I learned something new a few weeks ago, the Brenizer method.  An awesome wedding photographer, Ryan Brenizer, developed this method of taking a series of photos of the same exact subject, setting, pose and merging the photos in Photoshop to have a photo that looks like it came from a very expensive lens.  I do not have a full frame camera, what this means is that when I put a 50mm lens on my camera body it's really closer to an 85mm lens because it has a crop sensor in it.  Although my 50mm has a f/1.8, wide angle, 85mm is not.  It is possible, with this method to get the look of having a lens with an aperture as low as 0.5 or 0.8, a nonexistent lens...INCREDIBLE!  This does a few things for me: 1) A new technique to add to my arsenal, 2) get the look of a $1500-2500 lens without actually purchasing the $1500-2500 lens, 3) becoming more friendly with photoshop as we have a love-hate relationship.  

So, I asked my new friend, Tami, if she would mind being a subject for me today as I attempted to give this technique a whirl.  Similar to taking a panoramic picture and merging them together in a program, I took about 15 shots and used 10 of those to merge together in Photoshop.  I virtually did nothing, fixed the exposure of all of the shots I wanted to use, and selected them all and opened them in the "Photomerge-Panoramic" option.  What do you think?  The pose isn't great, exposure is off BUT I think the depth of field with the wide angle looks pretty good.  Yay!  How fun!

Tami - Brenizer methodThanks for your help Tami!

If you are interested in learning more about the Brenizer method click here.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Mackenzie