intimacy principle because the shot was taken further away this in turn creates a "cold" "disconnected" picture just what the photographer (You) where aiming for.