Week 44 - Patiently Waiting...
Week 44/52 -
Week 44 was a first for me in the world of photography and Photoshop. I have seen some really interesting shots floating around and decided to explore the methodology behind it. It's referred to as the 'Brenizer' method. And if you have seen any pictures in this style they just stop your heart from beating for a brief second. They can be awesome.
So I have been dreaming up this shot of the car by itself for a while and decided to put this method to use to help spruce it up a bit. This is an old school push car that Ashley's parents got her a few months ago for us to hold onto for when the baby comes. Ashley loved this car when she was a kid and they found us a used one to keep. So I thought it would make for a cool shot as it sits and waits for our little dude/dudette.
Camera:
Canon 5d classic
Canon 70-200mm (2.8)
F/2.8
ISO 100
Strobist: Natty Light
Objective: (Jeremy speak)
Ok so let's explain this 'Brenizer' Method. Ryan Brenizer is an amazing photojournalist and wedding photographer. If you've got serious cash and want the photographer to back it up for your wedding, he is the man! Unreal work. So he perfected this technique and it's now named after him. Pretty cool right?!
So without going insanely technical on you, let me break this down. I used my 70-200mm lens. Here is what the shot would have looked like had I just used the picture without this method:
Not a bad shot, but it does nothing to show you the real surroundings of the scene, the life around it, etc. Its just a good tight shot. The Brenizer method takes that tight shot and adds more frames to it to create a very unique panoramic picture.
This shot was literally over 60 pictures used just to create this one shot. I started with the shot above and then progressed frame by frame around the scene overlapping to make sure Photoshop would stitch it all together. You certainly don't need 60 pictures! I just wanted to make sure I got it right and with it being the first time I tried this method I wanted to make sure I understood it and got a good clean scene to work with.
Once you have all of your pictures of the scene, you bring them into Photoshop and 'Photomerge' them. It does all the dirty work for you and gives you a decent output. A little cropping, some more processing later and here is the final picture. It's almost like I used a 200mm lens with an aperture of like 0.75 or something ridiculous that they don't even make! The depth of field is just dreamy and I LOVE a shallow depth of field. This is just my style! Cool right?!
Final shot in a bigger size...http://www.nickpompei.com/p818064589#h2473bc8f
I added the old film style frames at the top and bottom to add a little more feel to the shot. I am so excited for this kid to come. In a year or so I can replicate this same shot but with a very happy child on board!
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