Panoramic Portraits

[Phil]

I haven't been posting as many photos lately (I've had a lull in paid work and my personal life isn't that interesting ) but I had an engagement shoot last week.

I tried shooting a panorama for one of their portraits. It's not quite the same result as the Brenizer method (also, my longest lens right now is the 35mm, so the Brenizer method is more or less out of the question) but got me a wider, more detailed photo with the same perspective as a tighter crop. I shot in vertical orientation and just used the pano to widen the image. The file is huge and has tons of detail, as well as nice falloff. When you have the space for it (it gets awkward with too many close lines like indoors) it looks nice without looking too obvious.

 

DSCF0134-Edit by Phil Babbey, on Flickr

 

And for reference, here's a single shot image from the same position that I shot the panorama.

 

DSCF0112 by Phil Babbey, on Flickr

[tarikolmez]

I am a fan of Ryan Brenizer.

You should try with 56mm @f1.2, gives me awesome results.

I ll upload few examples later on.