Hello and welcome to GMax Studios, my name is Gorky M.
A while back, we had published a video about how to shoot a panorama
in which I had said...
Panoramic images also have another great application but we shall talk about that
in another video
Well, this is that video in which we will add a subject to the panorama.
And this gives a really unique look and feel to your photograph.
Some people are of the opinion that this resembles the photographs taken by a
medium format camera.
But whatever it is, this provides a truly unique look and
feel to whatever photographs you take using this technique.
This technique of taking panoramic portraits is also called the Brenizer method.
After, the wedding photographer Ryan Brenizer, who made it popular.
It is also called a Bokeh Panorama
Or a Bokehrama
So let us try and figure out what this method is.
Whenever you shoot a portrait
with a wide-angle lens or a wide-angle photograph for that matter...
the first thing that you lose is the shallow depth of field
which is supposed to be the signature in portrait photography.
With this method you not only get a
wide-angle photograph, but you also get an extremely shallow depth of field.
Which is a truly unique combination
So, to create a panoramic portrait we need the following things.
#1 a willing subject.
A 50mm lens
Or, an 85mm lens which is preferable.
and optionally
A tripod: depending upon the level of your skill and confidence.
And of course...
A photo editing software like Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop.
So, like a panorama you have to set everything to manual.
The exposure,
the focus,
the ISO and the white balance.
Once you have nailed this,
you have to place your subject in a pose or a position,
which he or she is comfortable holding
for a minute or two.
Then first of all, you have to take a picture of the face.
Once you are sure that you have got the right expression,
Then you start moving the camera around
without changing any other setting
and start taking photographs of the surrounding areas.
You can do this either in vertical,
or horizontal orientation.
After that... it is just a matter of selecting the images,
and merging them in the software.
Remember, you can process the images
either before, or, after you merge them.
It is totally up to you.
So let us try and take a 'Bokehrama',
right in this setup, and see what it looks like.
Here... is another example.
In fact, you can use this technique to get pretty unique and amazing results
while shooting still life objects or products.
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And I will see you in the next video
Until then bye bye!