Actually, no. I have used wide angle lenses for portraits before and they've worked out great. If you stay aware of your subject and the surroundings, you can actually create some gorgeous images. It gives another perspective to your portrait because it adds elements that would otherwise be omitted or cropped out due to your portrait lens' capability. Elements that could change your entire vision for a particular portrait. The Phoblographer and the DPReview did a little piece

I took this image at the end of a long day spent in Yellowstone National Park. Just earlier in the day, I went on a hike that started right across the street from this spot and during my hike, I could see these peaks at different angles and with different light. Coming back from the hike I had this same view in sight except it didn’t look like this but I snapped a couple of random shots anyway. I got in my car and drove around the park stopping at random places trying to crea